Atari XC12 User manual

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XC12
PROGRAM
RECORDER
For Use With
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OWNER’S MANUAL

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BUTTON/CONNECTOR CONTROL .2
BUTTON FUNCTIONS .3
CONNECTING .4
LOADING CASSETTE PROGRAMS .... 5~6
SAVING PROGRAMS TO
CASSETTE .7~8
RADIO AND TELEVISION
INTERFERENCE .9
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BUTTON/CONNECTOR CONTROL
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BUTTON FUNCTIONS
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RECORD enables
the computer to save
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RECORD
(record) programs or data
onto a cassette. To start
recording, press down the
REC button.
STOP/EJECT
STOP/EJECT stops the
tape when pressed once.
Press it again to eject a
cassette tape.
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PLAY
PLAY positions the tape so
the computer can read in¬
formation from the cassette.
However, you must also
press a key on the com¬
puter console (usually the
RETURN key) for the tape
to start turning.
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PAUSE
PAUSE temporarily sus¬
pends operation of the Pro¬
gram Recorder during
record or play Press the
PAUSE button once to sus¬
pend operation, then press
it again to restart.
REWIND quick'y winds the
cassette tape backward.
COUNTER RESET
resets the tape
counter to 000. The
tape counter helps you
relocate a program on the
cassette—provided you
made note of the number
in the tape counter window
when you started recor¬
ding the program.
F.FWD. quickly winds
the cassette tape forward.
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Plug one end of the I/O cable into the jack labeled PERIPHERAL
on the rear of your ATARI Home Computer.
Turn on your television and
computer. The television screen
will display a READY prompt.
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READY
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LOADING CASSETTE PROGRAMS
I T y pe C L O A D and press
RETURN. You'll hear a
beep from the computer
to remind you to press PLAY on
the program recorder.
PLAY
Insert the program cassette in
the program recorder.
If you’re using a prerecorded
cassette, rewind the tape to its
beginning and continue with
step 1.
If you are using your own
cassette program, find the pro¬
gram you want on the tape by
pressing either REWIND or FOR
WARD Use the tape counter to
locate the program (providing
you previously made note of its
location).
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READY
CLOAD
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2 After pressing the PLAY
button on the program
recorder, press the
RETURN key again on the com¬
puter console. The cassette tape
will start turning and your com¬
puter will load the program into
its memory.
If you get an Error 143 or Error
138 message on your television
screen during a loading pro¬
cedure, your tape leader (the
non magnetized strip wound
ahead of the actual recording
tape), may be tool long. As a
result, the computer may be
trying to read data where none
exists. Rewind the tape to the
beginning,then advance it appro¬
ximately 10 counts, (to 010). Now
begin the loading procedure
again.
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When the tape stops,
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READY
fully loaded from the
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cassette to the computer. The
television screen will display a
READY prompt.
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/1 you’ve loaded into the
READY
the computer type RUN
RUNB
and press RETURN.
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SAVING PROGRAMS TO CASSETTE
If you’re saving a program to a
cassette tape that already con¬
tains other programs,
press F.FWD. on
the program recorder
to wind the tape for¬
ward to the end of the
last program record¬
ed. Then wind the
Insert a cassette in the tape forward about
program recorder. 10 more counts (to make sure
that you don’t record over
anything) and make note of the
tape count. Now you’re ready to
record the next program.
2 If you’re saving a pro¬
gram to a blank cassette
tape, set the counter to
000. Advance the tape approx¬
imately 10 counts (to 010) in
order to get past the tape leader
You’re now ready to record. See
step 3.
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3 Type CSAVE and
press RETURN on the
computer. You’ll hear
two beeps to remind you to
press RECORD on the program
recorder. Finally, press RETURN
again on the computer. The
cassette will begin recording.
4 When the tape stops,
your program has been
fully saved to the ca¬
ssette tape from the computer.
The television screen will dis¬
play a READY prompt.
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READY
CSAVE
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READY
CSAVE
READY
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If you are recording on a new
cassette, you'll see two tabs
on the back edge of the cas¬
sette. The tabs make it possi¬
ble for you to write(or save)
programs to the cassette. To
keep your programs or data
from being accidentally eras¬
ed, break off these tabs after
you've finished recording on
both sides of the tape (all
prerecorded tapes are sold
with the tabs broken off).
Safety tabs
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