Tandy 200 User manual

TANDY200
Owner'sManual
Cat.No.26-3860

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capacity,capabilities,versatility,andotherrequirementsofCUSTOMER.
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theEquipmentandSoftwarearetofunction,andfor its installation.
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mediumuponwhichtheSoftwareisstored is freefrommanufacturingdefects.Thiswarrantyisonlyapplicable
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To Our Customers
CongratulationsonpurchasingtheTandy
200—a trulyrevolutionary
portablecomputer!
Thismanualshowshowtoimmediately
startusingall6 oftheTandy200built-in
programs,howtorelatetheseprograms
witheachother,andhowtodomanyof
today'smostexcitingandpractical
applications.
Thebestwaytousethismanualistostart
atthebeginningandtryalltheexamples.
Ifyouareina hurry,though,todoone
application,take5 or10minutestoread
Chapter1 first.Thenskiptothechapter
thatinterestsyou.
Afterreadingthismanual,youcangetin-
depthinformationonthemorefeature-
filledprogramsfromtheotherTandy200
manuals:
•Tandy 200 Multiplan Manual
•Tandy 200 TELCOM Reference Manual
•Tandy 200 BASIC Reference Guide

PleasefeelateasewiththeTandy200.
Pressingthewrongkeyortypingthewrong
informationdoesnodamagetoa com-
puter.Youcanusuallycorrecta mistake
simplybytypingtheinformationagaincor-
rectly.Ifthisdoesnotwork,turnto
"Help" inthebackofthismanual.

Contents
11 Starting Up
Turn onthe Tandy 200and start
programs. Usethe clock,calendar,
andcalculator.Connect andusethe
printer
21 Writing Notes and Letters
(TEXT)
Enter and displaytext
conveniently— wherever you
are. Thenprint the text or
save iton tape
SI Cutting, Pasting, and
Finding Text (TEXT)
Find, cut, paste and copytext
withouthaving to retype it.
13
41 Finding Schedules and
Addresses (SCHEDL and
ADDRSS)
Select and listtoday'sappoint-
ments and addresses.Store
alarms to remind youof
appointments19

5/ Planning (PLAN)
Usea spreadsheettoplan
financesandschedules23
6/ Dialing Telephone Numbers (TELCOM)
Storeandautomaticallydial
telephonenumbers.Usetone
orpulse dialing—whatever is
requiredbyyourtelephone
service29
71 Communicating with
Another Computer (TELCOM)
ConnecttoCompuServe
InformationServiceandaccess
itsmanydatabases35
8/ Programming (BASIC)
Learntotypeandrunsimple
butusefulBASICprograms41
91 Expanding the Tandy 200
Choosefroma varietyof
Tandy200add-on equipment,,
programs,andpublications45
References 49
IV

Chapter II
Starting Up
ThischaptershowshowtostarttheTandy
200andenterprograms.Youwillneedthe
Tandy200poweradapter(Cat.No.
26-3804)or4 SizeAAalkalinebatteries.
i
I :
StartingUp/ 1

Starting the Tandy 200
1. OpentheTandy200case
andturnontheMemoryPower
Switch:
Neverturnthisswitchoff.Doing
socausesyoutoloseallinforma-
tionyouhavestoredinthe
Tandy200.
2. Supplyelectricorbattery
power:
Ifusingelectricity,connectthe
Tandy200toanelectricoutlet,
usingtheTandy200power
adapter.(UseonlytheTandy200
poweradapter!)
Ifusingbatteries,insertthemas
shown:
•o c
1
a
[.o c
•
3. PressthePowerSwitch,and
adjustthe DISP dialtoyour
fieldofvision:
Batterypowerlasts14hours.
Whentheredbatteryindicator
turnson,youhaveabout20
minutesofbatterypowerleft:
2/ StartingUp

Note: You can get a Radio
Shack Computer Center to
modify the Tandy 200 so that
you can use rechargeable
batteries.
Using the Main Menu
Onyourscreenisa menusimilar
(butnotidentical)tothis:
1 2
J/
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BJHIM TEXT TELCOMp AODRSS
SCHEDLMSPLAN
4 3 5
Note: If you do not see this
menu, press (F8), the spacebar,
or(SHIFT)and(BREAK) at the
same time to "return" to it.
ThisistheMainMenu.Itgives
youthisinformation:
1. Today'sdateandtime.You
willsetthislaterinthischapter.
2. Thenumberoftherandom-
accessmemory bank (called
RAM bank, forshort)thatyou
arenowusing.TheTandy200
usesa RAMbanktostoreinfor-
mation.Ifyoupurchasedextra
banks, press(F1) or (TAB) to
movetoBank #2 andBank#3.
3. Thenumberofbytes
(characters)remaininginthe
currently-usedRAMbank.At
startup,youhaveroomtostore
about19,590charactersineach
RAMbank.
4. Thefunctionsyouhave
available:Bank,Copy,andKill.
5. The6 program filesthatcome
withtheTandy 200—BASIC,
TELCOM,ADDRSS,SCHEDL,
TEXT,andMSPLAN.Theseare
builtintotheTandy200's read-
only memory (ROM)and,with
theexceptionofSCHEDL,are
availablefromanyoftheRAM
banks. (SCHEDLisavailable
onlyfromBank1.)
Theremainingspacesareempty
nowbutwillcontainthenames
ofthefiles(programsordata)
youstoreinRAM.EachRAM
bankhasroomfor47files.
Entering a File
Thefileinreversedcharactersis
readytoenter."Move"toother
filesbypressingthearrowkeys
(atthetopofthekeyboard).
MovetoBASIC.Then"enter"
it.(Pressthe(ENTER)key.)You
seeBASIC'Sstartupmessage:
Tandy200Software
Copyright1984Microsoft
19334BytesFree
StartingUp/ 3

"Exit"BASICbypressing CED
(atthetopofthekeyboard).
Move to,enter,andexit2 other
files—TEXT andTELCOM-
usingthesamekeys:thearrow
keys, (ENTER],andCED.
Note: If you accidentally enter
SCHEDL, ADDRSS, or
MSPLAN, you will need to exit
these programs somewhat dif-
ferently. SCHEDL and ADDRSS
initially ask you to exit by press-
ing the spacebar. MSPLAN re-
quires that you exit by pressing
fSHlFT) and (BREAKl at the
same time.
Setting the Clock and Calendar
EnterBASIC.Thenpress
(ENTER) sothat"Ok"isthelast
lineonyourscreen.Checkthe
CNUM]keyatthebottomofyour
keyboard;ifitispressed,release
it.
Enter today's day: Usethefor-
mat DAYS = "day", with "day"
abbreviated—MON, TUE,WED,
THU, FRI, SAT,orSUN.For
example,iftodayisTuesday,type:
DAYS= "TUE"(ENTER)
(Toproduceuppercaseletters,
use(SHIFT)or(CAPS LOCKl,
justasyouwouldona normal
tvnpwritpr ^
-j f ~ • • ' -**-- •/
Enter today's date: Usethe
formatDATES = "yy/mm/dd".
Forexample,iftodayisMarch
4, 1985,type:
DATES= "03/04/85" CENT!
Enter the time: Usetheformat
TIMES = "hh:mm:ss", with
militaryhours.Forexample,ifit
isnow4:03p.m.and15seconds,
type:
TIMES = "16:03:15"(ENTER)
If you get an error message:
Perhapsyouomittedthequota-
tionmarks,omitteda leading0,
oruseda wrongabbreviation.
Press(ENTER).Thentypethe
day,date,ortimeagain
correctly.
When finished: Checktobe
surethatBASICstoredthecor-
rectday,date,andtime.Type:
PRINTDAYS (ENTER!
PRINTDATES(ENTER]
PRINTTIMES(ENTER]
ReturntotheMainMenu(by
pressing("Ftp),andyouseethe
currentday,date,andtime.
Using the Calculator
TheTandy200hasa 4-function
calculator.Toturniton,press
andlock the(NUM)key(toturn
onthe"numerickeypad");then
press(GRPH)(toturnonthe
calculator).Youseethe
calculator'sdisplayonthetop
lineofyourscreen.
Calculator0
Therightkeysarenownumeric.
Usethemtomakequickcom-
putations.Forexample,compute
4/ StartingUp

26X 384-127inthefollowing
manner.Notethatyouneedto
usea * ratherthananX symbol
formultiplication:
Whenyou
type:
Thetopline
ofthescreen
shows:
27
Calculator
Calculator
38Calculator
+Calculator
127Calculator
fENTER) Calculator
27
* 27
* 38
+1026
+127
1153
Inadditiontothenumeric
keypad,theTandy200calculator
hasthesespecialkeys:
fBKSP)—deletes thelast
character
fSHIFTlDELI—deletes thelast
entry
rsHlFTKDEUtwice—deletes
theentireoperation
(ENTER]—enters orcontinues
acalculation
GD—adds (sameas®)
CB—subtracts (sameas Q)
CD—multiplies (sameas C*D)
CD—divides
Allotherkeysare"lockedout"
whilethecalculatorison.Turn
offthecalculatorbypressing
(BREED. Turnoffthenumeric
keypadbyreleasing (NUM].
YoucanusetheTandy200
calculatorattheMainMenuor
whilerunninganyoftheTandy
200programs.Itwillhavenoef-
fectontheprogramyouare
running.
Turning Off the Tandy 200
WhenfinishedusingtheTandy
200, simplypressthePower
Switch(butbesuretoleavethe
MemoryPowerSwitchon).If
youforgettoturnoffthepower,
theTandy200waits10minutes
andthenturnsitoffforyou.
Keeping Information Safe in
Memory
Thenextchaptersshowhowto
storeinformationintheTandy
200's RAM.TheTandy 200's in-
ternalbatterykeepsthisinforma-
tioninRAMevenwhenthe
powerisoff.Makesurethisin-
ternalbatteryneverdies:
• NeverturnofftheMemory
Switchonthebottomofthe
Tandy200.Thisturnsoffthe
internalbattery.Wesuggest
thatyouputtapeoverthis
switchsonobodyturnsitoff:
•o c
.©
1
9
c >.
(Is
• IfyouneedtolettheTandy
200sitidleformorethan5-15
days, besurethatithasbat-
teriesinitandthatthesebat-
teriesarenotdead.TheTandy
200's internalbatteryneeds
somekindofpowersourceso
thatitcankeepitselfcharged.
StartingUp/ 5

Using a Printer
Note: If you do not have a
printer, skip to the next chapter.
YoucanuseanyRadioShack
"parallel"printerwiththeTandy
200. Toconnectit,youneedto
purchasetheTandy200printer
cable(Cat.No. 26-1409).
Unpackyourprinter.Referto
yourprinter'sowner'smanual
forinstructionson:
9
Insertinga ribbon
9
Insertingpaper
•Turningontheprinter'spower
•Turningtheprinteronline
Turnallequipmentoff.Then
maketheseconnections:
Donotforcetheconnections;
theyworkonly1 way.Ifthey
aredifficulttomake, youmay
havethecable uDside-down,
Withtheprinterconnectedand
online,pressthe (.PRINT) key(at
thekeyboardtop).Theprinter
printswhatisonyourscreen.In
laterchaptersyouwilllearnmore
usesoftheprinter.
Chapter 1 Summary
Tandy 200
To print the screen: Press
To turn on the "numeric
keypad": Press CHDH).
To enter the "all caps" mode:
Press(CAPS LOCKl
To turn on the calculator:
Press CHDE); then SEED.
To turn off the calculator:
Press(GRPH);thenrelease fNUMl
Main Menu
To enter a file: Press(ENTER).
To move to a file: Usethe
arrowkeys.
To move to another RAM
bank: PressCEDor (TAD.
BASIC
To enter the day, date and
time: UsetheDAYS,DATES,
andTIMEScommands.
Note: Each chapter lists func-
tions you might want to
remember. Tandy 200 functions
(such as (PRINT)or (WM)) work
the same no matter whatpro-
gram you are using. Other func-
tions (such as (ED) might work
differently with eachprogram.
6/ StartingUp

Chapter 21
Writing Notes and Letters (TEXT)
Inthischapter,youwillcreatea "text"
file. Youwilllearnhowtostorenotes,
letters,salesorders,oranyinformationin
thisfileand,ifyouhavea printer,howto
printtheinformationasa formatted
document.
WritingNotesandLetters/ 7

Creating a Text File
Assumeyouwanttocreatea text
filetostoreseminarnotes.To
createthefile,entertheTEXT
program.TEXTasks:
Filetoedit?
Entera namefora filethathas
6orfewercharacters.Forexam-
ple, typeSEMINR (ENTER!
TEXTcreatesa filenamed
SEMINR.Youseea blankscreen
witha backarrowanda blinking
box.
Thebackarrowistheendofthe
file. Theblinkingbox(calledthe
"cursor")isyourpositioninthe
file.
Entering Text
Releasethe fCAPS LOCK]keyif
itispressedtogetoutofthe
"allcaps"mode.Thentype
thesenoteslettingthewords
"wrap" fromonelinetothe
next.(Theonlytimeyouneedto
press[ENTER),thecarriage
return,iswhenyoumustenda
line, suchastheendofa
paragraph.)
"UseofPortableComputers
atCustomerLocations,"
ComputerSeminar,June15,
1984: (ENTER!
1. Enterorders(ENTER)
2. Transmitorderstomain
computer(ENTER)
3. Accesstimesharing
computer CE
NotehowTEXTadjuststhe
wordsthatwraptothenextline.
Youseethisonyourscreen:
''Use ofPortableComputersat Customer
Locations,'' Computer Seminar, June15,
1984:«
>. Enterorders-*
2. Transmitorderstomain computer-*
3.Accesstimesharing computer-*
To correct mistakes: Usethe
fBKSP) key(atthetop,rightcor-
ner). Itbackspacesanderases.
To insert text: Usingthearrow
keys, movethecursortoposition
atwhichyouwanttoinserttext;
thentypeyourinsertion.Forex-
ample,movethecursoruptothe
"U" in"Use"andtypeReps.
TEXTadjustsyourtext
accordingly:
''RepsUseofPortable Computers at
Customer Locations,11 Computer Seminar,
June15, 1984:-*
1. Enter orders-*
2. Transmitordersto main computer-*
3.Accesstimesharing computer-*
8/ WritingNotesandLetters

To delete text: Move the cursor
on topofthe character you want
deleted;thenpress(SHIFT)
(DELI. For example,move tothe
"1" in "June 15"and delete it
bypressing(SHIFT) and then
(DELI atthe sametime. ((DEL) is
actually a shifted (BKSPl key.)
"RepsUseofPortableComputers at
Customer Locations,11 Computer Seminar,
June 5, 1984:-*
1. Enter orders-*
I. Transmit orderstomain computer-*
3.Accesstimesharing computer-*
To repeat text: Press a keyand
hold it down fora while.TEXT
repeats thekey, over and over.
You maybe repeatingcharacters
fasterthanTEXT can process
them. You thendiscoverthat
TEXT"remembers"what you
type. Yousee TEXT"catch up"
with you evenafter you finish.
Entering and Exiting
aText File
Toexit the textfile and return to
theMainMenu,press (FBI. The
MainMenushows the name of
thefile you created—
SEMINR.DO. The .DO exten-
siontells you thatSEMINR.DO
is a text file—not a program.
Alsonotethat younow have
fewerbytesfree.This is because
of the memoryconsumed by
SEMINR.DO.Move to
SEMINR.DO'sposition onthe
MainMenu, andyouseeits
preciselength atthe bottom.
Nowre-enterSEMINR.DO.
(Move to SEMINR.DO and press
(ENTER).) Youseethe informa-
tionstill there—just asyou left
it.
Tryturning the Tandy200's
power offand then on again.
Theinformationthat you store
in the Tandy 200 remains safe—
evenwhen the power's off—and
willremainsafe as long asyou
follow the precautionslisted in
Chapter 1.
Printing a Text File
InChapter 1,you learned how
toprint a display by pressing
(PRINT). To print an entiretext
file, such as SEMINR.DO, you
need to enter the textfile and
press(SHIFT)(PRINT).
EnterSEMINR.DO.Press
(SHIFT) and (PRINT) atthe
sametime.TEXTshows howit
willformatwhat it prints:
Width: 80
Left-Margin: 0
Pagesize: 66
Line/Page: 65
Topmargin: 0
WritingNotes and Letters / 9

Youcanchangeanyofthese
numbersbyusingthearrowkeys
topositionthecursor,thentyp-
inga newnumber.Usenumbers
withintheseranges:
Width:10to132
LeftMargin:0 to121
Pagesize:0 to99
Line/ Page:0 to99
Topmargin:0 to(page size—
line/page)
Oncesatisfiedwiththesettings,
press(ENTER).TEXTasks:
ContinuousY/N?
TypeY (ENTER)ifyouwantto
printallthepagescontinuously;
typeN (ENTER)ifyouwantthe
printertotemporarilystopafter
eachpage.
Ifyoudecideyoudonotwantto
print,press(SHIFT)and
(BREAK)atthesametime.
((BREAK)isattheupperleftcor-
ner.)Nomatterwhatprogram
youareusing,youcanalways
use(SHIFT) (BREAK! tocancel
thecurrentoperation.
Saving a Text File on Tape
Usingtape,youcanstoreendless
numbersoffiles:largefiles,old
files, infrequently-usedfiles,and
backupfilesofimportantinfor-
mstion 3*7 storingtl^^^sfji^c Q*\
tape, youcanusetheKillfunc-
tion(describedlaterinthis
chapter)tofreeupRAMspace
forthefilesyouuseeveryday.
WerecommendyouuseRadio
Shack's CCR-81 orCCR-82com-
puterrecorder(Cat.No.26-1208
or26-1209),whichincludesa
recorder-to-computercable(Cat.
No. 26-1207).
To connect the recorder: Plug
inthe3-prongedendofthe
cable:theblackplugtoEAR,
thelargegreyplugtoAUX,and
thesmallgreyplugtoREM.
Connecttheotherendofthe
cassetteconnectortothebackof
theTandy200:
To save a text file: Inserta
blanktapeintherecorder,and
rewindittothestart.(Ifusinga
tapewitha leader,forwardthe
tapepasttheleader.)Pressthe
recorder'sPLAYandRECORD
buttonsuntiltheylock.Press
andTEXTprompts:
Saveto*
10/ WritingNotesandLetters

Entera filenameusing6 orfewer
characters;forexample,type
SEMINR[ENTER).Therecorder
turnson,records,andthenstops
automatically.Werecommend
youstore2 or3 copiesofthe
file.
Toprotect a file: Onceyou
haverecordeda fileontape,you
maywantto write-protect the
tape. Todoso,removethe2
notchesontopofthetape:
Withthenotchesremoved,you
canloadinformationfromthe
tape, butyoucannotrecord
anythingonit.Ifyoueverwant
tocancelthiswrite-protection,
putsometapeoverthe2
notches.
To load a file: Rewindthetape
andpressthePLAYbuttonuntil
itlocks.Setthevolumebetween
4and6,forthe CCR-81, oron
"P", fortheCCR-82.Press
CED, andTEXTprompts:
Loadfrom:
Inresponsetothispromptyou
cansimplypress(ENTER)(to
loadthenextfile)orentera
specificfilename,suchas
SEMINR(ENTER)(toloadthe
specifiedfile).
TypeSEMINR(ENTER).TEXT
turnsontherecorderand,when
itfindstheSEMINRfile,
displaysthemessage:
Found: SEMINR.DO
Whentheabovepromptdisap-
pears, TEXThasfinishedloading
SEMINR.DOintoRAM.
Deleting, Copying, and
Renaming a File
TheTandy200letsyoudelete,
copy,andrenameanyTandy200
fileexceptthebuilt-inprogram
files. (Thebuilt-inprogramsare
inread-onlymemory(ROM)and
cannotbealtered.)Tousethese
functions,returntotheMain
Menu.
To delete a file: Movetoa
file'spositionontheMainMenu
andpresstheKillkey(CED).The
MainMenugivesyoua chance
toreconsiderbyasking"Areyou
sure?(Y/N)".PressCSifyou
aresureandthefileisdeleted
fromRAM.
To copy a file to another
bank: Movetoa file'sposition
ontheMainMenu,andpressthe
Copykey (CED). TheMainMenu
asksfora "DestinationBank:".
Typethenumberofanother
bank,andthefileiscopied.
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TheCopyfunctioncanbeused
onlybycustomerswithmultiple
banks. Ifyouhaveonlyone
bank,youcanusethe(PASTE)
keytocopya textfile,asin-
structedinthenextchapter.
To rename a file: EnterBASIC
and,attheOkprompt,enterthe
NAMEcommandusingthisfor-
mat:NAME "oldname" AS
"newname" (ENTER).Enterthe
fullfilename,includingitsexten-
sion,forexample,NAME
"SEMINR.DO" AS
"MEMO.DO"(ENTER)
Chapter 2 Summary
Tandy 200
To stop an operation: Press
TEXT
To move the cursor: Usethe G3
QCDCD.
To move to the next line: Let
thewords"wrap"asyoutype,
orpress(ENTE
To insert text: Movethecursor
anywhereinthetextandtype.
To delete a character: Move
thecursorontopofa character
andpress fSHIFTlfDELi.
Toprint a text file: Press
(SHIFTXPRINTl, answerthe
printformattingquestions,and
To save a text file on tape:
Press (T3~); thentypea filename.
To load a text file from tape:
Press CBD; thentype a. filename.
Main Menu
To copy a file to another
bank: Movetothefileandpress
CFD.
To delete a file: Movetothe
fileandpressCRT).
To see a file's size: Movetothe
file'sposition.
BASIC
To rename a file: Usethe
NAMEcommand.
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