Using Software
Your ATARI 130XE a
nd
your television are the hardware components
of your system.
Software refers
to
the computer programs that tell
your ATARI 130XE what to do and how to do it. Some software pro-
grams are
built into your computer, some you can buy, and some you
can write
yourself.
BUILT·IN SOFTWARE
Built-in software is permanently stored
in
the Read Only Memory
(
ROM
) chip inside the computer.
Yo
ur ATARI 130XE contains a
ROM
chip encoded with the ATA
RI
BASIC programming language and the
Operating
System program.
Th
e Operating System
in
the ATARI 130XE
conta
in
s programs that allow the keyboard, display screen, program
recorder, and most
A
TARI
printers to
communicate
with one another.
COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE
Commercial software programs are
wr
itten by Atari Corp. and by
profe
ss
ional programmers and are available from retail outlets. Video
games, spreadsheet programs, word processing programs, and
programmed math
lessons are just a few of the many types of
software
available for bus
in
ess and educational applications, and for
entertainment.
Th
e ATARI 130XE is completely compatible with the 65XE and the
800XL Computers. You select whatever software program you want to
use, as
long as
it
is designed for use with any of these computers.
You r
ATARI 130XE is equipp
ed
to use software cartridges. If you want
to use software
in
diskette or audiocassette form, you will need to pur-
chase a disk drive or a program recorder.
Note: Some software programs written by non-Atari software
developers for the ear
li
er ATARI ®
400TMj
800™ models may not work
with you r
ATAR I 130XE.
If
you have a disk drive, this problem can
be
remedied with a Translator Disk.
Th
e disk is available from ATARI
Customer Rela
ti
ons, Ata
ri
Co
r
p.
,
P.O.
Box 61657, Sunnyvale, CA
94088.
Cost: $9.95 plus $2.50 for
sh
ippin
g.
Ca
lifornia
re
sidents add 6.5
percent tax.
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