Atari Portfolio User Manual

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ATARI

(OMPUTER

Portfolio Memory Expander

Owner's Manual

Plus

Warning: To avoid

carefully before using

possible

data loss, read this owner's manual

your

Memory Expander Plus.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

INSTALLING

EXPANDER

MAKING EXPANDED

AVAILABLE

DE-INSTALLING

EXPANDER USING THE MEMORY

EXPANDER APPENDIX A: TBOUBLE

SHOOTING

CUSTOMER

THE MEMORY

MEMORY

THE MEMORY

SUPPORT

2

4

6

7

t,

10

INTRODUCTION

The Port{olio peripheral

on the to the

Portfolio's standard 128K,

384K. Use two your

Portfolio's RAM to

enables allows

the FDISK command

RAM disk

range of external

Note:

The Portfolio's built

Memory Expander

plugs

that

right side oi the Portfolio.

Memory Expander

Portfolio's software

(the

C: drive), and

programs.

create files up to 64K.

does not

The Portlolio DOS and versions.

in Portiolio

increase this limit.

is designed to

MS-DOS

Very often,

even though its

programs

to 640K.

The memory ently than the

primarily

are

as drive A: or

Plus'memory, main working manipulate memory, a

ory

is allocated to the

in the Memory

memory in a

a form

data. However, like

portion

ol file storage and are addressed

B: like lloppy disks.

on the other

memory that is used to

of the

into

the bus expansion

Plus is an optional

lt adds 256K

giving you

Pluses to increase

640K. The additional

to build larger

to configure a larger

permits

in applications soltware

Adding a

run specially

and not their

the desktop

memory has been

Expander Plus

Memory Card. Memory

the use

Memory Expander

adapted PC-

versions cannot

The Memory Expander

hand, extends the computer's

programs

load

the built-in 128K

Memory Expander

built in HAM disk,

drive C:.

connector

of memory

total

a

data files,

desktop

of

memory

internal

of a wider

can

Plus

be run

expanded

is used differ-

Cards

and

main

Plus's mem-

The Memory

like

the built-in card drive The Memory DOS drive

Expander Plus also Expander Plus'card

B:. The second card

both a Memory time,

or to copy liles from

without swapping

you

connect

extra

card drives is active.

two expanders, only

on the left side of

drive is designated

drive allows

Card and a Program

contains a card drive

cards using a

one Memory Card

single card drive.

the first ol the two

The second card drive

the Portfolio.

you

lo

use

Card at the same

to another

When

is

as

inactive.

no harm on the

card.

lf a card

is done,

is inserted

but there is

into the second

no way to

access the data

card drive,

Memory Expander

The tery, obtaining Memory Portfolio, it

Plus's memory

folio is oll,

However, contents Portlolio.

Warning:

Expander

needs no

just

the Memory

only as long

Detaching

Poitfolio destroys

INSTALLING

The directions

nect a Memory

the instructions

Warning:

Expander folio's

requires

Portfolio's

proceeding:

1- Save any files

Memory Card or computer using

lnstallation

Plus

memory

a cold boot.

memory

Plus does

power

its

content

like the

from

Plus receives

battery. The Memory

preserved

is

memory in the

Expander

as it remains

the Memory

the memory

not have its

the Portfolio.

power

its

Plus retains its

connected

Expander Plus

content

THE N/EN/ORY

in this section explain

listed

Expander carefully for

causes the and the built-in

you

the Smart Parallel

Plus to

and de-installation

You must save

you

that

wish

upload them

your

irouble-free

entire content

RAM disk

wish to keep

to

keep.

Copy

to a desktop

own bat-

Because the from the Expander

even when the Port-

Portfolio itsel{.

memory

to the

from the

of the expander.

EXPANDER

how to

Portiolio.

installation.

of a Memory

o{ the Port-

(drive

anything

before

the files to

lnterface.

con-

Follow

and

C:),

your

in

personal

a

Write down any

2.

may want to

3. Switch

I

otl the Portfolio

or by

J

I

unique SETUP

recreate after installation.

by typing OFF

holding down

[Fnl

2

parameters

and

pressing

you

that

pressing

[o].