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Page 1: ...TANDY 200 Owner s Manual Cat No 26 3860...

Page 2: ...ad only memory ROM format All portions of this software whether in the ROM format or other source code form format and the ROM circuitry are copyrighted and are the proprietary and trade secret inform...

Page 3: ...SED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE SOLD LEASED LICENSED OR FURNISHED BY RADIO SHACK INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATORY PROFITS O...

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Page 5: ...ng and practical applications The best way to use this manual is to start at the beginning and try all the examples If you are in a hurry though to do one application take 5 or 10 minutes to read Chap...

Page 6: ...200 Pressing the wrong key or typing the wrong information does no damage to a com puter You can usually correct a mistake simply by typing the information again cor rectly If this does not work turn...

Page 7: ...tters TEXT Enter and display text conveniently wherever you are Then print the text or save it on tape SI Cutting Pasting and Finding Text TEXT Find cut paste and copy text without having to retype it...

Page 8: ...g whatever is required by your telephone service 29 71Communicating with Another Computer TELCOM Connect to CompuServe Information Service and access its many data bases 35 8 Programming BASIC Learn t...

Page 9: ...Chapter II Starting Up This chapter shows how to start the Tandy 200 and enter programs You will need the Tandy 200 power adapter Cat No 26 3804 or 4 Size AA alkaline batteries i I Starting Up 1...

Page 10: ...r battery power If using electricity connect the Tandy 200 to an electric outlet using the Tandy 200 power adapter Use only the Tandy 200 power adapter If using batteries insert them as shown o c 1 a...

Page 11: ...to Bank 2 and Bank 3 3 The number of bytes characters remaining in the currently used RAM bank At startup you have room to store about 19 590 characters in each RAM bank 4 The functions you have avail...

Page 12: ...ormal tvnpwritpr j f Enter today s date Use the format DATES yy mm dd For example if today is March 4 1985 type DATES 03 04 85 CENT Enter the time Use the format TIMES hh mm ss with military hours For...

Page 13: ...f the Tandy 200 programs It will have no ef fect on the program you are running Turning Off the Tandy 200 When finished using the Tandy 200 simply press the Power Switch but be sure to leave the Memor...

Page 14: ...PRINT key at the keyboard top The printer prints what is on your screen In later chapters you will learn more uses of the printer Chapter 1 Summary Tandy 200 To print the screen Press To turn on the...

Page 15: ...T In this chapter you will create a text file You will learn how to store notes letters sales orders or any information in this file and if you have a printer how to print the information as a formatt...

Page 16: ...rtable Computers at Customer Locations Computer Seminar June 15 1984 ENTER 1 Enter orders ENTER 2 Transmit orders to main computer ENTER 3 Access timesharing computer CE Note how TEXT adjusts the word...

Page 17: ...you created SEMINR DO The DO exten sion tells you that SEMINR DO is a text file not a program Also note that you now have fewer bytes free This is because of the memory consumed by SEMINR DO Move to...

Page 18: ...n store endless numbers of files large files old files infrequently used files and backup files of important infor mstion 3 7 storing tl s fji c Q tape you can use the Kill func tion described later i...

Page 19: ...nter a specific filename such as SEMINR ENTER to load the specified file Type SEMINR ENTER TEXT turns on the recorder and when it finds the SEMINR file displays the message Found SEMINR DO When the ab...

Page 20: ...e the G3 QCDCD To move to the next line Let the words wrap as you type or press ENTE To insert text Move the cursor anywhere in the text and type To delete a character Move the cursor on top of a char...

Page 21: ...ormation on paper is static and cumber some to change In contrast the informa tion you store in a Tandy 200 text file is flexible and simple to change This chapter shows the easy way to edit text with...

Page 22: ...eft of the line iQDMoves to the top of the display QDMoves to the bot tom of the display Moves to the top of the file Moves to the bot tom of the file Using the Edit Function Keys To edit a file use T...

Page 23: ...xt you want to select Inthis case move tothe p in pine tables 2 Press the Select key GED This puts you in the select mode 3 Select text using any ofthe cursor movement keys Inthis case press SHIFTIF7...

Page 24: ...e J in Jones Furniture 2 Press ED 3 Use the cursor movement keys to select the following text In this example press CTRL GD and then press CD 4 times ELM FURNITURE pine chairs maple tables IONFS FURNI...

Page 25: ...find theamount of memory consumed bythepaste buffer to be somewhat confus ing If so refer to Reference C Listing Information from a File TEXT includes an additional function called LIST that lets you...

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Page 27: ...hapter shows how to use the Tandy 200 SCHEDL and ADDRSS programs as well as a LIST program from which both SCHEDL and ADDRSS are variations to select information from a file You will also learn how to...

Page 28: ...ain Menu and enter SCHEDL SCHEDL like all Tandy 200 programs shows oil itc fiit ti r c r rt tVio K tt rn line Also like allTandy 200 pro grams SCHEDL lets you use LABEL toturn onand offthe bottom line...

Page 29: ...o select records from ADRS DO Both are variations of the Tandy 200 LIST program and LIST lets you select records from any text file From the Main Menu enter any text file from which you want to select...

Page 30: ...have stored with the alarm To store an alarm in NOTE DO use this exact alarm format ddldd dd tt tt tt A message dd dd dd is a date it must in clude all 6 digits even the year separated by slashes tV...

Page 31: ...various what ifs will affect company plans What if the cost of labor rises by 10 What if materials costs are cut To help with this kind of analysis Tandy 200 comes with a spreadsheet program called M...

Page 32: ...cross and 15 rows down The cursor is at Row 1 Column 1 R1C1 Move to the next col umn R1C2 by pressing D Keep moving right and you see that although you can see only 4 columns at a time the spread shee...

Page 33: ...sitions shown below 2 I 3 January Labor M a t e r i a l s Entering Data You are now ready to enter data Enter 2000 and 6000 in the posi tions shown 1 2 3 January Labor 2000 Materials Total Entering Fo...

Page 34: ...n to the Main Menu by pressing COD On the Main Menu you see COSTS CO The CO extension tells you that COSTS is a spreadsheet file rather than a text file or a program From the Main Menu you can enter a...

Page 35: ...eys To enter a value Move the cur sor to where you want the value then type it and press CENTER To blank a value Move the cursor to the value you want blanked then press F2 To enter a formula Move the...

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Page 37: ...rs TELCOM This chapter shows how to autodial telephone numbers and switch between tone and pulse dialing To use any of the features described in this chapter you need a modem cable Cat No 26 1410 Dial...

Page 38: ...s top line gives its currently set parameters Only 2 of them are important for autodialing MI1ENN 0 10 pps The M tells TELCOM to use the built in modem You must use the built in modem to autodial The...

Page 39: ...Jow Shmow for example you could enter 214 Dallas TX or Joe Telcom Find Joe TELCOM displays the first record that contains these characters Example Joe Shmow 214 876 2222 2 At the bottom of the screen...

Page 40: ...ected numbers By autodialing you are using tone dialing which your long distance service requires Storing Pauses in Autodial Sequences Assume that you use a long distance service and you nor mally dia...

Page 41: ...oes to the Tandy 200 by connecting it to it to the modem cable s shorting plug Chapter 6 Summary TELCOM To find and autodial a number Press FT enter any part of a record in ADRS DO and press F2 to cal...

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Page 43: ...This chapter shows how to communicate with CompuServe Information Service a large multi purpose computer service and access its many data bases You can access CompuServe from anywhere in the United St...

Page 44: ...ties you can use any of these numbers to access CompuServe If you do not have a modem cable you can obtain a Compu Serve ID password and tele phone number by calling CompuServe 800 848 8199 or in Ohio...

Page 45: ...puServe and shows these functions on the bottom of your screen If these functions do not appear hang up the telephone and try again Check that you have the right phone connection com munication parame...

Page 46: ...line in structions such as these The following are some questions CompuServe may ask and how we suggest you respond What kind of terminal do you have Select Other How many lines does your ter minal ha...

Page 47: ...f TELCOM s terminal mode function keys the previous screen key CED Press CED to see the previous screen then CED again to return to the current screen TELCOM keeps 2 screens in memory at all times Log...

Page 48: ...m cable or acoustic coupler Learning More About Communications You can use use TELCOM to communicate with many other public access computer services such as Dow Jones and The Source You can also use T...

Page 49: ...Chapter 81 Running BASIC Programs BASIC This chapter shows how to type and run simple programs using the BASIC programming language Running BASIC Programs 41...

Page 50: ...ear the screen The PRINT command will tell BASIC to display text on the screen at the specified position To see if you have entered all the lines in this program correctly press the List function key...

Page 51: ...into TEXT You can now edit the BASIC program just as you edit a TEXT file When finished editing press CEfiD and the program is loaded back into BASIC Learning More About BASIC Many books are available...

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Page 53: ...91 Expanding the Tandy 200 This chapter shows how you expand the Tandy 200 with add on equipment and pro grams and also gives sources for addi tional information on the Tandy 200 Expanding the Tandy...

Page 54: ...isk CRT display unit Cat No 26 3806 This gives you one 5 l A floppy disk drive and can be attached to a nor mal television uispiay or video monitor A direct connect modem cable You can directly con ne...

Page 55: ...the Tan dy 200 or as cassette tapes which you will need to load into RAM using a cassette recorder Please note that most Model 100 programs will not work on the Tandy 200 The only Model 100 programs...

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Page 57: ...References A Help B Text Special Keys C Memory Required by TEXT Paste Buffer D BASIC Programs E Tandy 200 Technical Information References 49...

Page 58: ...may be in the wrong RAM bank Press CED or TAB to move from bank to bank No files are on the Main Menu Check the Memory Switch on the bottom of the Tandy 200 If it is off all the contents in RAM have...

Page 59: ...crophone the telephone microphone goes to the acoustic coupler speaker and and the plug goes to the Model 200 PHONE socket 2 The ACP DIR setting If us ing the modem cable this switch must be set to DI...

Page 60: ...in Menu Program running continuously Press SHIFT CBREAK to stop program execution Program ill formed The BASIC program contains lines without line numbers in the beginning Go back to TEXT and be sure...

Page 61: ...fflffilQ jSBPTCW ISRPffiE fflPffiR SRPff A BRPffiS 16RHDD TSRPHIF SRPH1X JSRPHIU fiSJgHlP BgHIO Bffffil BBPH SSffiM BBPH1G TJE XTl Keys By pressing CODE and another key youcan display the follow ing c...

Page 62: ...eys you can do the same cursor movement and editing functions as the keys described in Chapters 2 and 3 Control Operation Character CTRLXT Same as CTRLifF Same as CTRL fCi Same as CTRUCW CSHDCS CTRL f...

Page 63: ...xt TEXT moves the 5 000 bytes from the text file to the paste buffer When you paste the text TEXT puts an extra copy of the 5 000 bytes into the text file As another example assume you want to copy an...

Page 64: ...ATE IN PER CENTER 30 INPUT NUMBER OF MONTHS TO PAY OFF LOAN M 40 R R 01 12 50 P R L 1 1 R A M 60 I o l OA L CLS 70 PRINT NUMBER IN TEREST PRINCIPAL NEW D A T 8OF1 90 F2 MONTHLY PAYMENT 100 F3 TOTAL IN...

Page 65: ...T 1 N X 210 N X ZZ 220 GOTO 130 230 CLOSE 1 240 PRINT 137 FINISHED 250 END BAR BA This program lets you input 12 numbers then displays a simple bar chart of the numbers When you have finished running...

Page 66: ...ENTER The above command sets the time interval to 1 minute 10 X 6 seconds 60 seconds To cancel the auto power off function Enter BASIC and type the following POWER CONT Cold Restart If you ever need t...

Page 67: ...N C DTR N C N C N C N C N C Description Transmit Data Receive Data Request to send Clear to send Data set ready Data terminal ready Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cassette Interface Symbol REM 1 GND REM 2 R x...

Page 68: ...e Ground Bit 4 of output data byte Ground Bit 5 of output data byte Pin No 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Parallel Printer Interface Centronics Symbol GND PD6 GND PD7 GND N C GND BUSY GND N C...

Page 69: ...ogic GND Direct Connection to Tel Line RING Acoustic Coupler Connection MIC Acoustic Coupler Connection Speaker RD for answering telephone Direct Connection to Tel Line TIP Ringing Pulse Pin No 1 2 3...

Page 70: ...RD IO M ALE CLK RD WF INTR GND RAM RESET N C Pin No 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 Signal VDD GND ADI AD3 AD5 AD7 A9 All A13 A15 GND WR SO SI CE for I O Cont RESET out IN...

Page 71: ...4 Date entering 4 Deleting files 11 Dialing See Autodialing Disk drive 46 External Bus signal interface 62 Files 3 Copying 11 Deleting 11 Renaming 12 Help 50 52 LIST 21 Main Menu 3 Memory Power Switch...

Page 72: ...ses in sequences 32 Terminal connection 37 Using autodial sequences 30 Using pulse dialing 31 Using tone dialing 32 Telephone See Autodialing TEXT Correcting mistakes 8 Creating a file 8 Cursor Moveme...

Page 73: ...ck reserves the right to refuse to service the equipment or to v c any remaining warranty on the equipment 2 If any Radio Shack computer equipment has been modified so that it is r within manufacturer...

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