Contents of This Manual
The ATARI 850 Interface Module will be used with many different System configurations. Different configurations impose different demands on the user in what he has to know. The procedures are also different for different configurations. The general rules that must be observed in connecting and powering up are described and illustrated in Chapter 2.
Having connected your system and turned on the power, you then need to know how to program and use the ports to which you have connected your peripherals. The most complex technical material is in Chapter 3, which describes how to use the serial ports, and the supporting Appendices of Chapter 3.
The Appendices include user programs, code conversion tables, error codes, description of the RS-232-C communication standard and technical description of the interface module. In addition there are appendices that give the precise information necessary for configuring and using the serial ports.