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From: stan@hprpcd.HP.COM (Stan Witherspoon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: (Will Atari blow it again? (Was: Interface to Atari Portfolio)
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Date: 27 Aug 90 22:54:33 GMT
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The Portfolio Editor has word wrap and search and replace and lines can
be cut and pasted from other applications such as the spreadsheet. I
wouldn't really call it a word processor. Atari calls it an Editor on
the menu. I use it for notes and todo lists.

On another note, I have been pleased with the amount of documentation I
have gotten from ATARI on the Portfolio. The owners manual has a
complete description of the format of all of the data files used by the
applications in the appendix. The Technicial Reference manual is a small
book that describes the DIFFERENCES between the Portfolio and the
IBM-PC. It has programming examples and hardware accessory examples and
comes with emulation software for am IBM-PC (emulates the Portfolio on
the PC not the other way around !!). Price is about $60. 

stan


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