Inverse ATASCII - Atari Productivity
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S6E01 Broderbund Bank Street Writer
Bank Street Writer was released in 1982, by Broderbund. It was a multi platform education centric word processor. It was developed by Intentional Software, Bank Street College of Education and Franklin E. Smith, with the Atari version being credited to Charles Olson Jr.
S5EB1 – Is This Thing On?
This episode discusses the absence of episodes, some general life stuff, new editing tools, and test workflows.
Podfolio 13 The Summary
Atari Portfolio memory card episode featuring specifications and details of the memory cards.
Podfolio 12 The Chess Card
Atari Portfolio game episode featuring specifications and details of the Chess Card software.
Podfolio 11 The PowerBASIC Card
Atari Portfolio BASIC episode featuring specifications and details of the PowerBASIC Card software.
Podfolio 10 The Instant Speller Card
Atari Portfolio spelling episode featuring specifications and details of the Instant Speller Card software.
Podfolio 09 The Finance Card
Atari Portfolio Finance episode featuring specifications and details of the Finance Card software.
Podfolio 08 The File Manager Card
Atari Portfolio File Manager episode featuring specifications and details of the File Manager Card software.
Podfolio 07 The Pro Case
Atari Portfolio Pro Case episode featuring specifications and details of the professional carry case.
Podfolio 06 The Memory Expansion
Atari Portfolio memory expansion episode featuring specifications and details of the memory expansion.
Podfolio 05 The Serial Interface
Atari Portfolio seriall interface episode featuring specifications and details of the serial interface expansion.
Podfolio 04 The Parallel Interface
Atari Portfolio parallel interface episode featuring specifications and details of the parallel interface expansion.
Podfolio 03 The Memory Cards
Atari Portfolio memory card episode featuring specifications and details of the memory cards.
Podfolio 02 The Hardware
Atari Portfolio hardware episode featuring specifications of the device itself and the built in software.
Podfolio 01 The Overview
Atari Portfolio, released in June 1989. Developed by DIP (Distributed Information Processing) in the UK. Licensed by Atari.
S5E01 Atari Conversational French
Conversational French was released in 1980, by Atari. It was one of four language courses offered. It was developed by EMI Audio Visual Services Ltd, and programmed by Gabriel Baum.
1632-E011: The One With The Hard Drive
The One With The Hard Drive. Time span covered is from July 1988 through September 1988. Coverage focuses on the Atari Megafile 20 Hard Drive. There are many links in the show notes on the podcast website at https://inverseatascii.info.
S4E12 Antic AnticWriter
AnticWriter was released in 1987, by Antic Publishing. It was developed independently and never made it to market until Antic published it.
S4E11 Roy Goldman Daisy Dot
Daisy Dot was written and released (in public domain) as three versions between 1987 and 1990, by Roy Goldman.
1632-E007: The One With The Mega ST’s (and 520STFM)
The One With The Mega ST's (and 520STFM). Time span covered is from July 1987 through September 1987. Coverage focuses on the Atari Mega ST's and Atari 520STFM. Coverage also includes a deep dive into the floppy disk. There are many links in the show notes on the podcast website at http://inverseatascii.info.
1632-E006: The One With The Chipset
The one with the chipset. Time span covered is from April 1987 to June 1987. Coverage focuses on the Atari ST chipset and Atari STM1 mouse. Atari ST BASIC is discussed. Also a dive into Huffman Coding. There are many links in the show notes on the podcast website at http://inverseatascii.info.
S4E06 XLEnt Software TypeSetter
TypeSetter was released in 1985, by XLEnt Software. It was written by Len Dorfman and Dennis Young.
S4E03 XLEnt Software MegaFont II+
MegaFont II+ was released in 1985, by XLEnt Software. It was written by Randy Dellinger and Richard Rognlie. This episode includes and interview one of the authors - Randy Dellinger.
S3EB1 – Floppy Disks
Podcast: Download This episode features Floppy Disks. Intro music is an excerpt from a chip tune by Wizwars named 8 Bit Raceway. It is used under Creative Common license Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.
S3E05 MPP MicroFiler
MicroFiler released in 1983, by MPP (Microbits Peripheral Products). It was written by Jim Harrison. MicroFiler is simple database filing system geared for the home user. It was somewhat unique in that is was offered as a cartridge.
S2E16 Allen Macroware PrintWiz
PrintWiz, released in 1983 by Allen Macroware. Developed by Jerry Allen.
S2E15 Atari AtariMusic I & II
AtariMusic I & AtariMusic II, released in 1983 by Atari.
S2E14 Atari Telelink I & II
Telelink I released in 1981, and Telelink II released in 1982, both by Atari.
S2E11APX Enhancements to Graph It
Enhancements to Graph It, released in 1982 by APX. Developed by Howard D. Siedenrock.
S2E06 Thorn EMI Home Financial Management
Home Financial Management, released in 1982 by Thorn EMI.
S1E19 DataSoft Letter Wizard
Letter Wizard, released in 1984 by DataSoft. Developed by Special Software Systems. This title is an updated replacement for the 1982 product called Text Wizard.
S1E1 Teaser
A small teaser for the upcoming episode featuring the Atari Word Processor.
Pilot Episode
Who? What? Why? All these questions and more are answered in this pilot episode.