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December 25, 2017 S4E05 XLEnt Software The Rubber Stamp – Supplement

https://inverseatascii.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/inverseatascii-s4e05-xlentsoftware_therubberstamp.mp3

This episode features The Rubber Stamp, originally released in 1985 by XLEnt Software. It was written by Len Dorfman, Dennis Young, and Randy Dellinger.

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Box and Supplement Scans

The Rubber Stamp front cover:

Rear cover:

Picture of the disk:

Ad from Analog Magazine in August 1985:

Ad from Analog Magazine in January 1986:

Ad from Analog Magazine in June 1986:

The Rubber Stamp in Action

Boot menu:

Loading:

Main Menu

Load Character Set

Select drive:

Enter filename:

Directory

Instructions:

Select drive:

First file:

Having pressed SPACE to autoload, it asks what type of file:

Format

Instructional warning:

Put new disk in:

Wait while formatting:

Sketch Pad Icon Load

Select drive:

Enter filename:

Select quadrant:

Print

Info banner:

Select screen or label:

Sketch Pad Icon Save

Select drive:

Enter filename:

Select quadrant:

Confirm, abort:

Screen Load

Select drive:

Enter filename:

Screen Save

Select drive:

Enter filename:

Text Editor

Empty screen:

Sample screen with multiple effects included:

Quadrants:

Slice menu:

Slice turned off:

Graphic Editor

Here the graphic editor has been invoked on a screen full of text. Note the Star Raiders style cursor:

Adding just a graphic:

Convert Icon

Loading:

Menu. Follow the instructions for each option:

Editor 16

Loading:

Select printer:

Basic editor screen, with menu:

Select character to edit:

Editing the letter A:

Are you sure you want to quit?

Text 16×16

Loading:

Menu:

Loading default font:

Screen editor:

Screen designed with 16×16 pixel font:

Save Screen

Select drive:

Enter filename:

Uh oh! Error! At least its handled well:

Files

Errors are handled gracefully:

Except this one. Ooops, something went wrong in Editor 16!:

Back to DOS, why not?:

The Rubber Stamp uses OSS DOS XL 2.30. Between the two sides there are a number of 8×8 fonts, and one 16×16 font, a number of pictures, DOS, and the program files.

Printing

High resolution 16×16 font test:

https://inverseatascii.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/s4e05-prt-e16-a-hi.pdf

Low resolution 16×16 font test:

https://inverseatascii.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/s4e05-prt-e16-a-low.pdf

Label output:

https://inverseatascii.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/s4e05-prt-prt-lbl.pdf

Screen dump:

https://inverseatascii.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/s4e05-prt-prt-scr.pdf

Instructions

The manual can be found online at AtariMania (see link below).

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