This episode features SmartTerminal, released in 1983 by Microbits Peripheral Products (MPP), then later by Supra Corporation after the company was reformed.

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This episode features Antic Magazine #017, Volume 2, Number 11, from February 1984.

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Screenshots from the “Starting Line” department article titled “Cinderella Story”:

Screenshots from the “Education” department article titled “Odd Man Out”:

Screenshots from the “A Greeting Card for All Seasons” feature article:

Screenshots from the “Follow That Stock” feature article:

Output from the “Follow That Stock” program:

Screenshots from the “Money Matters” feature article:

Screenshots from the “Fast Fingers” feature article:

Screenshots from the “Phone Book” feature article:

Output from the “Phone Book” program:

Screenshots from the “Character Graphics” feature article:

Screenshots from the “In The Public Domain” department article featuring a BASIC type in game titled “Gauntlet”:

Screenshots from the “In The Public Domain” department article featuring a bonus BASIC type in game titled “Galactic Gloop”:

Screenshots from the “Assembly Language” department article titled “DRAWTO FILL”:

This episode features Antic Magazine #017, Volume 2, Number 11, from February 1984.

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This episode features SynComm, released in 1983 by Synapse Software. It was developed by a Pete Goodeve.

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Front of box:

Back of box:

Product description from Synapse catalog:

Booting

Terminal Usage

• Blank terminal screen (on 130XE).
• Command menu.
• Disk operations.
• Disk directory…
• Erase a file.
• Terminal configuration. Note no ability to change baud rate from the terminal program itself. That is seperate!
• Connecting to a BBS, Southern AMIS style.
• File transfer menu.
• Transmitting a file…
• Receiving a file…
• Edit line.
• Breadcrumbs left on edit line when connecting system doesnt require RETURN (which clears the edit line).
• More breadcrumbs (on 800XL).
• Backspace issues.

Terminal Commands and Configuration

Program Configuration

• Configuration for 1200 baud TCF file.
• Configuration for ATASCII config TCF.
• Configuration for CompuServer config TCF.
• Configuration for DEFAULT config TCF.
• Tutorial on using setup (part of Default).
• Configuration of Odd Parity config TCF.

• Errors handled gracefully.

• Copy protected, can read side A VTOC.
• Side B.

This episode features SynComm, released in 1983 by Synapse Software. It was developed by a Pete Goodeve.

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This episode features Antic Magazine #016, Volume 2, Number 10, from January 1984.

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Screenshots from the “Education” department article titled “Trivia”:

Screenshots from the “Education” department article titled “Odd Man Out”:

Screenshots from the “Pocket Calendars” feature article:

• Program 1: Automatic formatting.
• Program 2: Manual formatting.

Output from program 1 on emulated Atari 1020 printer:

Output from program 2 on emulated Atari 1020 printer:

Screenshots from the “Disk Label Printer” feature article:

Output from the program:

Screenshots from the “Word Find” feature article:

Output of my word find (have fun):

Output solution to my word find (cheater):

Screenshots from the “Screen Dump” feature article:

Output of the screen dump of Yoda:

Screenshots from the “Typers Toolbox” feature article:

Screenshots from the “In The Public Domain” department article presenting the BASIC game “Snow Bird”, written in BASIC:

Screenshots from the “Assembly Language” department article titled “Page Flipping”:

Coverdisk (unofficial) screenshot:

This episode features Antic Magazine #016, Volume 2, Number 10, from January 1984.

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This episode features The Newsroom, released in 1988 by Springboard. It was developed by a programming group comprised of Robert Eyestone, Robert Mueffelmann, Scott McSpadden, Jon Clauson, and Sean 
Callahan. Graphic Artists included Karen Christiansen, Jerry Cratsenberg, Robert Cavey.

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Ad from Antic July 1988:

Ad from Compute! appearing on both July and October of 1986:

Ad from Atari Explorer August 1988 and Antic July 1989:

Booting

Cracked version crack screens at boot:

Command / Usage

• Creating a banner (appears across the top of the page).
• Using the Copy Desk.
• Using the Photo Lab.
• Using Layout.
• Layout: Defining what goes in each panel.

• Program disk contents.
• Data disk contents (for Inverse ATASCII working disk).
• Dump of some of the Inverse ATASCII saved files. Mix of binary and ASCII.

An image of The Round File that was produced using The Newsroom on an Atari 8 bit computer:

This episode features The Newsroom, released in 1988 by Springboard. It was developed by a programming group comprised of Robert Eyestone, Robert Mueffelmann, Scott McSpadden, Jon Clauson, and Sean 
Callahan. Graphic Artists included Karen Christiansen, Jerry Cratsenberg, Robert Cavey.

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This episode features Antic Magazine #015, Volume 2, Number 9, from December 1983.

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Screenshots from the “Starting Line” department article titled “Snowflakes”:

Screenshots from the “Logo / Pilot” department article titled “Turtle Sketch Pad”:

Screenshots from the “Education” department article titled “Odd Man Out”:

Screenshots from the “Holiday Greetings” feature article:

Screenshots from the “AUTORUN.SYS” feature article:

Screenshots from the “More Interrupting” feature article:

Screenshots from the “Automate Your Player/Missiles” feature article:

Screenshots from the “In The Public Domain” department article presenting the BASIC game “Worm Squirm”, written in BASIC:

• Its fast!

Screenshots from the “In The Public Domain” department article presenting the game “JackPot”, written in BASIC:

• Nice animated game screen!

Coverdisk (unofficial) screenshot: