This episode features Career Counselor, released in 1982 by MMG Micro Software. It was developed by RLM Micro Systems, and programmed by Melvin Lebowitz.

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This episode features Antic Magazine #008, Volume 2, Number 2, from May 1983.

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Output from the “Invisible Sector” feature article:

• Reading the sector
• Writing the sector
• Re-reading the sector post write.
• Directory utility which shows the sector and directory.

Screenshots from the “Atari Terminal” feature article:

Screenshots from the “Idiotproofing” feature article:

Output from the Don’t Ask ABUSE program advertised:

Output from the “Tele-Chess” feature article:

Output from the “Microids” game presented in the “In The Public Domain” department article:

Output from the “Education” department article titled “Burning Candle At Both Ends”:

This episode features Antic Magazine #008, Volume 2, Number 2, from May 1983.

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This episode features The Writers Tool, released in 1984 by Optimized Systems Software (OSS).

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Print ad from Antic January 1985:

Print ad from Analog August 1985:

Scan of the cartridge (orange version):

Box front:

Box back

Binder cover:

Booting

Main Menu

• Exit

Print Menu

Disk I/O Menu

• Directory
• Delete a file.
• Initialize diskette, drive selection
• Initialize disk, density selection
• Initialize disk, confirmation
• Load file
• Warning if cursor is not at beginning of file when saving
• Saving full text with an override
• Setting the save file name
• Save confirmation

Editing

• Distraction free editing in 1984.
• Alternate cursor
• Marking text
• Pasting text
• Example document with text formatting commands embedded.
• CAPS LOCK is on.
• INVERSE (ding) is on.
• Searching is a lot like searching in the VI editor.
• Adding BELL note to all occurrences of the word Inverse.

Print Preview

• View until line 20, then start printing.
• Not so much preview, more of an estimator.

Configuration Customizer

• Print formatting customizations.
• Screen customizations.
• Saving customizations.

Dictionary Manager

Printer Customizer

• Menu
• Read config file (driver).
• Edit printer command codes. Get your manual out.

Spell Checker

• Menu, and prompt to insert dictionary disk.
• File to check
• Word counts go up as it reads from the file.
• Checking…
• Option to check another dictionary (such as your own) and to save error list.
• How do you want to handle the spelling errors?
• Alternate filename for corrections to be saved in.
• Interactive replacement.
• Whoops! Definately spelled that wrong!

Files

OSS DOS XL is used under the covers, but the interface is not accessible.

• Master/Program disk.
• Dictionary disk.

There is a link below to a copy on the Internet Archive.

Output from the DEMO file:

Output from the FDEMO file:

Output from the PDEMO file:

Print output from disk directory:

This episode features The Writers Tool, released in 1984 by Optimized Systems Software (OSS).

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This episode features Antic Magazine #007, Volume 2, Number 1, from April 1983.

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Output from the “Atari Print Font” feature article:

PDF of the associated printer output:

Screenshots from the “Window on GTIA” feature article:

Screenshots from the “3-D Maze Escape” game presented in the “In The Public Domain” feature article:

Output from the animated Pilot menu presented in the “Pilot Your Atari” feature article:

Output from the companion Pilot program that puts the menu autorun file into place on the diskette:

• Pilot commands the Autorun executes.

Output from the “Trace Utility” feature article for tracing/debugging BASIC programs:

ATR image with contents of magazine:

This episode features Antic Magazine #007, Volume 2, Number 1, from April 1983.

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This episode features Antic Magazine #006, Volume 1, Number 6, from February/March 1983.

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Output from the “Display Lists Simplified” feature article:

Screenshots from the “Steller Defence” game presented in the “In The Public Domain” feature article:

Program output from the “Tiny Text” feature article:

Output from the two BASIC utility programs presented in the “Starting Line” feature article:

• Get a directory from Atari BASIC.
• Mimic MEMO PAD from Atari BASIC.

Output from the “Valentine” feature article:

Screenshots of the VisiCalc tempate from the “Education” feature article:

PDF printout from the VisiCalc template:

ATR image with contents of magazine:

This episode features Antic Magazine #006, Volume 1, Number 6, from February/March 1983.

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This episode features Antic Magazine #005, Volume 1, Number 5, from December/January 1982.

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The “BATS” game from the “In The Public Domain” feature article:

Program output from the “Candle, Candle, Burning Bright” Education feature article:

Program output from the “Oh, Holy Night” article:

Output from the “Pilot Your Atari” article:

Output from the “Atari Tree” feature article:

ATR image with contents of magazine: