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.

S6E01 Broderbund Bank Street Writer

This podcast features productivity software for the Atari 8 bit home computers.  Some 16 bit (Atari ST), and portable (Atari Portfolio) thrown in too!  And Antic Magazine coverage.

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This episode features B/Graph, released in 1983 by Inhome Software as version 1.0, then later in 1984 by Batteries Included as version 1.1, and again in 1986 as version 1.1.1.  It was developed by Michael Reichman and Robert Wilson.

S8E08 Batteries Included B/Graph

This episode features Antic Magazine #013, Volume 2, Number 7, from October 1983.

The Antic Files Episode 013

This episode features AtSpeller, released in 1982 by APX (Atari Program Exchange), and in 1983 specifically as a version for AtariWriter. It was developed by R. Stanley Kistler.

S8E07 APX AtSpeller

This episode features Antic Magazine #012, Volume 2, Number 6, from September 1983.

The Antic Files Episode 012

This episode features Atari Program Text Editor, released in 1981 by APX. It was developed by Mike Lorenzen.

S6E01 Broderbund Bank Street Writer

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