This episode features Crosscheck, originally released in 1986 by DataSoft.  It was a game title.  It was published by Intellicreations Inc and programmed by Tom McWilliams. Podcast: Download Tiny (clean) box image: Larger, not so clean, images of the box: Crosscheck in Action Show Links: Intro music is an excerpt from a chip tune by […]

Crosscheck was released in 1986, by DataSoft. It was a game title. It was published by Intellicreations Inc and programmed by Tom McWilliams.

This episode features Circuit Lab, originally released in 1983 by APX. It was an education title designed to teach basic DC electronics.  It was developed by Mark Davids and Sheldon Leemon. Podcast: Download   Supplemental Scans Advertisement (APX Catalog) from 1983: Disk image: Circuit Lab in Action Show Links: Intro music is an excerpt from […]

Circuit Lab was released in 1983, by APX. It was an education title designed to teach basic DC electronics.  It was developed by Mark Davids and Sheldon Leemon.

This episode features Bank Street Writer, originally released in 1982 by Broderbund. It was a beginners 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. Podcast: Download Supplement Scans Advertisement (Retail) from 1983: Advertisement for the Scholastic […]

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.

Is this thing on? Download: S5EB1 This episode discusses the absence of the podcast, some general life stuff, new editing tools and test workflows. Links Ocenaudio: https://www.ocenaudio.com Pixelmator Pro: https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/ Audio Hijack: https://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/ Fission: https://www.rogueamoeba.com/fission/ Ardour: https://ardour.org Reaper: https://www.reaper.fm Hin...

This episode discusses the absence of episodes, some general life stuff, new editing tools, and test workflows.

Episode 13 – The Summary Play: Download: 13 – The Summary   Screen Shots   Running the screen capture program PGCAP:   Links Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Portfolio BoxCat Map Theme: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games/Nameless_the_Hackers_RPG_Soundtrack/BoxCat_Games_-_Nameless-_the_Hackers_RPG_Soundtrack_-_17_Map_Theme Internet Archive: https://ar...

Atari Portfolio memory card episode featuring specifications and details of the memory cards.

Episode 12 – The Chess Card Play: Download: 12 – The Chess Card   Box Scans Front and Back:   Top and Bottom:   Left and Right:   Card Scans Front and Back:   Manual Atari_Portfolio_Chess_Manual_1991   Screen Shots   Links Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Portfolio BoxCat Map Theme: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games/Nameless_the_...

Atari Portfolio game episode featuring specifications and details of the Chess Card software.

Episode 11 – The PowerBASIC Card Play: Download: 11 – The PowerBASIC Card   Box Scans Front and Back:   Top and Bottom:   Left and Right:   Card Scans Front and Back:   Other Images Compiling the program that generated the “Have you played Atari today?” interlude music: Manual Atari_Portfolio_PowerBASIC_Manual_1991   Screen Shots Editing tune [...

Atari Portfolio BASIC episode featuring specifications and details of the PowerBASIC Card software.

Episode 10 – The Instant Speller Card Play: Download: 10 – The Instant Speller Card   Box Scans Front and Back:   Top and Bottom:   Left and Right:   Card Scans Front and Back:   Screen Shots From the DOS CLI (command line):   You would think Atari’s dictionary would have included ATASCII since its […]

Atari Portfolio spelling episode featuring specifications and details of the Instant Speller Card software.

Episode 9 – The Finance Card Play: Download: 09 – The Finance Card   Box Scans Front and Back:   Top and Bottom:   Left and Right:   Card Scans Front and Back:   Other Images Assorted Software Boxes Manual Atari_Portfolio_Finance_Manual_1990   Screen Shots Opening screen:   With menu zoomed (off):   Finance menu:   Time […]

Atari Portfolio Finance episode featuring specifications and details of the Finance Card software.

Episode 8 – The File Manager Card Play: Download: 08 – The File Manager Card   Scans Front and Back:   Screen Shots Tutorials Welcome Tutorial   Overview Tutorial   System Tutorial   Diary/Calendar Tutorial   Editor Tutorial     Worksheet Tutorial   Address Book Tutorial   File Manager UI Usage Examples   Links Wiki: https://en.wik...

Atari Portfolio File Manager episode featuring specifications and details of the File Manager Card software.

Episode 7 – The Pro Case Play: Download: 07 – The Pro Case   Box Scans Front:   Back:   Top and Bottom:   Sides: Pictures   Links Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Portfolio BoxCat Map Theme: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games/Nameless_the_Hackers_RPG_Soundtrack/BoxCat_Games_-_Nameless-_the_Hackers_RPG_Soundtrack_-_17_Map_Theme Special thank...

Atari Portfolio Pro Case episode featuring specifications and details of the professional carry case.

Episode 6 – The Memory Expansion Play: Download: 06 – The Memory Expansion   Box Scans Front and back:   Top and bottom:   Sides:   Manual Atari_Portfolio_MemoryExpanderPlus_Manual_1989   Links Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Portfolio 1MB Module: https://retrocosm.net/2011/09/03/portfolio-tweeting-and-memory-modules/ BoxCat Map Theme: http://freemusi...

Atari Portfolio memory expansion episode featuring specifications and details of the memory expansion.

Episode 5 – The Serial Interface Play: Download: 05 – The Serial Interface   Box Scans Front and back:   Top and bottom:   Sides:   Pictures   The Portfolio doing its best to imitate a TI-99/4A.  Pictured is the Portfolio (left), memory expansion (middle), serial interface (right):   Screen Shots Running xterm on the Portfolio […]