ATARI WRITER 400/800/XL/XE Cartridge NEW

Description: Original "Atari Writer" 8-bit Atari 800/XL/XE Cartridge by Atari Inc. Rare new and unopened, NIB. AtariWriter Atari, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 List Price $79.95, 16K - cartridge Reviewed by Mike Dunn Atari has now released a new word processor, the AtariWriter, a 16K, ROM-based program for less than $100, that combines the best features IL Of the others. It can be used with either a cassette or disk system at a price that ' is hard to beat. The program is very ~ easy to use and comes with an excellent instruction book. When you plug in the cartridge and turn the computer on, you see the Atari symbol, then the menu. Choices are: Create File, Delete File, Edit File, Format Disk, Index of Disk Files, Load File, Print File and Save File. To begin your text, you choose Create and are greeted with the edit screen. On the top of your screen are the file formatting commands and their defaults, which are easily changed. These include the top, bottom, left and right margins, page length, paragraph and line spacing, paragraph indentation, justification on and off, and print style. On the bottom of the screen are arrows indicating the various tab spacing, the current line and character location and the prompt for return to menu. In any part of the program there are always prompts to tell you what to ~ do next, and on many commands, a Y or N is required to make sure you want to carry it out. The error trapping is so excellent that lost files and mistakes are almost impossible. All the usual Atari editing commands are available, as well as the ability to go up or down an entire screen at a time and go to the beginning or end of a line. You can delete characters, lines or a block of lines. The best feature is the ability to restore the deleted text if you change your mind! This is done by storing the deleted text in a buffer in case you need it. Text can be moved around, and you can search and replace text easily. You can instantly go to the top or the bottom of the file. However, when editing, only insert mode is available, which means you must delete unwanted text because you cannot type over it. This is a minor annoyance. The speed that the program can do all of this is impressive. There are no delays, all is instantaneous. The other word processors take much longer to do the same. When you have finished your masterpiece, you can save it in DOS format or print it. You can preview it on the screen at the width you specify, using your 40-column screen as a window to quickly scroll horizontally. You can even right-justify your text on the screen, and specify the page you wish to preview. AtariWriter can directly support all of the Atari printers, including the new Atari 1025 (made by Okidata). APX (Atari Program Exchange) will be selling printer drivers for other popular printers, but you can use embedded printer commands in your text by using the ASCII decimal number. With or without the printer driver, you are able to center text, double-column print, use elongated or various print sizes, use headers and footers, right justify mono spaced print, number pages, use sub- and super-scripts, print a specific page and make multiple copies. AtariWriter is the best non-game program Atari has released. The features it lacks, and that I miss, are the inability to type over text; the absence of user-made printer drivers (especially if APX doesn't make a printer driver for your printer); and the lack of database merge. Compared to the other word processors available, it is clearly superior on price and performance to Text Wizard and the Atari Word Processor. Letter Perfect is still a strong contender, as LJK is currently working on an upgrade that will have many more features, including the adjustment of dot-spaces for various proportional fonts, with a disk full of printer drivers included. Letter Perfect also can merge with DataPerfect, LJK's excellent database system. This is a capability that AtariWriter and other word processors lack. But for most people, the AtariWriter should satisfy their needs very well at a very attractive price. Advantages Ease of Use Excellent Error Trapping Excellent Instruction Manual Low Price Menu Driven ROM Based Cassette or Disk Quick Fool Proof DOS Format Undo Command Many Easy-to-use Editing Commands Ability to Use Embedded Printer Commands Availability of Printer Drivers Preview at Full Printer Line Width and Justification Print Individual Pages Print Multiple Copies Send Files Over Modem If you have an Atari XL/XE with an Atari 1027 please specify Rev C.Click here to review my terms & conditions."If you do not understand something about an auction then PLEASE contact us and get an answer you understand before purchasing. EBAY NOW CHARGES FEES ON SHIPPING AND HANDLING. WHEN YOU BUY MULTIPLE ITEMS AND PAY BEFORE WE SEND A COMBINED INVOICE YOU MAY PAY A LOT OF EXTRA SHIPPING."

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Location: El Dorado Hills, California

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