This episode features Creative Process, released in 1986 by Antic. It was developed by Dave Thorson.

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Manual ArtFront cover of the packaging:

Rear cover of the packaging:

AdvertisingAdvertisement from the Antic’s The Catalog March 1988:

Creative Process in ActionBooting

• Menu

• Animated menu. Notice the ! marks in the program title box. They rotate around until they collide, then the screen changes color, new characters take their place, and the process continues.

• Usage

• Loading…

• Loading data…
• Empty outline
• Context help.
• Disk and Printer function menu.
• Editing an outline item.
• Context help for edit.
• Notes for item.
• Adding a level.
• Outline with sub items.
• More sub items.
• Really starting to detail the list…
• Pretty much complete.
• Making a data disk.
• Are you sure?
• OK, you asked for it. Building new data file disk.
• Its done.
• Disk contents.
• Configuring the Ram Disk drive number.
• Saving…
• Printing (to screen)…
• Print to Screen (List Only).
• Print to Screen (List and Text).
• List to printer.

• Printing… Createive Process to Word Processor

• Converting TO a Word Processor file.

• Converted file viewed in AtariWriter.
• Converted file viewed in PaperClip.

• Word Processor to Creative Process

• Converting FROM a Word Processor file.

• Error Handling

• Help

• Booting help with choice of output to screen or printer.

• Selecting continuous feed or paging.
• Help output to screen. Files*
• Atari DOS 2.5 on board.
• Directory of program disk.
• Contents of READ.ME
• Program info file.
• Empty list data file. PrintoutsOutput of Help file:

S8E09-prt-HelpDownloadOutput of List Outline:

S8E09-prt-ListOutlineDownloadOutput of List Outline with Text:

S8E09-prt-ListTextDownloadOutput of Text:

S8E09-prt-TextDownloadManualThe manuals are available on AtariMania.

Show Links* Creative Process (@ AtariMania): http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-creative-process_30579.html * Antic V4 N8 Buyers Guide (@ Atari Magazines): https://www.atarimagazines.com/v4n8/ShoppersGuide.html * Inverse ATASCII S2 E1 Atari AtariWriter: https://inverseatascii.info/2015/09/24/s2e01-atari-atariwriter/ * Inverse ATASCII S4 E1 Batteries Included Paperclip: https://inverseatascii.info/2017/10/03/s4e01-batteries-included-paperclip-supplement/

Intro music is an excerpt from a chip tune by Wizwars named 8 Bit Raceway. It is used under Creative Common license Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.