This episode features The Newsroom, released in 1988 by Springboard. It was developed by a programming group comprised of Robert Eyestone, Robert Mueffelmann, Scott McSpadden, Jon Clauson, and Sean 
Callahan. Graphic Artists included Karen Christiansen, Jerry Cratsenberg, Robert Cavey.

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Springboard LogoAdvertisementsAd from Antic July 1988:

Ad from Compute! appearing on both July and October of 1986:

Ad from Atari Explorer August 1988 and Antic July 1989:

The Newsroom in ActionBooting

• Cracked version crack screens at boot:

• Command / Usage

• Creating a banner (appears across the top of the page).

• Using the Copy Desk.
• Using the Photo Lab.
• Using Layout.
• Layout: Defining what goes in each panel.
• Files* Program disk contents.
• Data disk contents (for Inverse ATASCII working disk).
• Dump of some of the Inverse ATASCII saved files. Mix of binary and ASCII. Inverse ATASCII The Round FileAn image of The Round File that was produced using The Newsroom on an Atari 8 bit computer:

Show Links* AtariMania (program): http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-newsroom-_15923.html * AtariMania (clip art 1): http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-clip-art-collection-volume-1_15969.html * AtariMania (clip art 2): http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-clip-art-collection-volume-2_15970.html * AtariMania (clip art 3): http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-clip-art-collection-volume-3_15971.html * Springboard Software Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springboard_Software * Bill Lange Atari 8 Bit Ads: https://atari8bitads.blogspot.com/2017/12/stop-presses.html * Book: Using Newsroom (@ Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/using-newsroom-at-home-school-and-work/mode/2up * ANALOG July 1988 Review (@ Atari Magazines): https://www.atarimagazines.com/analog/issue62/review_newsroom.php * Antic June 1987 Editorial (@ Atari Magazines): https://www.atarimagazines.com/v6n2/editorial.html * Inverse ATASCII S4 E6 XLent Software Typesetter: https://inverseatascii.info/2018/01/28/s4e06-xlent-software-typesetter-supplement/ * Inverse ATASCII S4 E4 XLent Software Page Designer: https://inverseatascii.info/2017/12/10/s4e04-xlent-software-page-designer-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.