This episode features SmartTerminal, released in 1983 by Microbits Peripheral Products (MPP), then later by Supra Corporation after the company was reformed.

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SmartTerminal in ActionBooting

• Version 6.1 in 38 columns (default).
• Version 6.1 in 40 columns.
• Version 6.1 in 40 columns and custom color.
• Version 8.4 in 40 columns with custom color.

• Version 6.1 in 64 columns. Terminal Usage

• Disk Functions menu.

• Directory output.
• Modem to Disk Direct function (Capture).
• Saving a receive buffer.
• Deleting receive buffers.
• Modem to printer direct.
• Load buffer from device.
• Dial/Answer Functions menu.
• Terminal mode.
• Customizing the baud rate. Reliable up to ~450 baud (on 300 baud modems) if phone line and connection is good. Files* Version 6.1 disk files. Note M80.MPP which is an 80 column driver I couldnt get to work.
• Version 6.1 Dialing Directory dump.
• Version 8.4 disk files. Again, could not get 80 column driver to work.
• Version 8.4 dialing directory dump. Show Links* AtariMania (program): http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-smart-terminal_16411.html
• Wikipedia MPP/Supra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supra_Corporation
• Kay Savetz Source Code Recovery Thread (@ AtariAge) : https://forums.atariage.com/topic/254877-mpp-smart-terminal-source-code/
• MPP/Supra Product Design Notes (@ Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/MPP_Supra_pictures/mode/2up
• Kay Savetz (Atari Podcast) Interview w/Alan Ackerman: http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-106-alan-ackerman-mpp

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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.