Original author(s) | Russ Wetmore |
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Developer(s) | Batteries Included Ariolasoft[1] (EU) |
Initial release | 1984 |
Written in | Action! |
Platform | Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64 / 128, IBM PCjr |
HomePak, published in 1984 by Batteries Included, is an integrated application written for the Atari 8-bit computers and ported to the Commodore 64, Commodore 128, IBM PCjr, and Apple II.[2] It includes a word processor (HomeText), database (HomeFind), and terminal communications program (HomeTerm). HomePak was designed by Russ Wetmore (who previously wrote the game Preppie!) for Star Systems Software, Inc. The Commodore 128 version was ported by Sean M. Puckett and Scott S. Smith.
The Atari 8-bit version of HomePak is implemented in the Action! programming language from Optimized Systems Software.[3]
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