Description
A word processor for Atari 8-bit computers, published by Swift Software in 1982.
Provenance
Sent to Lazarus by post, with a note asking whether anything could be saved. Two copies were found; together they gave a complete image. Rebuilt from 5 damaged copies, none of them complete on its own.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
5bc2ba9750023c2aeafb34d99b1d405bec15ae86bd9b21907839cbb07dfd2608- Last verified
- Oct 29, 2026, by Vigil
- Emulation profile
- LZE-ATARI8-5 · lz-6502 core
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away under the work’s license.
In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-ATARI8-5, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on Atari 8-bit computers.
Cite as: Swift Software, DriftType (1982). Lazarus Archive, LZ-14538.