S1E16 Atari Timewise

This episode features Timewise, originally released in 1982 by Atari. It bears a striking resemblance in appearance and usage to APX Weekly Planner (episode 7). I believe it was developed by RLM Micro Systems (Ronald and Lynn Marcuse) and is likely the natural evolvement of Weekly Planner.

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Box and Supplement Scans

Scan of the front of the box:

Scan of the back of the box:

Atari Timewise in Action

Bootsplash:

Booting without BASIC installed yields a nice warning:

Booting from single drive, swap diskette:

Booting from dual drive, insert diskette:

Checking data diskette format:

Main Menu (asking for date):

Main Menu:

End Session:

Module 1 – List Current Appointments

The List Appointments menu:

Option 1 – Today’s Appointments

You can only list appointments for the current day (date entered at program boot), but you can choose which person:

Output of list todays appointments:

Option 2 – Display Appointment List

Entering search criteria:

Results of the search:

Option 3 – Print Appointment List

Before the first print operation from any module or sub option you’re asked if you have a 40 column printer. This is remembered until you reboot:

Before printing appointments, you’re asked if you want to print blank forms:

If you opt to print bank forms, you enter the date range and select if you want 12 hour or 24 hour formats:

If you opt to print non-blank forms (normal), you enter the date range, person, and type of appointment. Wildcards supported in all fields:

Module 2 – Monthly Calendar

The monthly calendar menu:

Option 1 – Display

Enter month and year to display:

Calendar is displayed. Days with ** have appointments. Enter a day number to see details:

Details (appointments) for single day:

Option 2 – Print

When printing blank forms you are asked for the month and year to print:

When printing non-blank forms you are asked for the month and year, and the person. Wildcard is supported in the Person field:

Module 3 – Add New Appointments

There is no menu, you are dumped right into editing a new record (appointment). You are given the syntax for each input field as you move through the form:

A completed input form asking for confirmation the data is OK:

Module 4 – Inquire/Update Appointments

The Inquire / Update menu:

Option 1 – Inquiry

Entering search criteria for the inquiry. Wildcards supported:

Results from the inquiry:

Option 2 – Update / Delete

After entering the search criteria (similar to above), you are shown each match in succession. You have option to Update or Delete. Update works like editing a new record: