This episode features HeartWare, originally released in 1986 by Hi Tech Expressions.  It was developed by Comware and authored by Joe Suarez.

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Box and Supplement Scans

Packages are extremely hard to find.  I did find a couple of photos:

 

Another:

 

Review found in the Chicago Tribune on February 13, 1987 by Steven Kosek:

HeartWare in Action

Animated boot splash:

 

As animation draws to a close:

 

Main Menu

Graphical menu with 3 simple options:

 

Option 1 – Animated Friendship Greeting

Enter a message:

 

Then listen to the music and watch the animation:

 

Option 2 – Greeting Card Printer

First, enter a message:

 

Select the style of card to print (full page or quarter page):

 

Select the scene (full page):

 

Select the scene (quarter page):

 

Get the printer ready:

 

Printing full page graphic 1:

 

Printing full page graphic 2:

 

Printing full page graphic 3:

 

Printing quarter page graphic 1:

 

Printing quarter page graphic 2:

 

Printing quarter page graphic 3:

 

Printing quarter page graphic 4:

 

Option 3 – Greeting Disk Maker

First enter your message:

 

Start swapping disks.  This occurs 3 times:

 

Files

The disk is single density and has a hidden VTOC, with a message in the DOS VTOC:

 

Printing

Full page graphic 1:

https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/s2eb2-prt-2-full1.pdf

Full page graphic 2:

https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/s2eb2-prt-2-full2.pdf

Full page graphic 3:

https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/s2eb2-prt-2-full3.pdf

Quarter page graphic 1:

https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/s2eb2-prt-2-quarter1.pdf

Quarter page graphic 2:

https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/s2eb2-prt-2-quarter2.pdf

Quarter page graphic 3:

https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/s2eb2-prt-2-quarter3.pdf

Quarter page graphic 4:

https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/s2eb2-prt-2-quarter4.pdf

 

Instructions

Ha, what instructions.  Instructions were not Hi Tech Expressions strong suit.

 

Show Links:

• Inverse ATASCII video demonstration on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AmYTkx_geX0
• Inverse ATASCII HeartWare Greeting Disk (rename from .zip to .atr): https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/heartwaregreetingdisk.zip
• Fandal: http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7009
• Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/a8b_HeartWare_1986_High_Tech_Expressions
• Hi Tech Expression (2nd incarnation) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi_Tech_Expressions
• Daisy Bell song Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell

 

 

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.