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Here is a list of some downloadable software for your 8-bit Atari. Some of Atari files are compressed with ARC/UNARC utility, some are zipped. Please contact me for any suggestions or copyright issues if there are any!
Programming languages
| Program | Description |
| Turbo Basic | Excellent replacement for Atari BASIC with many new commands and it runs 3 times faster. It also includes compiler which makes your programs up to fifteen times faster! |
| A65 | A very simple 6502 assembler |
| Turbo Basic for SpartaDos 3.2d | Turbo BASIC for SpartaDos 3.2d |
| JLS BASIC Compiler | Fast BASIC compiler |
Disk operating systems
| Program | Description |
| MyDOS - Link 1, Link 2 | Good DOS replacement which is absolutely free to use. It supports larger capatities, including hard disks. |
| DOS XE v1.0 |
Last disk operating system from Atari Corp. |
| DOS XL v2.30 |
Good DOS replacement from OSS, Inc. |
| SpartaDOS v3.3 |
One of the best disk operating systems for 8-bit Atari, the choice of many serious users, supports larger capatities, etc. |
| TRS Desktop | New graphics operating system for Atari, similar to Diamond OS from the past. Pack contains also short manual in RTF format in two versions: Polish and English. Minimal requirements are: Sparta DOS X , mouse, and Atari 130XE . KMK/IDEa interface or Sio2IDE recommended, recognizes the CPU type (6502, 65c816). |
| MyPicoDos | MyPicoDos is a "gamedos" for the 8-bit Ataris that can read COM, EXE, BIN and BAS files. It's main feature is the ability to cope with the special MyDOS features like subdirectories and large disks (eg 3.5" HD disks). Starting with version 3.0 MyPicoDos is GPL'ed and comes with the full source code in Atasm format. |
Compress/uncompress utilities
| Program | Description |
| Different packers | Various decompress utilities |
| xunzip | A ZIP, TAR, GZ and TGZ (TAR.GZ) archives depacker. It also supports timestamps. |
Text editors
| Program | Description |
| Panther | Great little text editor with drop down menus. |
| T:EDIT | A sweet little text editor |
Disk tools/utilities
| Program | Description |
| Atari Commander 1.4 | Total Commander clone for Atari 8-bit computers |
| DISK | A sector editor and much more |
| BCOPY/SuperCopy | BCOPY is one of the fastest, easiest multi-file copiers ever published for 8-bit Atari. The entire copying process is operated via menu selection and normally requires only five key presses. |
Graphics
| Program | Description |
| Lepix | Lepix is a painting program for Atari XL/XE. It's main task is to provide a common infrastructure and user interface for various graphic modes. Lepix project additionally includes Lepicon, a program for PC that allows convertion of .bmp files into Atari formats. |
| BBK Artist | A paint graphics program for Atari 8bit |
Other
| Program | Description |
| Envision | Very good character set editor |
| Personal Spelling Checker | This speedy, powerful machine language program supports up to 10 personal dictionaries. It's easy to use and works with most DOS files. A 48K system and about 31,800 free bytes give you about 6,360 words per dictionary (counting about five bytes per word) -- as many as 63,600 words altogether. |
DOS utilities
| Program | Description |
| SpartaDOS 3 and X utilities | |
| BBK Command Processor | Memory-resident DUP.SYS file |
| SD-Load | A SpartaDOS executable files loader. There are versions: one for 6502 and two for 65c816 - 8-bit and 16-bit. |