k1w1 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 (edited) I have attached two different copies of Letter Perfect and need some help with determining their versions. The (alt) version was dumped by FULS and is substantialy different in the title & menu screens than the one i have downloaded from Atarimania. I have determined that there is at least 6 different versions of Letter Perfect released from 1981 to 1986. The reviews i have read from various magazines don't give many hints to screen layout but appear to be describing the AtariMania version across most versions. I have found no desription that matches the FULS (alt) version and there is no help in the hex dump that i could see except for the structure of both programs being very different. Any help would be appreciated. k1w1 Letter Perfect.zip Edited May 2, 2011 by k1w1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender II Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I have attached two different copies of Letter Perfect and need some help with determining their versions. The (alt) version was dumped by FULS and is substantialy different in the title & menu screens than the one i have downloaded from Atarimania. I have determined that there is at least 6 different versions of Letter Perfect released from 1981 to 1986. The reviews i have read from various magazines don't give many hints to screen layout but appear to be describing the AtariMania version across most versions. I have found no desription that matches the FULS (alt) version and there is no help in the hex dump that i could see except for the structure of both programs being very different. Any help would be appreciated. k1w1 What did you use to do your dump? EPROM reader or Atarimax USB Programmer or? What did FULS use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k1w1 Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 I don't now what was used to dump these cartridges. Does it make any difference? The difference in the title & menu screens would not be dependent on how they were dumped. A hex dump of both shows hugely different structure and not just the odd difference in bytes. k1w1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I can't offer much help in the specific case of Letter Perfect, but there are a few points that you should consider. Contrary to games, many of the utilities had multiple versions. It is not uncommon for Word processors and such to have half a dozen, or even more versions. This one exists both as Disk and as Cart. The versions you find online are not, necessarily, like they came from factory. If it is on disk, then as most software was copy protected, it might be cracked. This means a single original version might spun multiple cracked versions. A cart image might be cracked as well (althought that was less common), for using it without the cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hunmanik Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I have two original Letter Perfect disks here. The disks themselves have version number imprints on the back. One is labeled V6.05-18882. The other is labeled V6.02-14342. If that's of any help. I also believe the disk versions came out after the earlier cartridge releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k1w1 Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 Thanks for your help guy's. I have added these files to the MESS cartridge softlist and named FULS version as an alternate to the AtariMania version. Although it would have been nice to add version numbers. Thanks agian k1w1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Bump from the grave. If you look in the V6 manual, the menus have the lowercase names. Of all the versions I've loaded, it also has the lowest available free memory at start with 28671 bytes free. This version also supports the BIT3 and Austin Franklin 80 column, configurable at boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Just compared my Letter Perfect 80 Column ROM dump to the cart versions in post #1 an mine comes closest to FULS's dump, but mine is missing the "Q" keyboard selection -> "Select (EAD)" instead of "Select (EADQ)". Probably more differences than that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keebz Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 9/26/2014 at 12:41 AM, AtariGeezer said: Just compared my Letter Perfect 80 Column ROM dump to the cart versions in post #1 an mine comes closest to FULS's dump, but mine is missing the "Q" keyboard selection -> "Select (EAD)" instead of "Select (EADQ)". Probably more differences than that... I just found a Letter Perfect 800 cart and when I boot it, it gives the Select (EADQ) prompt. I have no idea what to do to make it work though. I can get it to the menu if I press reset on me XEGS but from there, nothing responds other than the i key. Which allows input but the characters don't coordinate with the keys. Any ideas... also, HELLO from the year 2020, things are quiet different than we expected in 2014! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I'd guess its asking what printer you have and if one isn't attached it probably won't wonk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Or even WORK....Sigh....old age or just a cretin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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