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HomePak

HomePak, published in 1984 by Batteries Included, is an integrated application written for the Atari 8-bit computers and ported to the Commodore 64, Commodore 128, IBM PCjr, and the Apple II, as well as for early Macintosh ("The Mac HomePak"). It includes a word processor (HomeText), database (HomeFind), and terminal communications program (HomeTerm). HomePak was designed by Russ Wetmore (who previously wrote the game Preppie!) for Star Systems Software, Inc. The Commodore 128 version was ported by Sean M. Puckett and Scott S. Smith.

The Atari 8-bit version of HomePak is implemented in the Action! programming language from Optimized Systems Software.