About
Superdraw is a software application for the Tatung Einstein, published by Bell Software.
It is a menu-driven suite of Einstein BASIC programs. Its programs menu, headed “© BELL SOFTWARE 1988”, offers Drawing Routines, DataLog Database, Graph Plotter, Address Book, Xtal Basic, Xtal DOS or CP/M, and FileLink File Merger; the main menu adds directory, erase, list, copy, drive, font and password options and carries the credit “Written By J.P.Barker”. The disc also holds eleven font files and a handful of sample pictures.
Running It
The disc’s typed label reads “BELL SOFTWARE / SUPER DRAW / Load XBAS and run MENU”. XBAS.COM is not on the disc, so BASIC has to come from a system disc. The disc boots XtalDOS 2.02 (“© Xtal 1983-86”). In MAME, put this disc in drive 0 and any disc with XBAS.COM in drive 1, type 1:XBAS at the 0: prompt, then RUN "MENU".
Can You Help? The Manual
Superdraw came with a printed instruction booklet, and we do not have a copy of it. If you own one and could scan or photograph it for the archive, please get in touch.
Files on the Disc
Side B holds the software. Side A is formatted but blank. This copy was a working disc rather than a sealed master: alongside the locked program and font files are unlocked picture files (.PIC, .LIN, .ELP), and the directory still shows several deleted names. Nothing has been cleaned up in the images.
| File | Size |
|---|---|
0 | 7,040 bytes |
304.PAG | 1,280 bytes |
ADBOK.XBS | 7,040 bytes |
CAR.ELP | 128 bytes |
CAR.LIN | 2,816 bytes |
CAR.PIC | 10,496 bytes |
CASTLE.PIC | 2,688 bytes |
COPY.XBS | 384 bytes |
DATLOG.XBS | 3,840 bytes |
DIR.XBS | 256 bytes |
DRAW2.XBS | 8,576 bytes |
ENGLAND.PIC | 4,480 bytes |
ERASE.XBS | 256 bytes |
FONT1.XBS | 896 bytes |
FONT10.XBS | 5,120 bytes |
FONT11.XBS | 1,536 bytes |
FONT2.XBS | 896 bytes |
FONT3.XBS | 1,664 bytes |
FONT4.XBS | 4,480 bytes |
FONT5.XBS | 896 bytes |
FONT6.XBS | 896 bytes |
FONT7.XBS | 4,608 bytes |
FONT8.XBS | 2,944 bytes |
FONT9.XBS | 2,432 bytes |
FONTS.XBS | 640 bytes |
GRAPH.XBS | 3,072 bytes |
HOUSE.ELP | 128 bytes |
HOUSE.LIN | 11,776 bytes |
ISLAND.PIC | 2,432 bytes |
LEGGIT.PIC | 9,344 bytes |
LINK.XBS | 384 bytes |
LIST.XBS | 384 bytes |
MENU.XBS | 1,792 bytes |
MENU2.XBS | 1,024 bytes |
PAGER.XBS | 1,280 bytes |
PARADOX.XBS | 4,480 bytes |
PARAJOY.XBS | 6,272 bytes |
PARAKEY.XBS | 6,656 bytes |
PASSWORD.XBS | 384 bytes |
PYRAMID.PIC | 2,560 bytes |
SNOOPY.PIC | 5,248 bytes |
SUPERDRW.XBS | 3,200 bytes |
About this Dump
The ZIP package holds both sides of the disc, dumped in September 2026 with a Greaseweazle and an original Einstein 3" drive. Each side is provided as a raw flux capture (.scp), a MAME flux image (.mfi) and a decoded disk image (.dsk). Every sector on both sides read with a good CRC on the first pass. The blank side is included because it is part of the disc.
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