---
title: "WA-TOR"
id: 14567
type: "product"
slug: "wator-zx81"
url: "http://localhost/product/wator-zx81/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/product/wator-zx81.md"
published_at: "2019-11-30T01:43:33+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-22T13:28:23+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Ecology simulation program which first appeared in Oct ’84 issue of Scientific American. WA-TOR recreates the ecology of 3 independent species. You can experiment by changing populations, feed cycles, reproduction, etc. Watch generations pass on the TV screen. Generate HI-RES population curves on the 2040 printer. Uses Nissim Elmaleh's \"SHR\" for the cover screen and…"
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  - name: "Miscellaneous"
    slug: "software-misc"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/software/software-misc/"
post_tag:
  - name: "Downloadable"
    slug: "downloadable"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/downloadable/"
  - name: "Thomas B. Woods (company)"
    slug: "thomas-b-woods"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/thomas-b-woods/"
  - name: "TS 1000"
    slug: "ts1000"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts1000/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1000"
    slug: "ts-1000"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-1000/"
indiv:
  - name: "Fred Nachbaur"
    slug: "fred-nachbaur"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/fred-nachbaur/"
genre:
  - name: "Miscellaneous software"
    slug: "miscellaneous-software"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/miscellaneous-software/"
  - name: "Software"
    slug: "software"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/software/"
author_2: "Fred Nachbaur"
creator_indiv:
  - name: "Fred Nachbaur"
    slug: "fred-nachbaur"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/fred-nachbaur/"
company:
  id: 11390
  title: "Thomas B. Woods"
  type: "company"
  url: "http://localhost/company/thomas-b-woods/"
price: 16.95
date: 1986
rarity: "Uncommon"
adverts:
  - publication:
      - id: 26686
        title: "SyncWare News v3 n5"
        type: "issue"
        url: "http://localhost/issue/syncware-news-v3-n5/"
    advert_page: "6"
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  - id: 51399
    title: "WA-TOR"
    type: "computer_media"
    url: "http://localhost/computer_media/wa-tor/"
companies_products:
  - id: 11390
    title: "Thomas B. Woods"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/thomas-b-woods/"
---

# WA-TOR

Ecology simulation program which first appeared in [Oct ’84 issue of Scientific American](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa-Tor). WA-TOR recreates the ecology of 3 independent species. You can experiment by changing populations, feed cycles, reproduction, etc. Watch generations pass on the TV screen. Generate HI-RES population curves on the 2040 printer. Uses [Nissim Elmaleh](http://localhost/company/nissam-elmaleh/)‘s “SHR” for the cover screen and graphing routines.