We cover Atari news, reviews, and a special feature each show for the Atari 8-bit line of computers (400/800/XL/XE/XEGS)
Randy Kindig, Kevin Savetz, Brad Arnold
atari, 8 bit, retrocomputing, recent developments, awkward pauses, 8bit, 800, computers, virtually, 400, hardware, great memories, 80's, users, ii, owned, machine, randy, brings back, years later.
Listeners of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast that love the show mention:The ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast is an engaging and informative podcast that delves into all things related to the Atari 8-bit computers. As a listener who has been with the podcast for nearly 10 years, I was pleasantly surprised to find a podcast dedicated to Atari and have enjoyed listening to it ever since.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is the interviews. The hosts do a fantastic job of finding and interviewing a diverse range of guests who are connected to the world of Atari. These interviews provide valuable insights into the history, development, and impact of Atari on the computer industry. It's always fascinating to hear from the major players in the Atari community and gain new perspectives on this nostalgic era.
Another great aspect of this podcast is its coverage of current developments in the Atari community. Whether it's discussing new hardware, software, or events, the hosts keep listeners updated on what's happening in the world of Atari today. This mix of nostalgia and current content keeps the podcast fresh and relevant.
However, one potential downside of this podcast is its occasional neglect of discussing Atari's 16-bit machines and game systems during interviews. While I understand that it is primarily focused on the 8-bit era, as a listener, I would appreciate more insight into all aspects of Atari's history.
In conclusion, The ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast is a joy to listen to for any retro nerd or fan of Atari computers. With its well-conducted interviews and interesting content, it provides both educational value and an opportunity to relive great memories from this iconic era. I highly recommend giving it a listen if you're interested in learning about or reminiscing about the golden age of Atari.
ANTIC Episode 116 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk about all the Atari things we did this month and discuss all the “AI-generated nonsense” going on in the Atari world…READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to https://github.com/savetz/critical-connection Fujinet update: Brian Cox - https://www.FVResearch.com Mozzwald (Joe) https://mozzwald.com/product-category/fujinet/ Problem was https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-hardware/tree/master/ATARI/Old-Versions/FN32ROV-1.3-Q24#important-bugfixes https://www.eightbitfix.com/ Archived 2 JACG Newsletters - March & April, 1986: https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-march-vol-5-no-7 https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-april-vol-5-no-8 Indy Classic Expo - https://www.indyclassic.org Vintage Computer Center - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com OmniView 80 card - https://archive.org/details/Atari_OMNIVIEW_manual ATR8000 manual - https://archive.org/details/atr-8000-owners-manual Astra 1620 manual and video - Chris Lorenzo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZ_-Ig7rro https://archive.org/details/astra-1620-dual-disk-drive-user-manual
Stanley Trost, Electronic Arts Financial Cookbook Stanley R. Trost wrote several books about early microcomputers, including Atari BASIC Programs in Minutes, Doing Business with VisiCalc, Multiplan on the Commodore 64, Useful Basic Programs the for IBM PC, VisiCalc for Science and Engineering, and others. He was also the creator of Financial Cookbook, which was published by Electronic Arts in 1984 (and one of only two "home management" titles released by EA, the other being Cut and Paste, "the Remarkably Simple Word Processor"). Financial Cookbook provided 32 financial calculators and decision-making tools, including understanding your marginal tax rate, living on your savings, how much life insurance you need, variable rate mortgages, and so on. Versions of the program were sold for Atari 8-bit and ST, Apple II, Commodore 64, Macintosh, and perhaps other platforms. This interview took place on March 24, 2025. Atari BASIC Programs in Minutes Doing Business with VisiCalc Financial Cookbook at AtariMania Inverse ATASCII podcast about Financial Cookbook, including many screenshots Video version of this interview Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
Bill and David Lappen, Buy-Phone It's a dangerous game in the computer history field to call anything the "first." But Buy-Phone is a very strong contender call itself the first online yellow pages. Years before before Yahoo!, before Craigslist, Buy-Phone was a text-based dial-up service — available at 300 and 1200 bits per second — that provided business listings, movie times, and personal ads, all for free to callers. The service launched in late 1982 and was limited to the West Los Angeles area. Buy-Phone was the brainchild of brothers Bill and David Lappen. Here's what the August 1984 issue of IEEE Computer wrote: "Buy-Phone's "electronic yellow pages" service for Los Angeles is answering over 3000 consumer requests per day, on any thing trom movies to restaurants to auto repair - and the best part? It's all free. The philosophy was to provide sponsored information paid for by the advertiser, not the consumer. The computer organizes over 10,000 listings to respond exactly to the caller's request. According to the company, the system had to be easy for computer novices to operate, yet powerful enough to be of value. Four proficiency levels are used, each introducing additional features. Beginning users see only six different categories of listings (restaurants arranged by price or nationality, movie schedules, plays...). As users advance, they see an expanded list and are shown how to formulate a search. Retrieved listings are arranged by their distance from the user, with the closest shown first. Expert users are able to specify the time and day they want to buy an item and get information only about stores that are open then. Buy-Phone is now testing expansion to determine how difficult it will be to create similar systems in other cities. To discover Buy-Phone's service call (213) 474-0270 (300 baud), (213) 470-4679 (1200 baud). Access assistance is available at (213) 474-2220." I interviewed Buy-Phone founders Bill and David Lappen on March 14, 2025. Video version of this interview Buy-Phone advertisements, clippings, and ephemera Buy-Phone Computer Consulting web site Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
ANTIC Episode 115 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk lots of contest news, Mr. Paint, a DIY Atari-themed monitor, and lots of other Atari 8-bit news. Plus, we find a book on “exhausting” Atari games! READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Scanned stuff from Timothy Onders https://archive.org/details/stx_Atari_400_800_Personal_Computer_System_Operating_System_Listing_1981-02_CO16579 https://archive.org/details/stx_Atari_400_800_Personal_Computer_System_Hardware_Manual_CO16555_1980-10 https://archive.org/details/APX_Isopleth_Map-Making_Package_manual_APX-20103_1982-06 Pilot book - “Atari 400/800 Student Pilot Reference Guide” by Atari - https://archive.org/details/atari_pilot-student-guide Scanned JACG (Jersey Atari Computer Group) newsletters: October, 1985 - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1985-october-vol-5-no-2 November, 1985 - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1985-november-vol-5-no-3 Atari newsletters at Internet Archive - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing Recent Interviews ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-453-giann-velasquez-atariteca ANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty, DGS Software ANTIC Interview 454 - Steve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger News Mr. Paint by Wade Ripkowski: https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/MrPaint https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379270-mr-paint/ Atari ‘faux neon' LED logo sign, $40 on pre-order - https://atari.com/products/atari-neon-led-sign-white-12-x-13 “errant” on git - using Atari as a keyboard for a PC. Code and instructions posted: https://git.sdf.org/errant/keytari https://voidptr.org/ Arcade Centipede emulated on Atari 800XL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379015-centipede-emulator-for-the-atari-800xl/ FujiCup 2024 Results Announced: https://fujicup.pl/ results page for 2024 - https://fujicup.pl/wyniki2024 Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW-z9tD1OW4 Download all 2024 games in ZIP archive Atari Homebrew Awards 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b3g4Czr0BE Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew (Original) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379180-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-original/ Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew (Port) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379181-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-port/ Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 WIP (Original) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379182-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-wip-original/ Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 WIP (Port) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379183-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-wip-port/ 800XL gets a mention in Hackaday article - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/genetic-algorithm-runs-on-atari-800-xl/ XCL10 Monitor - Marcin "Fokaszalot" - Baran - https://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=nowinki&ucat=1&subaction=showfull&id=1740334426 BASIC 10-Liner Contest - https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/copy-of-games-list-2024 Via bill kendrick - https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-it-was-a-suicide-mission-larry-siegel-reflects-on-ataris-failed-war-on-nintendo Compute! Magazine ATR by Issue #4 to #95 - Rory McMahon - https://discord.com/channels/1071168010427060324/1071168010427060327/1340108131690348607 https://www.eurogamer.net/40-years-on-rescue-on-fractalus-remains-a-rare-reminder-of-the-magic-of-lucasfilm-games Computer Dealer Demos: Selling Home Computers with Bouncing Balls and Animated Logos by Patryk Wasiak, Institute for Cultural Studies, University of Wrocław, Poland - https://www.academia.edu/10744534/Computer_Dealer_Demos_Selling_Home_Computers_with_Bouncing_Balls_and_Animated_Logos?email_work_card=title Why the N tools?” By Thomas Cherryhomes: https://fujinet.online/2025/02/21/atari-why-the-n-tools/ Video - https://youtu.be/BUR_KRTRWk0 1090XL Expansion case: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318373-1090xl-remake/page/41/#findComment-5620900 Link to STLs: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1084156 Upcoming Shows Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 4-6, 2025 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 12-13 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ VCF Europe - May 3-4 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ Retrofest 2025 - May 31-June1 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/ Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 14 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html VCF Southwest - June 20-22, 2025 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - June 20-22, 2025 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub YouTube Videos The Atari 800 Quick Repair Guide ! - Paul Westphal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R7CpvJLERk Atari Pioneers Spill: 80s Gaming's Untold Stories! - Convention Coverage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YexxqfHUeik Cutting Edge, Atari XL/XE 64 bytes intro - Freddy Offenga - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcoGgFd-3Nc (From LoveByte 2025 - https://lovebyte.party/ ) "Abundance" 128 Byte Intro Atari XL/XE - gorgh Atari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6HmWxcGVrg New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/addison-wesley-adventures-voor-uw-atari-xlxe https://archive.org/details/addison-wesley-afmattende-spelen-voor-uw-atari-600-xl-800-xl https://archive.org/details/great-lakes-atari-digest-june-1989-vol-1-no-4 https://archive.org/details/great-lakes-atari-digest-october-1989-vol-1-no-8 https://archive.org/details/catch-on-to-computers-with-atari-logo-post-cereal https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-april-1987-vol-7-num-4-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/salespersons-guide-to-the-atari-400-home-computer-system/page/n1/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/excalibur-magazine/ https://archive.org/details/capitol-hill-atari-owners-society-software-library-disk-catalog-march-1987 https://archive.org/details/atari-price-list-june-1982-and-letters/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/grand-rapids-atari-systems-supporters-software-library-disk-catalog-1987 Commercial Atari XE Computer System Commercial (1988) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjWEE5r8Rak Feedback Chris Lorenzo - Vintage Gaming Memories (YouTube) - Atari Addict Collectors Issue Magazine
Steve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger Steve Kranish is the creator of the Atari 8-bit and Atari 5200 versions of Frogger, the versions published by Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers had the rights to publish cartridge versions of Frogger. Sierra On-Line had already published versions of Frogger on floppy disk and cassette, so Parker Brothers bought the rights to use that version as the basis for its cartridge version. But there were a few problems: for one, the 13K cassette game would need to be shrunk to fit on an 8K cartridge. Another: the source code was lost. Steve also worked on an Atari 8-bit version of the board game Risk, and a game called Baker's Dozen, both of which were unfinished. He also worked on Project Zelda, Parker Brothers investigation into distributing Atari VCS games via cable television. This interview took place on March 2, 2025. In 2016, I interviewed John Harris, who programmed the Sierra Online version of Frogger (as well as Jawbreaker and Mouskattack). Check the show notes for the link to that. Video version of this interview 2007 interview with Steve at Atari Compendium Steve's games at AtariMania Steve on Atariage ANTIC Interview 200 - John Harris: Jawbreaker, Frogger, Mouskattack Support Kay on Patreon
ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I'm Randy Kindig, your host for this episode. Giann Velasquez is the owner and curator of the popular, Spanish-language, Atari 8-bit news site, Atariteca. Giann is a consummate Atari 8-bit fan and lives in Lima, Peru. This interview took place on June 30, 2024. Links Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/ Blog about Atari 8-bit computers. News, guides and analysis on emulators, games and programs for Atari XL/XE series computers.
ANTIC Episode 114 - Andy Diller Returns! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have special guest Andy Diller for a FujiNet update and to let us know about all the great things he's working on… READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to ANTIC Interview 450 - Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator Kay's 2024 wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2024-119233408 Lee Pappas ANALOG disks treasure hunt: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378256-lee-pappas-analog-disks-treasure-hunt/ https://github.com/scttgs0/titan-prototype-atari8 S.T.A.R. newsletter - https://www.atariorbit.org/star/ Rogul game: https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/01/16/rogul-an-interview-with-wojciech-bocianski/ http://bocianu.atari.pl/ YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOm0njTd4tI Installing Altirra on ARM Macs - https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/12/26/altirra-arm-and-sequoia/ News TNFS GUI for OSX & Windows (nwah) - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/tnfsd-gui?tab=readme-ov-file#tnfs-server-manager FujiNet Virtual Printer Output Examples (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://fujinet.online/2025/01/22/fujinet-virtual-printer-examples/ FujiNet and GitHub (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://youtu.be/aYwUGnfU5c0 FujiNet NOS By Example (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://fujinet.online/2025/01/08/fujinet-nos-a-network-only-dos/ Atari 65XE in laptop form on Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/05/atari-65xe-in-laptop-form/ New season 2025 of the High Score Club: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378830-new-season-2025-of-the-high-score-club/ https://forums.atariage.com/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/ Replacement Case for 800XL Coming to Kickstarter Q2 2025 - joeventura - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378702-replacement-case-for-800xl/ from Atariteca: Inufuto releases «Mieyen» for Atari 8-bit and 60 other retro systems: Article at Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/01/inufuto-lanza-mieyen-para-atari-8-bits.html YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqRwCAygyeI (Atari 8 Bits For Ever) A8E - Atari 800 Emulator - https://www.zerstoerung.de/ A JavaScript emulator built using A8E - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/224709-jsa8e-javascript-atari-800-xl-emulator-online/ BW-DOS 1.5 update - https://github.com/HolgerJanz/BW-DOS Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 15-17, 2025 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 4-6, 2025 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 12-13 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ VCF Europe - May 3-4 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 14 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html VCF Southwest - June 20-22, 2025 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - June 20-22, 2025 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ YouTube Videos Using Atari with FujiNet to build source from Github Part 2: The Princess and the Frog - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppbV50iHFN4 Atari 8-bit Vs. Commodore 64 TV commercial - DashRetroTV - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JpsQTVoXq3U I Won Atari 8-Bit eBay Auction for $71.00 : Was It Worth It? - Into the Vertical Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUhys9krXtA How to implement a Hopfield network in BASIC on the ATARI 800 - BASIC Hacking - 11 - Jean Michael Sellier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAEClxrCsw ATARI Party! - Retro Repair Roundup Episode #71 - Retro Repair Roundup - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cybgH9hKC2Y Atari 8-bit computer 400/800: The first gaming PC? - Stay Forever Podcast (German) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMJkq2D4oyc Commercial https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JpsQTVoXq3U Feedback Stray Pointers Podcast - with the Antic hosts Closing Andy Diller's site - https://www.atariorbit.org/
ANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I'm Randy Kindig, your host for this episode. Dean Garraghty is the proprietor of DGS Software, which sold, and continues to sell, software for the Atari 8-bit computers since the 80's. This is a very low cost, 191-disk set that includes an entire utility pack, games, issues of a disk-based newsletter, a sound and music package, an interesting programming language called Quick, and more. Dean has been an Atari enthusiast since the 80's and has an interesting story to tell concerning his journey with the Atari 8-bit. This interview took place on April 6, 2024. Links DGS Website - http://www.dgs.clara.net/ DGS post on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/268373-dgs-pd-library-the-whole-lot-to-download/ YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLn2nyiuk_OaW1Is4cZtvtQ
ANTIC Episode 113 - Feeling Fancy! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… The clear case Kickstarter doesn't make it, lots of FujiNet news, and we end the year 2024 with a bang by bringing you all the rest of the Atari news; all while Kay is feeling fancy… READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to FASTBASIC on Mac - (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger) 10-liner option of FASTBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic/blob/master/compiler/USAGE.md#passing-options-to-the-compiler Finished archiving Lee Pappas' disks!! - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378256-lee-pappas-analog-disks-treasure-hunt/ Eaten by a Grue is back - https://monsterfeet.com/grue/notes/56 Kay TODO - https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/12/26/altirra-arm-and-sequoia/ https://www.smoliva.blog/post/friend-of-the-blog-006-kay-savetz-antic-hybrid-arts/ Keeping Up With Atari: Neoliberal Expectations in Early Electronics Advertising - https://tmgonline.nl/articles/10.18146/tmg.847 keyboard to replace domes on 130XE - https://amzn.to/4i10QZz News Clearcase Kickstarter update - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seethruit/injection-molded-clear-case-for-atari-800xl-computer SpartaDOS 4.50 update - https://sdx.atari8.info/index.php?show=en_download_release RM800XL update (from Philsan) with images: Philsan post - https://mastodon.world/@Philsan/113627289787765526 RM 800XL site - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html FujiNet news: FujiNet RAPID 13 (2024 wrap-up) and RAPID 12 by Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/rapid/ FujiNet news substack by Brian Cox - https://fujinews.substack.com/ Video by The VintNerd and Brian Cox on FujiNet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XcsSznKbTs Atari FujiNet User's and Programmer's Guide (First Draft) - Thomas Cherryhomes - https://fujinet.online/2024/12/31/early-draft-of-fujinet-users-manual-for-atari-users-0-0-2/ Atari Party East 2024 update from Andy Diller (Photos): https://www.flickr.com/photos/vladimirvince/albums/72177720322425117 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/t0qh6ekylnscbq6vbkkh8/APXF0_WBraGyO64fhDhVFIQ?rlkey=iey7dmfhet3ecahy229tzhfsy&e=1&dl=0 Atari 1200XL-1MB, Solder-Less 1088K SRAM-Based Memory Replacement Board by MyTek - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378131-atari-1200xl-1mb-solder-less-1088k-sram-based-memory-replacement-board/ The Joy of Sticks article in ROMchip Journal https://www.romchip.org/index.php/romchip-journal/article/view/204 Altirra V4.30 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378003-altirra-430-released/ ABBUC Magazine 159 - http://www.abbuc.de Bubble-Bobble for the Atari 8-bit released - https://vega.atari.pl/main-page/bubble-bobble/ Via Bill Lange on bluesky: “Playing "Kaiser", a pretty version of "Hammurabi" or "Kingdom" on the Atari 8-bit. I translated most of the German to English here” - https://github.com/billlange1968/Kaiser/wiki “Archer Maclean's DropZone returns with 40th Anniversary Edition landing this December” - https://www.flickeringmyth.com/archer-macleans-dropzone-returns-with-40th-anniversary-edition-landing-this-december/ Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 15-17, 2025 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 4-6, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 12-13 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ SFGE / VCFSE - June 20-22 Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub YouTube Videos How Atari 8-Bit Computers Work - The 8-Bit Guy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDAZAgrzNoo Bubble Bobble: Saberman RetroNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXo462Es-lg Atari 8-bits Forever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dZcJqTdIlk CCA - Atari 8Bit Demoscene - 48k to 128k - The 400 Mini - Exploring Demos - CoffeeCupArcade - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ury9fxpwOvk Seven Amazing New Atari 8-Bit Games including Bubble Bobble & Time Wizard Deluxe Edition! - ZeroPage Homebrews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P-6zzDZpHg Silly Trip Demo for the Atari XL/XE PAL, 64kb and single POKEY by Desire - Heaven6502 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUEMvTSUEkE The Best *#@! Christmas Ever: An Atari 8-bit Journey Into The Vertical Blank - Into the Vertical Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9YfsN51kO0 Atari 2024 Recap video - https://youtu.be/J6PqOM9pXrA Al Alcorn presents "Early Days of Atari" Lecture @ Museum of American Heritage (August 22) - https://youtu.be/0fnMoMb32ak?si=S_PxYEzDJfemcaFs 6502 coding on Atari - Ellyse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfK78h8cvrQ New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/magatar-vol-2-num-1 https://archive.org/details/cheat-alpha-systems
Daniel Serpell (dmsc), Creator of FastBasic Daniel Serpell (dmsc) is the creator of FastBasic, a modern implementation of the BASIC programming language for the Atari 8-bit computers. He released the first version to the public in 2017. Today, the GPL-licensed language is up to version 4.6, and is a favorite of 10-line BASIC game contest entrants and anyone who wants a speedy, modern take on Atari programming. I'm going to crib from AtariWiki's description of FastBasic: "It is a complete re-implementation of the BASIC system, using a built-in bytecode compiler rather than a tokenizing interpreter. Typical BASICs use an interpreter that examines every line of code as the program runs. ... FastBasic works on an entirely different principle. When a line is parsed in FastBasic, it (essentially) compiles the entire line into tokens and then leaves them in memory. This way the line does not have to be repeatedly parsed, even from the simplified token format, which makes it much faster to run." FastBasic has other enhancements, including new commands for player-missiles and communicating with FujiNet, an option to only use faster integer math instead of floating point, and structured programming instead of line numbers. This interview took place on December 21, 2024. Video version of this interview FastBasic at github FastBasic at AtariWiki 10-line BASIC Contest Daniel at atariage Viña del Mar, Chile BW-DOS ANTIC Interview 436 - Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile FastBasic Debugger Extension for VSCode Support Kay's interview on Patreon
Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator Robert Leyland programmed AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, and MicroIllustrator (along with Steve Dompier) - the graphics applications that worked with KoalaPad, Atari Touch Tablet, and Chalk Board PowerPad drawing tablets. Prior to that, he programmed The Dragon's Eye (published by Automated Simulations/EPYX), Murder on the Zinderneuf (published by Electronic Arts) and, with Jaron Lanier, the Atari version of Alien Garden for Automated Simulations. This interview took place on January 21, 2023. Video version of this interview Robert's utilities at AtariMania Robert's games at AtariMania ANTIC Interview 104 - Aric Wilmunder, Star Raiders II, Temple of Apshai ANTIC Interview 70 - Jon Freeman, Freefall Associates De Re Atari Support Kay's interview on Patreon
Tim Boehlert, Atari's WCI Labs Division Tim Boehlert began at Atari in 1982. He worked at WCI Labs, the New York Atari subsidiary, where he worked on the broadboard of the 600XL, robotics projects, and mass storage devices. This interview took place on June 4, 2022. Video version of this interview ANTIC Interview 65 - Steve Mayer, 400/800 Designer ANTIC Interview 332 - Mike Matthews, Alien Group Voice Box ANTIC Interview 383 - Gregg Squires, Atari Manager of Hardware Engineering Strong Museum of Play Support Kay's interview on Patreon
Frank Foster, Hybrid Arts Frank Foster was one of the founders of Hybrid Arts, the company that made MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) hardware and software for Atari 8-bit and Atari ST computers. Frank was in charge of marketing for the company. After Hybrid Arts, Frank headed the music division at Atari, where he build marketing partnerships with Tangerine Dream, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Gabriel, and other musicians. I talked with two of the other Hybrid Arts founders, Robert Moore and Paul Rother, in my previous interview. This interview took place on February 20, 2024. Video version of this interview My interview with Robert Moore and Paul Rother Hotz MIDI Translator: Atari Team Redefines Electronic Instruments Frank Foster Biography Frank's SIGGRAPH documentary on computer graphics Hybrid Arts Timeline, Founders, and Goals document by Robert Moore Midi Maze at AtariMania ANTIC Interview 434 - Michael Park: Swan and Fujiboink Demos, MIDI Maze ANTIC Interview 193 - Gary Yost, The Catalog and Cyber Studio Support Kay's interview on Patreon
Robert Moore and Paul Rother, Hybrid Arts MIDIMate Robert Moore and Paul Rother were two of the founders of Hybrid Arts, along with Frank Foster and Alan Hart. Hybrid Arts created the MIDIMate, hardware that added Musical Instrument Digital Interface capability to the the Atari 8-bit computers; and various software for it including MIDITrack. Hybrid Arts continued on to make a wide variety of MIDI and music software for the Atari ST (which has built-in MIDI) including EZ-Track. Paul was the programmer, Robert the music and sales person, and Frank Foster was the marketing person. Frank couldn't make it to this interview due to scheduling issues, but he'll be in my next interview. This interview took place on January 18, 2024. Video version of this interview Hybrid Arts Timeline, Founders, and Goals document by Robert Moore Hybrid Arts - Revolutionize the Process of Modern Movie Making Hybrid Arts on Computer Chronicles (starts at 8 minutes) 8-bit Hybrid Arts software at AtariMania Atari ST Hybrid Arts software at AtariMania MIDI Track III Manual Midipatch: DX Editor for Yamaha DX manual mt-32pi Roland MT-32 emulator Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine Mary Eisenhart was editor of MicroTimes magazine, a free, advertising-supported magazine that was distributed in California. The first issue was May 1984, and Mary remained at the magazine until 1998, producing more than 180 issues. MicroTimes provided interviews, computer industry news, rumors, and columns, and - of course - advertising. For most of its run, there were two editions of each issue: Northern California and Southern California. When she left MicroTimes, Mary took with her a copy or two of every issue, which years later were scanned by Internet Archive. The almost-complete collection is now online, full-text searchable, where they can be read online or downloaded. As a young teenager growing up in Southern California, I read MicroTimes whenever I could find it, usually in record stores. It was a great computer magazine, with the huge bonus that it was free. When I graduated college in Northern California, I wrote for MicroTimes as often as possible (Mary was my editor.) The $200 per article paychecks were the start of my freelance writing career. Mary and I didn't talk too much about Atari in this interview, but rest assured there was plenty of material of interest to Atari lovers in MicroTimes. For instance, issue 1 has Mary's interview with Jon Freeman and Anne Westfall, creators of Archon. A 1985 cover article features "The People Behind 'The Print Shop'" — and there was a long-running Atari ST column written by Helmi Kobler. This interview took place on November 25, 2024. Video version of this interview at YouTube MicroTimes at Internet Archive [NEEDED for scanning: Volume 2 Number 12, most of Volume 3] Mary's web site BAM Magazine in Wikipedia Hedy Lamarr issue Kay's first published article Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
ANTIC Episode 112 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have several Christmas ideas for you, we tell you about projects that would allow creating a new reproduction Atari 800XL, and we wet our appetites for the current Atari's hot sauce while wearing their ugly Christmas sweater … READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Vox ex Machina: A Cultural History of Talking Machines by Sarah A. Bell - https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262375870/page/169/mode/2up?q=savetz Intellivision: How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie by Tom Boellstorff and Braxton Soderman - https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262380553/ MIT Press: Open Access Materials - https://archive.org/details/mit_press_open_access A Treasure Chest of Ampex Tapes Saves Early Computer History - https://www.ampex.com/a-treasure-chest-of-ampex-tapes-saves-early-computer-history/ Atari 400/800 Reference Card (Atari BASIC and Microsoft BASIC) by Nanos Systems Corp. - https://archive.org/details/1984-03-anticmagazine/page/102/mode/2up Best of Creative Computing (Volumes I & III): https://archive.org/details/Best_of_Creative_Computing_Vol_1_1978_Creative_Computing_Press https://archive.org/details/bestofcreativeco0003unse Cassette repair - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCGJ7GQF Stray Pointers podcast with the ANTIC crew - Jim Lawless - https://straypointers.com/e/s2e19.htm Recent Interview Shows ANTIC Interview 442 - Bob Stein, Atari Research ANTIC Interview 443 - Rick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine ANTIC Interview 444 - Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and ATR ANTIC Interview 445 - Vince Cate, The Critical Connection News Ugly Christmas sweaters - https://atari.com/collections/holiday-collection?filter.p.product_type=Sweatshirts&sort_by=manual Atari Hot Sauce - https://atarisauce.com/ Christmas Critters: https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/11/anuncian-demo-de-christmas-critters.html And at AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375904-christmas-critters-wip-game-demo/ he just released an “engine prototype demo” - https://tigerskunk.itch.io/atari-xmasdemo And Saberman has already done a quick video on it - https://youtu.be/efP2WOLnxvY Revive Machines is working on the injection molds of RM 800XL, the modern FPGA recreation of the Atari 800XL - Philsan69: https://x.com/philsan69/status/1856461217792999494?s=58 https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html Clear Case Kickstarter for 800XL has begun (Nov. 1) - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seethruit/injection-molded-clear-case-for-atari-800xl-computer/ Brian Reifsnyder Designs an "Advanced Remake" of Atari's 800XL Mainboard - https://www.hackster.io/news/brian-reifsnyder-designs-an-advanced-remake-of-atari-s-800xl-mainboard-95cbc0823bb3.amp AtariBASICs November newsletter - John Zielke - https://ataribasics.com/ Atari Addict Collector's Magazine - https://www.pixel.addict.media/shop/atari-addict-magazine Atari Programmers Society Newsletter: https://archive.org/details/wire-taps-atari-programmers-society-newsletter-april-1986-vol-4-num-4 v1n6 1983 - https://archive.org/details/wiretaps-v1n6 Cartridge extender card for the Atari 1200XL - ReifsnyderB - https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/cartridge-extender-card-for-the-atari-1200xl/ Improved Keyboard on an XE - https://amzn.to/4i10QZz Vintage Computer Center starting back up (Gavin Haubelt) - http://www.vintagecomputercenter.com FastBASIC install/debugger - Eric Carr https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fOm8Mq4qFA 400 mini it is available from Amazon Germany for $54 plus shipping. - https://www.amazon.de/-/en/RETROGAMES-THE400MINI/dp/B0CRYXTL82 Upcoming Shows REMAINING IN 2024 Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we Atari Party 2024 - Dec. 7 (noon - 4p.m.) - Quakertown Train Station, Quakertown, PA - http://atariparty.org/ 2025 Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 15-17, 2025 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 4-6, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 12-13 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ YouTube Videos The Atari 1200xl - Atari's 8-bit red-headed stepchild - Power of Vintage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTLTJzZ7-I8 Atari XE memory extension (512 KB) in 2 easy ways - RetroKernal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvBkMEnONgs Atari 65 XE vs Commodore 64 | 70s 80s Computer System Competition TV Commercial - VideoGames Replay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMNGMHKZ0w Atari Computers Sales, Marketing Strategy 80's TV Commercial - VideoGames Replay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA7kY9pkFxM Atari 800 Game: Scram (1980 Atari) - Old Classic Retro Gaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8XRtICfBuQ CHM: Oral History of Nolan Bushnell - https://youtu.be/izYWqhUGBGA?si=M4T43I-tJ2mp2EhA New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-jan-1989-vol-9-num-1-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/atari-price-list-june-1982-and-letters https://archive.org/details/europa-america-aventuras-com-o-atari https://archive.org/details/computer-83-special-section-the-oregonian-june-16-1983 “The Dirty Book”: https://archive.org/details/the-dirty-book-v-2-n-2 https://archive.org/details/TheDirtyBookV2N1 Referenced by - https://bsky.app/profile/lainenooney.bsky.social/post/3lbldh3w2hk2m A Word From Our Sponsor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMNGMHKZ0w New at GitHub https://github.com/pvbestinfoo/Atari_8-Bit_Rom_Image_File_Explorer https://github.com/sidneycadot/sam https://github.com/dpicken/atari-hw https://github.com/JSJvR/atari-8-bit-utils https://github.com/GRHOnline/Mono8bitmap https://github.com/fredlcore/1K-RainBox
Vince Cate, The Critical Connection In my last interview, I talked with the creator of SIO2PC, which let Atari users use a DOS computer as its disk drive and printer. This interview is with the creator a product which - six years earlier - let Atari users use a CP/M computer as its disk drive and printer (and keyboard.) Vince Cate owned a company called USS Enterprises, with just one product: The Critical Connection. Critical Connection was a combination of a specialized cable and software for connecting an Atari 8-bit to a computer running CP/M. The long cable had an SIO plug on one end and a 25-pin serial plug on the other, and some chips in the middle, allowing the Atari and CP/M box to communicate at 19,200 bps. The Critical Connection was released in 1983, six years before SIO2PC. They shared many similar features: with it you could: use an entire CP/M floppy disk as an emulated 600K Atari disk drive, create 92KB CP/M disk files which emulated Atari 90KB disks, and print from the Atari to the CP/M computer's printer. The CP/M machine even acted as a print spooler. You could also use the CP/M machine's keyboard to type on the Atari. Vince needed to create a file format to store virtual floppy disks on the CP/M machine: the filename extension was .ATR. I don't know positively, but I'm pretty sure it's a different file format from the well-known .ATR format that Nick Kennedy created for SIO2PC six years later... just similar functionality given similar names. Nick Kennedy told me that he had never heard of The Critical Connection. Here's what Jerry Pournelle wrote about Critical Connection in the September 1983 issue of Byte magazine: "Vincent Cate continues to improve his Critical Connection. This gadget makes an Atari think a CP/M computer system is a set of disks. The only requirement is that your CP/M system have an RS-232C serial port operating at 19,200 bps. Given that, you needn't buy disks for an Atari; by using The Critical Connection, you can make the Atari believe you have four disks. The really nice part is that you can use 8-inch as well as 5 1/4 -inch disks. Cate's new software package has automatic installation for a number of CP/M systems, including Kaypro, North Star, Sanyo, CCS, Heath/Zenith, and Morrow. ... Cate's documentation is improved, but it's not what I'd call good. Still, you can puzzle it out, and if you don't want to invest a lot in an Atari system but still want to use disks with it, Cate's Critical Connection is the way to go." This interview took place on November 20, 2024. Video version of this interview on YouTube Vince's web site Vince in Wikipedia Critical Connection review in ANALOG magazine 1986-02 CC version 1 in Antic XL version in Antic In Byte 1983-09 In Dr. Dobbs Journal 1983-09 Critical Connection at AtariMania ANTIC Interview 444 - Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and ATR Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and the ATR File Format Nick Kennedy is the creator of SIO2PC, the hardware and software combination that allowed Atari 8-bit computer users to use a PC as a peripheral. In 1989, this was unprecedented, a new way to connect the little Atari to the bigger world, to the (relatively) massive storage and speed of a computer running PC-DOS. For the first time, Ataris could use a PC as storage, RAM disk, and printer. Nick also created the .ATR file format, which quickly became the standard for using virtual floppy disks on Atari emulators. Nick also created 10502PC, a cable that let you connect an Atari floppy drive directly to a PC; and AtariCOM, a less well-known utility that allowed two Atari 8-Bit computers to communicate using the SIO and joystick ports. And, he created Atari-based amateur radio tools: a terminal program for packet radio, and Morse code keyer software, which he and I talked about in detail in our previous interview. This interview took place on November 1, 2024. Video version of this interview on YouTube Nick's web site Nick's SIO2PC page Previous interview with Nick about ham radio: ANTIC Interview 441 - Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer ANTIC Interview 144 - Stephen Lawrow, Mac/65 assembler Bob Woolley's Review of SIO2PC in Atari Interface Magazine 1991-01 1993 Atari Classics article: SIO2PC: Slave An IBM To Your 8-Bit The .ATR File Format ANTIC Interview 441 - Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer AtariCom software DAK catalogs Best Electronics Mapping the Atari by Ian Chadwick AtariMax APE and ProSystem Old Hackers Atari User Group newsletter disks Nick Kennedy on AtariAge Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
Rick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine's 8-bit Editor Rick Reaser was the 8-bit Editor of Current Notes Magazine, a popular magazine dedicated to the Atari computers. He began in 1992, and wrote a column called 8-Bit Tidbits. Rick used his Atari 8-bit computer exclusively through his college years and for programming for grad school. He was also president of P3ACE - Pikes Peak Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts - a user group serving the Colorado Springs area. This interview took place on February 11, 2023. Video version of this interview at YouTube P3ACE newsletters Rick's "Atari Revolution" quote Current Notes at Internet Archive The Current Notes issue Kay received from Rick Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth Rick's letter to Antic Magazine Volume 7 Number 11 "My kids love Talking Toddle" Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
Bob Stein, Atari's Encyclopedia Project Bob Stein worked at Atari Research for 18 months beginning in 1981. He was hired by Alan Kay. He worked almost exclusively on an encyclopedia project, a potential collaboration between Atari and Encyclopaedia Britannica that never went anywhere. I learned about Bob after he uploaded an item called The Atari Drawings to Internet Archive. It's a collection of nine colorful pencil drawings, drawn in 1982 by Disney animator Glen Keane. The drawings depict futuristic scenarios where people use a computerized encyclopedia to get information: for instance, "An earthquake wakes a couple in the middle of the night. The Intelligent Encyclopedia, connected to an online service, informs them of the severity of the earthquake and makes safety tips readily available." and "A mother and her children looking into a tidepool in Laguna ask the Intelligent Encyclopedia about the plants and animals that they see." Bob described the collection of art in his introduction to the document: "In 1982 executives from Warner, Inc., Atari's parent company, were scheduled to visit the Research Lab where the Encyclopedia Project was located. Brenda Laurel and I came up with these scenarios to give the execs a sense of what we were working toward. The drawings were made by Disney animator, Glen Keane. When you look at these, remember they were made 16 years before Google and 12 years before Yahoo, even 8 years before the earliest web-based search engines. That said, one of the most interesting things about these scenarios as seen today, is that with the exception of the image of the architect and the teacher none of them indicated any inkling that the most important element of the web to come was that it would bring people into contact with each other. What we see here is almost entirely people accessing content from a central server, no sense that we would be communicating with each other or uploading our own contributions to the collective culture. My own explanation for this lapse focuses on the print-era mentality that saw readers purely as consumers of content." Bob saved and scanned a large number of materials from his time at Atari, and uploaded them to Internet Archive. In addition to the scans of Keane's Atari Drawings, the documents include memos about the encyclopedia project and a transcript of a 1982 seminar for Atari Research featuring Charles Van Doren. Check the show notes for those links. After Atari, Bob was co-founder of The Criterion Collection, which restores and distributes important classic films; and co-founder of The Voyager Company, the first commercial multimedia CD-ROM publisher. In 2004, he co-founded The Institute for the Future of the Book, a think tank "investigating the evolution of discourse as it shifts from printed pages to networked screens." This interview took place December 16, 2023. Video version of this interview at YouTube The Atari Drawings ANTIC Interview 420 - Brenda Laurel, Atari Research Whither The Encyclopedia Project - Atari Encyclopedia Project memos Back to the Future -- In honor of Encyclopedia Britannica giving up its print edition (Wayback machine) Stein Kay Atari Memos Pt 1 Stein Kay Atari Memos Pt 2 Exchange With Steve Weyer And J. David Bolter 1983 Hadley Letter 1980-12-01 Atari...Ifugao Question Journal, Michael Naimark CVD Atari Seminar 20 December 1982 Encyclopedia And The Intellectual Tools Of The Future . . . November 1981 Bob Stein Archives at Stanford The Digital Antiquarian — Bob Stein and Voyager Charles Van Doren in Wikipedia Bob Stein wants to change how people think about the book (2010)
ANTIC Episode 111 - “Is Kay Really Funny, or is it Just a Courtesy Snicker?” In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We go over the ABBUC Software Contest winners, we cover PRGE, Kay accelerates his interview publishing schedule, and we ask the question: Is Kay really funny, or are Randy's snickers simply courtesy? You decide … READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For What we've been up to PRGE - https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution by David and Theresa Welsh - https://amzn.to/40l4vv1 (sponsored link) Recent Interviews ANTIC Interview 439 - Making Modern Atari Hardware ANTIC Interview 440 - Ed Sabo, UltraBASIC ANTIC Interview 441 - Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer News ABBUC 2024 Software Contest: https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/10/ruff-in-trouble-ganador-del-abbuc-2024.html https://abbuc.de/2024/10/ergebnis-abbuc-softwarewettbewerb-2024-result-abbuc-software-competition-2024/ ABBUC Magazines - https://abbuc.de 4th ATASCII Compo 2024 - Presentation Pre-Launch for Clear Case for 800XL has begun: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seethruit/injection-molded-clear-case-for-atari-800xl-computer/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/373926-pre-launch-for-clear-case-for-800xl-has-begun/ Bouncy World Server Available - https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/09/27/bouncy-world-server-available/ Replacement cartridge slot - Screaming at the Radio - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/373896-replacement-cartridge-slot/ Mastertronic Collectors Archive - Atari (8-Bit) Mastertronic Checklist - https://mastertronic.co.uk/atari-mastertronic-checklist/ Upcoming Shows Retro Computer Festival 2024 - November 9-10 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November/ Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub YouTube Videos Atari XL/XE -=Go! Tony Go!=- - Saberman RetroNews - Atari XL/XE -=Go! Tony Go!=- LIVE from PRGE 2024 Day 1: AtariAge New Releases & WIP - ZeroPage Homebrew - LIVE from PRGE 2024 Day 1: AtariAge New Releases & WIP (FIXED!) Videos of the ABBUC winners, such as: Atari XL/XE -=Eat Me!=- ABBUC Software Contest 2024 - Saberman RetroNews - Atari XL/XE -=Eat Me!=- ABBUC Software Contest 2024 1K Rainbox - Saberman RetroNews - Atari XL/XE -=1K RainBox=- ABBUC Software Contest 2024 My Atari 800 prints out the news and weather every morning! - Sascha Segan - My Atari 800 prints out the news and weather every morning! New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/horten-computer-welt-11-85-preise/ https://archive.org/details/brace-bits-vol-3-no-1/BraceBits%20vol1%20no4/ https://archive.org/details/@allan52?query=portland Github https://github.com/marktmiller/atari-8-bit-forth-projects/tree/main/fig-forth1.1/FP%20library https://github.com/ivop/saprtools
Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer I was adding a batch of ham radio newsletters to the Internet Archive's Digital Library of Amateur Radio And Communications, and I noticed the word "Atari" on one of the pages. In the September 2019 issue of Solid Copy, the newsletter of The CW Operators Club, Nick Kennedy had written: "Few hams who are both CW [morse code] enthusiasts and programmers of microcontrollers have been able to resist trying their hand at a keyer or two. I've done several in the past 30+ years, starting with one for the 6502 in an Atari 800 and on through PICs, AVRs and now...the Arduino." So I contacted Nick, amateur radio call sign WA5BDU, to find out what his Atari project was all about. First, a tiny bit of ham radio background: Morse code, that language of dots and dashes, can be sent over the radio waves using a Morse code key. Even if you know nothing about ham radio, I bet you picture a basic Morse code key: when tap the little lever, it makes an electrical connection that makes a sound. That's called a straight key. Avid Morse code enthusiasts may prefer a fancier "paddle" key: with two levers, one for short beeps and one for longer ones. A keyer is a device that is connected between the paddle key and the radio: it allows the sender to control timing of the transmitted signals, and other factors. Nick's software, WA5BDU Computer Keyer, turned his Atari computer into a keyer. He wired his Morse code paddle and his ham radio to joystick port 2. As he sent a message using his paddle, the Atari interpreted the signal, adjusted it as necessary, displayed the outgoing message on the screen, and sent the signal to the radio. Or, Nick could simply type on the Atari's keyboard to send Morse code messages, skipping the paddle key altogether. Nick sent me the keyer program and source code — as well as a packet radio terminal program that he wrote, and a tank game written by his brother. Check the show notes for links to all of those. Our interview took place on January 21, 2023. Video version of this interview Keyer software and source code at Internet Archive Ham Terminal software (with source code) at Internet Archive Various amateur radio software for for Atari 8-bit Nick interviewed by the QSO Today podcast in 2015 Nick's keyer article in Solid Copy Nick's web site Ad Astra magazine Pat Kennedy's tank game Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
Ed Sabo, UltraBASIC Ed Sabo, with the help of his dad, founded UltraBASIC, a company that produced software for Atari 8-bit computers. UltraBASIC's software for the Atari 8-bits, which was all programmed by Ed, were: Tank Math: "a tutored math exercise plus a bonus roman numeral quiz" FunSpeller: "use your own words or the fifteen word-sets included" SuperFrogs: "the 7 game arcade with over 10,000 variations” … and Track Stack: a program launcher, "stack up to 15 machine language programs on the track stack disk" Ed also created some unpublished software, including a bulletin board system and RC Total, a program to track results of radio controlled car races. The company also operated a commercial coin op route, with video games, pinball machines, jukeboxes, and so on. Ed's UltraBASIC company still exists. Today, the company specializes in transmission rebuilds, custom headers, and other repairs for classic and custom cars. This interview took place on August 8, 2023. Video version of this interview (youtube): https://youtu.be/OXcW1Pm4DQ8 Tank Math: https://archive.org/details/tank-math-ultra-basic/ Super Frogs: https://archive.org/details/super-frogs-ultra-basic/ Funspeller: https://archive.org/details/superfrogs-funspeller-ultra-basic/ Track Stack: https://archive.org/details/TrackStackUltraBasic/ List of Ultrabasic games at Atarimania Ultrabasic, Inc.: http://ultrabasic.net M.U.L.E. Online: https://puzzud.itch.io/mule-online FujiNet: https://fujinet.online Support Kay's interviews on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/savetz
Two Interviews about Making Modern Atari Hardware In this interview episode, there are interviews with two people creating today's Atari hardware: the Atari 400 Mini and other modern reboots of retro consoles such as the Atari 7800+. First, an interview with Matthew Burnett, Vice President of Strategic Operations at Atari — the guy in charge of Atari's new hardware. We discuss how the Atari 400 Mini came to market. Then, I interview Ben Jones, Commercial Director for Plaion, a manufacturing and distribution company that was involved with the creation of the 400 Mini and 7800 Plus as well as other retro computing hardware like the C64 Mini and the A500 (Amiga) Mini. These interviews took place on September 27 2024 at Portland Retro Gaming Expo. Atari 400 Mini: https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1 Atari 7800+: https://atari.com/products/atari-7800
ANTIC Episode 110 - Are the Grandkids Listening!? In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Kay makes TI users unhappy, VCFMW recap, we drool over an Atari Home Computer Demonstration Center display, we bid farewell to an Atari podcast, and Randy uses a word he wouldn't want his grandkids to hear… READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to TI Fest West 2017 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/260465-fest-west-2017/page/15/ Kay as Radio Survivor podcast guest about Famous Computer Cafe - Podcast #342 – The Famous Computer Cafe ComputerLand radio commercials: https://archive.org/details/ComputerLand_Radio_Commercials https://archive.org/details/ComputerLand_Micro_Minutes_commercials VCFMW - https://vcfmw.org Indus GT drive https://atariprojects.org/2021/06/20/purchase-and-install-a-64k-ram-upgrade-for-an-indus-gt-floppy-drive-30-60-mins/ https://atariprojects.org/2021/06/20/run-the-cp-m-operating-system-on-your-atari-8-bit-computer-using-an-upgraded-indus-gt-floppy-drive-30-60-mins/ 10502PC cable - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=157 6502 Software Gourmet Guide & Cookbook by Robert Findley - https://archive.org/details/6502sggac FujiNet-PC and Fujitzee - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-pc/releases Recent Interviews ANTIC Interview 438 - John Carlsen, Atari Summer Employee - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-438-john-carlsen-atari-summer-intern News FujiNet update (RAPID 11) https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/08/10/fujitzee-fujinet-game-system-gets-new-game/ https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/08/13/bouncy-fun/ Atari Calculator/Colleen Calculator information https://fosstodon.org/@app4soft/113119855733880407 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Calculator NotebookLM https://notebooklm.google.com/ Inverse ATASCII update and final episode SE8EB1 - Best of/Worst of - https://inverseatascii.info/2024/08/31/s8eb1-best-of-worst-of/ SE8EB2 - https://inverseatascii.info/2024/09/15/s8eb2-summary-announcement/ Into the Vertical Blank https://intotheverticalblank.com/ (from Philsan) RM 800XL project by @rm_800xl continues. Trademark is now registered and Revive Machines is working on injection molds: Revive Machines - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html Trademark - https://t.co/XccGGybXQ1 Atari Basics newsletter - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/ XCF12 - https://thingiverse.com/thing:6710517 “F-16 Falcon Strike” - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/08/primer-teaser-de-f-16-falcon-strike.html Mention of Atari computer in “It's no longer as simple as hitting the print button” (Bluefield, WV) - https://www.bdtonline.com/opinion/its-no-longer-as-simple-as-hitting-the-print-button/article_a533a3a8-5c1a-11ef-ba19-831e933a50bd.html NUC plus4 - https://ataribits.weebly.com/nucplus4.html Upcoming Shows Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Tandy Assembly - September 27-29 - Courtyard by Marriott Springfield - Springfield, OH - http://www.tandyassembly.com/ Retro Computer Festival 2024 - November 9-10 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November/ Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub YouTube Videos Carol Shaw's Road To River Raid - Revealing Gaming's History - Game Informer - https://archive.org/details/youtube-1OcT5zJzVV0 90 Minutes With Atari CEO Wade Rosen | All Things Nintendo - https://archive.org/details/youtube-yn8GTA4HMCU Decent USB Host: USB, Wifi and Bluetooth on Atari 8-bit computers - Screaming at the Radio! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgaEhkeXd_A Santosp Atari XE Remake Motherboard Build Part 1 - flashjazzcat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUMweiI8sOU Atari 8-Bit Series: Part 7: 410 Program Recorder - 8 Bit Milli - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvqy997uL84 1090XL Video With New Cards - reifsnyderb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDsrE2A81y4 Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9iqF5uTFk New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-february-1989-vol-9-num-2-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-july-1984-vol-4-num-7-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/alog-pagewriter https://archive.org/details/portland-atari-club-computer-news-january-1988 https://archive.org/details/portland-atari-club-computer-news-august-1988 https://archive.org/details/portland-atari-club-computer-news-april-1988 https://archive.org/details/atari-roots-rev-2-r-1 Computer studio catalog at SDH Feniks - Warsaw - https://archive.org/details/fhkd_katalog_feniks_warszawa_zelazna_32_ Github https://github.com/snorklerjoe/atari8-ham-terminal https://github.com/BartGo/forth-atari https://github.com/stefanschramm/retroload https://github.com/mwenge/attackofthemutantcamels https://github.com/ivop/8x8-fonts
ANTIC Interview 438 - John Carlsen - Atari Summer Employee Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I'm Randy Kindig, your host for this episode. John Carlsen worked at Atari only briefly, as a summer job for 6 weeks in 1987, between his final years of high school. Later, in 1988-1989, he worked for its founding president, Nolan Bushnell when he signed on to Nolan's latest startup, called Bots, Inc. They made pizza delivery robots (and a related customer-facing order entry system) for Little Caesars Pizza. John then worked for Axlon, which was created by former Atari employees to manufacture add-on products for the Atari computer, followed by Aapps Corp., which spun out of Nolan's offices. In 1990-1991, John also worked for Mediagenic (Activision, Infocom, etc.) until a week after its hostile takeover. This interview took place on March 6, 2024. Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Bushnell
ANTIC Episode 109 - Host Wars In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Brad and Randy cover VCFSE, Kay finishes archiving the Famous Computer Cafe and gets some great material from Dan Kramer and Larry Summers, and the hosts trade barbs… READY! Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Larry Summers: Excalibur - https://archive.org/details/excalibur-2nd-manual-type-apx https://archive.org/details/Functional_Specification_for_The_Arabian_Adventures_Packet_Technologies https://archive.org/details/Out_of_Ataris_Game_San_Jose_Mercury_News_1982-06 https://archive.org/details/Chris_Crawford_recommendation_letter_for_Larry_Summers https://archive.org/details/Atari_81_v1n4_1981-05 Superboots business plan - https://archive.org/details/superboots-business-plan Dan Kramer: https://archive.org/details/atari-management-recognition-award https://archive.org/details/atari-controller-design-focus-groups-report-1981 https://archive.org/details/a-qualitative-investigation-of-programmable-videogame-controllers https://archive.org/details/atari_silvia https://archive.org/details/cx2800 https://archive.org/details/cx2800-notes https://archive.org/details/atari-direct-video-pcb https://archive.org/details/atari-5200-controller-schematics-kramer-dan Famous Computer Cafe - https://archive.org/details/famous-computer-cafe?sort=-addeddate Book “Best of SoftSide - Atari Edition” - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-best-of-softside-atari-edition https://gameatl.com/vintage-computing-festival-southeast/ News Atari Insights newsletter V1#1 - John Zielke - http://www.ataribasics.com Atari Opens Enrollment for its 2024 Summer Camp Program: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atari-opens-enrollment-2024-summer-171700449.html https://atari.com/collections/summer-camp New drop-in replacement mechanical keyboard for the Atari 800 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368661-new-drop-in-replacement-mechanical-keyboard-for-the-atari-800/ Article on how to repair the split collars on an Atari 800 - https://atari.timhinds.com/atari-800-keyboard-restoration/ AtariProjects - http://atariprojects.org - Jason Moore Inverse ATASCII Podcast - https://inverseatascii.info/ - Wade Ripkowski The content presented at the Atari Last Party 2024 (the oldest demo party in Poland) has been added to the atarionline.eu Fujinet server ABBUC #157 magazine - German edition - http://abbuc.de A8Pico to win from ABBUC: Send the answer to the question: "What is the chorus in the Atari song?" You can find the answer on Wolfgang's YouTube channel: (https://www.youtube.com/@RetroWK ) Send answer by e-mail to a8pico2024@abbuc.de Enhanced 600XL PCB by kveldulfur - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/367934-enhanced-600xl-pcb-by-kveldulfur/ Atari FastBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic Upcoming Shows Atari Expo 2024 in Santiago Chile— Aug 3rd&4th.—http://www.expoatari.cl Vintage Computer Festival West - August 2-3 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-18 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ VCF Europe - September 7-8 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ World of Retrocomputing 2024 Expo - September 14-15 - Kitchener, ON, Canada - https://www.facebook.com/events/s/world-of-retro-computing-2024-/1493036588265072/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Retro Computer Festival 2024 - November 9-10 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November/ Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we YouTube Videos FlashJazzCat SIDE3 Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoXGLvUAs84 Lotharek SIDE3 Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVFxVjqLbQk MAC/65 Assembler Editor and Atari 8-bit Machine Language Programming - Part 1 - David Arlington - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WdSPvqSIME MAC/65 Assembler Editor and Atari 8-bit Machine Language Programming - Part 2 - David Arlington - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQPw1myNLb4 The Atari 2024 Expo Preview - CmosGames (in Spanish) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx-3S8UzdDs Rewind 2 - a demo for Atari XL/XE by New Generation, Zelax & Radiance - VoyAtari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuWEEms1IX4 Now there's a Decent keyboard for each Atari 8-bit computer - Screaming at the Radio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiBLV-qH9To New at Archive.org Bluegrass Region Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletters https://archive.org/details/brace-bits-vol-3-no-1/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-march-1987-vol-7-num-3-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-december-1986-vol-6-num-12-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-october-1988-vol-8-num-10-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-august-1986-vol-6-num-8-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-february-1989-vol-9-num-2-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/alog-displaymaker-alog-computing https://archive.org/details/alog-maillist-alog-computing
ANTIC Episode 108 - Randy's Eyes Are Bleeding! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Kay visits VCFSW and the National Videogame Museum, tapes from the famous Computer Cafe are found, Atari acquires Intellivision, and Randy's eyes start bleeding from watching YouTube videos 24x7… READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to VCF SW, National Videogame Museum - https://nvmusa.org Titan - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/?do=findComment&comment=5472194 Development disk for Tom Hudson's "Adventure at Vendenberg A.F.B." - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/?do=findComment&comment=5472339 Sunday Driver - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/page/110/#comment-5473357 Famous Computer Cafe - https://archive.org/details/famous-computer-cafe https://www.gofundme.com/f/digitizing-the-famous-computer-cafe Steve Roberts - https://microship.com/ A8PICO by Electrotrains - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351546-a8picocart-unocart-on-a-raspberry-pi-pico/ USB-C power supply adapter from Mozzwald - https://mozzwald.com/product/atari-8-bit-usb-c-power-adapter/ Atari photo shoot at IVCC - https://www.facebook.com/groups/IndyVCC Recent Interviews ANTIC Interview 437 - Dr. Kristina Hooper Woolsey, Atari Research Labs and Apple Multimedia Lab - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-437-kristina-hooper-woolsey-atari-research-labs-and-apple-multimedia-labs News FujiNet RAPID 7& 8 - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/rapid/ video on using CONFIG-NG the alternative CONFIG for Atari - video by Andy Diller - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2is_kDYQHpA How Google's Rampant Sunnyvale Expansion Is Erasing Atari's History - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/how-googles-rampant-sunnyvale-expansion-is-erasing-ataris-history https://www.facer.io/u/atari - Atari watch faces for smart watches AtariAge thread on the RetroScaler from AliExpress - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/366479-aliexpress-retrotink-equivalent-2x-scaler-with-hdmi-output Revive RM 800XL box design! X - @rm_800xl https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rm800xl/posts/pfbid0qBHXgugtivW3bxNdi7Xgem47UJ4qvHZ21R1KVoE2CBih8kQ6CWffYza2VeHSvF2al Mastodon - https://mastodon.world/@Philsan/112496346203027800 Atari acquires Intellivision! - https://x.com/atari/status/1793616648890470410 Living Computer Museum is dead: https://hackaday.com/2024/06/25/paul-allens-living-computers-museum-and-labs-to-be-auctioned/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240601173624/https://livingcomputers.org/ New game “Shift” - https://h4plo.itch.io/shift Atari 50 Update - https://www.engadget.com/ataris-50th-anniversary-collection-is-getting-a-hefty-update-with-nearly-40-additional-games-150827022.html Wireless tape player interface from Piotr Bugaj: https://www.facebook.com/100001704984361/videos/1625370131610834/ https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/06/nuevo-dongle-inalambrico-para-atari-8.html Thanks to @TheTime, Tandy Trower's Character Set Editor published by APX is finally available after all these years: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/236768-the-atari-interview-discussion-thread/?do=findComment&comment=5460894 https://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-character-set-editor_30042.html Kay's 2015 interview- http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-77-tandy-trower-atari-product-manager 1050 mini. Brand new floppy drive for Atari XL by Piotr Bugaj: https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/64347 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCd96Mcosqo New 576NUC+ 4-in-1 Expansion Module - The NUCplus4 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355107-new-576nuc-4-in-1-expansion-module-the-nucplus4/ Upcoming Shows KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 16-21 (in-person), July 27-28 (virtual) - University of Illinois in Springfield, IL - https://www.kansasfest.org/ Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Nottingham Video Game Expo - July 20-21 - The Belgrave Rooms, Nottingham, U.K. - https://www.nottsvge.com/ Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/ Vintage Computer Festival West - August 2-3 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-18 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ VCF Europe - September 7-8 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Retro Computer Festival 2024 - November 9-10 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November/ Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we YouTube Videos Atari 800XL with GTIAdigitizer and RGB2HDMI - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG3qhwUELaY Atari 810 drives with issues - Adrian's Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfU0w883jGE A8PicoCart for the Atari 8-bit machines - Building and testing - Arctic Retro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWXNF7n6Xw Soldering-Up an A8PicoCart for your Atari - The VintNerd - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8cQarAvKoU Atari 400 Mini cartridges and disk drive - GameRoomOfThrones - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7A_aiusVY94 Atari 8-Bit: Mikie (Final), Missile Command Arcade w/ Trak-Ball (Final), Shift (Exclusive Final) - ZeroPage HomeBrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaPlb47Fbk0 New at Archive.org Atari Technische Informatie NR 12 Printer-Problemen - https://archive.org/details/atari-technische-informatie-nr-12-printer-problemen James Copland on the Computer Cafe - https://archive.org/details/the-famous-computer-cafe-1985-02-08_James_Copland Jersey Atari Computer Group Newsletter, July, 1985 - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1985-july-vol-4-no-11 JACG newsletters scanned spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing Scene World podcast Ep. #189 - THE400 Mini with Darren Melbourne - https://archive.org/details/scene_world_podcast_episode189_april_2024 AtariUser Magazine Summer (July) 1992 - https://archive.org/details/atari-user-1992-07 Feedback 8 Bit Workshop website - https://8bitworkshop.com/dithertron/#sys=atari8.d'image=seurat.jpg
ANTIC Interview 437 - Dr. Kristina Hooper Woolsey, Atari Research Labs and Apple Multimedia Lab Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I'm Randy Kindig, your host for this episode. Dr. Kristina Hooper Woolsey is an American scholar and cognitive scientist known as the "mother of multimedia" for her pioneering work at the Apple Multimedia Lab and Atari Research Labs, which she directed. Woolsey was a founding member of the Apple Human Interface Group. She was named a Distinguished Scientist by Apple Computer in acknowledgment of her pioneering work in multimedia in education. She was the executive producer of a range of multimedia titles in learning --- Life Story, the Visual Almanac, Animal Pathfinders, Disappearing Ducks, Countdown, Planetary Taxi and others --- that were produced when she was Director of the Apple Computer Multimedia Lab. There is discussion during the interview about Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman, who were interviewed in a previous episode about their time at Atari Research Labs. This interview took place on Feb. 6, 2024. Links Dr. Woolsey's book about her time at Apple - https://www.amazon.com/learn-different-Designing-Multimedia-1987-1992-ebook/dp/B07QCH1VN4 Interview with Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-435-cynthia-solomon-and-brian-silverman-logo
ANTIC Episode 107 - 4 Times! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…we realize there are 4 times as many interview episodes as regular episodes and what that might say, Kay visits the Strong Museum, Randy attends the Indy Classic Expo, and Brad drools over a keyboard for the 400 Mini… READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Strong Museum - https://www.museumofplay.org/ Atari BASIC Tutorial book - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-atari-basic-tutorial Indy Classic Expo, April 16 & 17 - http://indyclassic.org 80-column card for 1090XL - Brian Reifsnyder - https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/80-column-rpp-board-for-the-atari-1090xl1091xl/ Disk archiving setup, using FujiNet - new project by Randy at Jason Moore's Atari Projects - https://atariprojects.org/2024/04/06/archive-atari-8-bit-computer-disks-from-a-real-floppy-to-a-virtual-disk-using-fujinet-15-30-minutes/ News Andy Diller's tnfs server for FujiNet - tnfs.Atari8bit.net or FujiNet.Atari8bit.net Other FujiNet goodness from Andy - https://atari8bit.net/projects/software/fujinet-server-status/ Tim Lapetino Interview - https://www.creativebloq.com/features/atari-creative-director-tim-lapetino-interview BASIC 10-Liner Contest winners announced! - https://www.homeputerium.de/ Vitoco has bundled Atari 8 Bit computer games competing in the BASIC 10 Liners Contest 2024 into a single disk - https://www.vitoco.cl/atari/10liner/NOMAM2024.atr New Game! Missile Command Arcade (VBXE) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/365388-new-game-missile-command-arcade-vbxe/ VCF East update by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.facebook.com/groups/atari8bitcomputers/permalink/7361112970592812/ FujiNet RAPID #6 from Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/rapid/ Atari XF 351 floppy drive clone - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/64292 Atari 8-bit machines comparison table - MrFish - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/289798-atari-8-bit-machines-comparison-table/?do=findComment&comment=5453949 keyboard for the 400Mini - ScreamingAtTheRadio - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363964-i-made-a-keyboard-for-my-400mini/ RastaConverter - Jakub "Ilmenit" Dębski: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/200118-images-generated-by-rastaconverter/ https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/04/rastaconverter-beta-9-renuevan-el.html PAS 6502 - added Atari 8-bit support - https://syntaxerrorsoftware.itch.io/pas6502/devlog/717309/new-machine-support-and-some-fixes Upcoming Shows VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 16-21 (in-person), July 27-28 (virtual) - University of Illinois in Springfield, IL - https://www.kansasfest.org/ Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/ Vintage Computer Festival West - August 2-3 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-18 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we YouTube Videos Let's install a monitor jack and upgrade the RAM on a US Atari 600XL - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyWtzC96kZo Simius Sophia 2 : Atari 800XL Install - Vintage Gaming Memories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOD4ifpz0S8 https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/sophia-2-dvi-output-gtia-replacement ATARI XL / XE += GUNNER =+ BASIC 10LINER CONTEST 2024 - Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR2RkDt__3s Atari XL/XE -=Tetris=- BASIC 10 Liner Contest 2024 - Saberman RetroNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjh_k55Hjeo Every Atari 8-Bit Game in the BASIC 10 Liner Contest 2024 - ZeroPage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaBBVvFsBX8 New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-november-1986-vol-6-num-11-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-september-1986-vol-6-num-9-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/solo-flight-microprose
ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, do you ever sleep!? In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we cover all the recent contests involving new Atari software development, bring you all the other Atari news we could find, and marvel at the stamina of Thom Cherryhomes… READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Atari's 1986 prospectus and form S-1 - https://archive.org/details/atari-corp Titan game - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-titan_6337.html https://archive.org/details/tbace-thunder-bay-atari-computer-enthusiasts/TBACE-1985-01%20Minutes/ 2.4A power supply for XL/XE from 8bitclassics.com - https://www.8bitclassics.com/product/atari-xl-xe-2-4a-amp-power-adapter/ (affiliate link) 80-column card for 1090XL - Brian Reifsnyder - https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/80-column-rpp-board-for-the-atari-1090xl1091xl/ News Custom floppy disk envelopes - https://ataricovers.com/ Atari 400 mini started shipping! (3/28) - https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1 BASIC 10-Liner Contest - https://www.homeputerium.de/ Vitoco has bundled Atari 8 Bit computer games competing in the BASIC 10 Liners Contest 2024 into a single disk - https://www.vitoco.cl/atari/10liner/NOMAM2024.atr https://hackaday.com/2024/03/21/video-poker-takes-your-money-in-10-lines-of-basic/ 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/356719-6th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-voting-information-discussion/ Atari in a suitcase - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2142412709436907&set=gm.7187337001303744&idorvanity=181644898539691 Anode chat - you can use Anode chat and talk on the Fujinet discord to the anode channel - TNFS://fujinet.pl/anode/anode.xex and search in it for "chat" - you'll need to register with the anode server first Including ACTION! code from GitHub - Thom Cherryhomes: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363311-including-action-code-from-github-yes/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W49Uxf-UDk FujiNet Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/fujinet/ ABBUC Software Competition 2024 opened: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363297-abbuc-software-competition-2024-opened/ You can find all the rules here - https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/software-competition/ ABBUC hardware contest 2024 starts now: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363122-abbuc-hardware-contest-2024-starts-now/ You can find the rules here - Rules AHC 2024 YAIL (Yet Another Image Loader) - YouTube video by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o54Ds-DwGJI&t=6s https://www.southernamis.com/baudday Best Old School Tech Super Bowl Commercials, Ranked (Gizmodo) - https://gizmodo.com/best-vintage-tech-super-bowl-commercials-ranked-1851235860 Atari computer commercial (Atari: Get Started, 1984, with Alan Alda) #7 on the list - https://gizmodo.com/best-vintage-tech-super-bowl-commercials-ranked-1851235860/slides/5 Upcoming Shows Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 12-14, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ VCF Europa - April 27-28, 2024 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 16-21 - University of Illinois in Springfield, IL - https://www.kansasfest.org/ Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-18 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we YouTube Videos The end of the road for the Atari 800XL - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNmzdcSbn2U Saving Archer Maclean's Atari 8-bit Arcade Experiments - Games That Weren't - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmry_CG_l8I FujiNet: Demoing the atari 8-bit Compuserve VIDTEX Terminal Emulator - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpeaYuWS94o More about Videotex here - https://tandyvideotex.com A version of the demo server is here on GitHub - https://github.com/tlindner/VideoTexD… A bootable copy of the Atari Compuserve VIDTEX 4.0 terminal is here via TNFS and HTTPS - https://apps.irata.online/Atari_8-bit… Writing the FujiNet User's Guide for ATARI 8-bit Users - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqeQP_jVGQ A look at my new Encrypt Decrypt Basic Program for The Hardball Game on Atari 8 Bit - Red Rock Video Productions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOsE4LjJbEU New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/@atariware_doc https://archive.org/details/multieditor-manual-de-uso https://archive.org/details/multificha-manual-de-uso https://archive.org/details/atari-410-schematic-a-skematiks/Atari_410_Schematic_A_Skematiks/ Allan: https://archive.org/details/visi-calc-programming-no-experience-necessary-daniel-shaffer https://archive.org/details/french-i-ibm-pc-acorn/French_I_Atari_Acorn/ https://archive.org/details/how-to-operate-the-atari-600-xl-800-xl-learning-express https://archive.org/details/personal-finance-version-one-computari https://archive.org/details/german-i-ibm-acorn/German_I_Atari_Acorn/ https://archive.org/details/c.-r.-i.-s.-adventure-international Portland Atari Club newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@allan52?query=portland+atari+club Lending: https://archive.org/details/spellbound0000stin https://archive.org/details/advancedprogramm0000schr https://archive.org/details/31newataricomput0000nort https://archive.org/details/letslearnbasicki0000shne_k4c8 https://archive.org/details/isbn_0942386086 Github https://github.com/drunkeneye/MAFIA.A8 https://github.com/gladir/ATARITOOLS (French) https://github.com/tebe6502/Mad-Pascal Feedback Peter Dell - installer which makes the installation of his WUDSN IDE for the Atari 8-bits (https://github.com/wudsn/wudsn-ide-install) just two clicks on Windows, macOS and Linux. Peter Dell interview on ANTIC (2015) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-27-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-peter-dell-wudsn Chris Lorenzo - Mozzwald's Atari USB-C Power Adapter - Video - https://youtu.be/wLnZ4dyMJ-s?si=tY1CH_q8HJukVJQC https://www.youtube.com/@VintageGamingMemories Mozzwald's USB-C Adapter - https://mozzwald.com/product-category/atari/
ANTIC Episode 105 - Secret Club Meeting with Andy Diller In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we pull together our secret club of Atari hackers, including special guest Andy Diller, and talk FujiNet, archiving disks, VCF SoCal, VCF East, listener feedback and more in an extra-long episode. READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For
ANTIC Episode 104 - You're Gonna Label Me a Failure In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Kay plays with Pokey the AI chatbot some more, Kay's cat tries to smack Randy in the head, we discuss what happens if we don't meet our interview goals (hint: Randy will be labeled a failure), and we bring you all the Atari 8-bit news from the last month of 2023 READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to The genealogy program Max Derhak mentioned when he was interviewed in 2014 was just found - http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-adam-trace_42271.html Antic Magazine v1n3, v1n4 and v1n5 (Aug, Oct and Nov 1982) software - https://www.atarimagazines.com/software/software.html Space War source - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358800-apx-space-war-source-code-for-you/ Wade's podcast link - https://inverseatascii.info/ Kay's 2023 Wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2023-95465097 Kay's Juiced.GS articles - https://archive.org/search?query=identifier%3Asavetzarticle_* Recent Interviews ANTIC Interview 436 - Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile News Digital Eclipse announces Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story - https://www.gamesasylum.com/2023/12/06/digital-eclipse-announces-llamasoft-the-jeff-minter-story/ VCF East 2024: Dean Notarnicola - http://www.vcfed.org It's Alive! - RM800XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_5IXmZHu_Y Archer Maclean A8 Defender and Stargate: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2023/12/defender/ https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2023/12/stargate-2/ Altirra 4.20 released - https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html Homemade 300 baud modem - JohnPolka AKA Mark - https://www.southernamis.com/forum/general-discussions/homemade-300-baud-modem-from-the-80s 2023 Advanced PCB Remake For the 800XL -- Revision 1.1 - reifsynderb - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/357302-2023-advanced-pcb-remake-for-the-800xl-revision-11/ Forgotten Gems: Lucasfilm's Rescue on Fractalus! At IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/forgotten-gems-lucasfilms-rescue-on-fractalus ANTIC Interview 37 - David Fox, Lucas Arts/Rescue on Fractalus New FujiNet HighScoreEnabled Games! - Tom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358628-new-highscoreenabled-games/ Pokey - https://chat.openai.com/g/g-t3fdHnbbK-pokey-the-atari-guru Tenebra 2 ported to Atari 8-bit (tip of the hat to Philsan): Video: https://youtu.be/Owg8E8ZyGNU Download: https://h4plo.itch.io/tenebra-2 Enjoy 2024 New Years Disk - https://ppsberlin.de/ppsberlin/downloads/new-years-disc/58-nyd2024 Jerry White's Poker Solitaire 2024: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359008-jerry-whites-poker-solitaire-2024/ http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-poker-solitaire-2024_42465.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeGwMqngN08 Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Interim Computer Festival SPRING - March 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 12-14, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ VCF Europa - April 27-28, 2024 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-28 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - NEW VENUE TBD - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ YouTube Videos From Bill Kendrick: Peter Dell (JAC! / WUDSN guy) recent demo videos - https://youtube.com/@jacofwudsn Lumacode Easy HDMI for Retro Computers - YARC Yet Another Retro Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ7hEoClJ3A Making of Time Wizard - a game for Atari 8-bit computer - amarok - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB6YIItiB8Q its development. The ATARI Christmas Massacre - Rebuilding an 810 from shattered pieces - Retro is the new black - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S17Kfs0jblw SWP ATR8000 : The most expandable, versatile disk interface available for the Atari! - Vintage Gaming Memories - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f47l2FTiSN0 The story of the Atari 800XE, why did Atari release this model? - GeSpy Builds Stuff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObKY4O4O14 The Granddaddy of Atari Computing - the Atari 800 - the power of vintage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH5UAh5Rt_U New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/boardwatchmagazine https://archive.org/details/maplin-electronics-vol-5-iss-17/mode/2up?q=Atari https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_dataprodatariM09080108207AtariAtari400800_212178 https://archive.org/details/atari_video_dvd1/ New at GitHub https://github.com/TobyLobster/multiply_test https://github.com/pedgarcia/tection https://github.com/HolgerJanz/BW-DOS https://github.com/jking11/Cattlezone Feedback Book - Smoke-Mirrors-Rise-Serial-Antipreneur
Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile Rodrigo Castro was one of the organizers of an Atari Expo that took place July 22, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. He told me it was probably the largest Atari show in that country to date, with an estimated 300 attendees. Panelists included Robert Jaeger, creator of Montezuma's Revenge, who attended via videoconference. Rod and I talked about that event, as well as Atari's popularity in Chile, in this interview that took place on December 15, 2023. Video from Expo Atari Chile 2023 Chilean Atari magazine and newsletter scans ANTIC Interview 320 - Robert Jaeger, Montezuma's Revenge Kay's XC-11 Program Recorder
ANTIC Episode 103 - POKEY The Atari Guru In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…results of the ABBUC 2023 Software Contest, upcoming 2024 shows (and an Atari Party yet in 2023), and Kay has a great time testing out POKEY The Atari Guru… READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to QSO Today Episode 475 Kay Savetz - https://archive.org/details/qso-today-475 The 1056 Board -- Atari 400 1056k Memory Upgrade - https://www.ebay.com/itm/275939475102 News Version 6.4.0 of the RECOIL (Retro Computer Image Library) graphics browser - http://recoil.sourceforge.net POKEY The Atari Guru by Andy Diller - https://chat.openai.com/g/g-t3fdHnbbK-pokey-the-atari-guru Atari 8-bit clubs - https://www.virtualatari.org/user-groups.html ABACUS - Atari Bay Area Computer User Society -- https://www.abacusonline.org/ ABBUC - Atari Bit Byter User Club -- https://www.abbuc.de/ ABBUC HAR - Hanover ABBUC Regional Group -- https://www.bertelmann.org/har/ ABBUC RAF - Frankfurt ABBUC Regional Group -- https://www.abbuc-raf.de/ ABBUC RENO - ABBUC Regional Group North -- https://andymanone.dyndns.org/reno/ ACEC - Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Columbus -- https://acec.atari.org/ AKPV - Atariklub Prostejov -- https://atariklub.prostejov.cz/ CCC - Chestnut Computer Club (UK) -- https://homepage.ntlworld.com/derryck123/ HA - HispAtari - El porto hispano de Usarios de Atari -- https://hispatari.mforos.com/ Rose City Atari Club http://www.rosecityatariclub.com/ SAK - The Swedish Atari Club (Svenska Atariklubben) -- https://www.sak.nu/ SCAT - Suburban Chicago ATarians -- https://www.scatarians.org/ SPACE - Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts -- https://space.atari.org/ Terry Stewart new video on Atari 800 - https://x.com/classiccomputNZ/status/1723091786619658314 ABBUC software contest 2023 - All entries in ABBUC Special Magazine 53 and on associate disk: ABBUC official results - https://abbuc.de/2023/10/ergebnis-abbuc-software-wettbewerb-2023-result-abbuc-software-contest-2023/ Thread at AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350228-abbuc-software-contest-2023/ Zero Page Homebrew, Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9UAk2Zsfc Zero Page Homebrew, Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKL0rPzVvLY Videos of the top 5 ABBUC winners: Time Wizard by Krzysztof "Amarok" Piotrowski - video by Saberman RetroNews Night Knight by Lars Langhans - video by Saberman RetroNews Zauberball by Olivier Cyranka - video by Saberman RetroNews Double by PopMilo - video by Saberman RetroNews Der Schranker 3 by Janko Grewe - video by Saberman RetroNews Atari WozMon by freetz - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352757-atari-wozmon-for-abbuc-software-contest-2023/ Zylon Defenders, iOS game tribute to 1979 Atari 8 Bit computers killer app Star Raiders Apple Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zylon-defenders/id1191618583 Github - https://github.com/jglasse/ZylonDefenders New Atari podcast from Wade (Inverse ATASCII) called The ANTIC Files - https://inverseatascii.info/ Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew Games Released/Completed/WIP in 2023 - Zero Page Homebrew - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345916-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-games-releasedcompletedwip-in-2023/ Celebrating the Iconic Atari Logo - AUSRETROGAMER - https://ausretrogamer.com/celebrating-the-iconic-atari-logo/ Upcoming Shows Atari Party 2023! - Saturday, December 2, 2023, 1pm to 4pm - Quakertown Train Station, Quakertown, PA - https://quakertowntrainstation.org - organized by Peter Fletcher Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Interim Computer Festival SPRING - March 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 5-7, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-28 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we YouTube Videos A8PicoCart flash-cart ATARI 8-bit XL/XE/XEGS - hichal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zp8EeBGnIk How Do You Make Cartridges for the Gorgeous Atari 800? YARC Yet Another Retro Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjSOJErwtvQ New Atari solderless HDMI mod - LumaCode GTIA-digitizer - TheRetroChannel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prNM38bC1zM 8x Cross Platform Games (Atari 8-Bit) from Fabrizio Caruso - ZeroPage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbWK5rz24OQ New at Archive.org Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2023 Program https://archive.org/details/6502-assembly-language-programming-for-apple-commodore-and-atari-computers-christopher-lampton-1985/page/n11/mode/2up Atari Explorer espana - https://archive.org/details/@bultro?query=atari SBACE Gazette 1989-01 SBACE Gazette 1989-03 Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-07 Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-05 Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-11 Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-09 New at Github https://github.com/pvbestinfoo/Atari_8-Bit_Rom_Image_File_Explorer https://github.com/fredlcore/AtariWozMon Feedback Michael Mulhern scanning of “Your Computer” - https://archive.org/details/@jongleur? Ellen Jameson comment at Bob Evans, Capital Children's Museum administrator — Atari computer lab — interview Bill Hogue, Miner 2049er — interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=593uvgt4USo&lc=UgyxxFpZPUlLLvimQ7x4AaABAg
ANTIC Episode 102 - Randy, You Used to be a Nice Guy! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… All the Atari 8-bit news for this month, Kay breaks his Atari mug, Brad impersonates Kay, Kay decides to start up a cable company, and Randy changes in retirement … READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to ICD Atari 8-Bit Info - https://archive.org/details/icd-atari-8-bit-info-flyer ICD Multi I/O Board Manual - https://archive.org/details/icd-multi-io-board-manual EPG Jr. thread on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/171349-prevue-guide-epg-jr-reverse-engineering/ The Atari 8-Bit FujiNet N: device, in Perspective by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqz_AZgxaVY Atari 130XE Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner (Retro Reproductions) (sponsored link) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1789824338?tag=ataripodcast-20 A8PicoCart - https://github.com/robinhedwards/A8PicoCart ABBUC Annual General Meeting 10/22 - http://abbuc.de Fastbasic install for Mac! - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger Interviews Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman (video to come) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-435-cynthia-solomon-and-brian-silverman-logo News GTIAdigitizer HDMI output, by c0pperdragon: https://www.tindie.com/products/c0pperdragon/gtiadigitizer/ https://www.tindie.com/products/c0pperdragon/rgbtohdmi-mono-lumacode/ New Fujinet resource (ABBUC) - tnfs://fujinet.atari.social FujiNet release 1.2 - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-platformio/releases/tag/v1.2.0 FujiNet RAPID by massiverobot - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355710-rapid/ 130XE keyboard replacement: https://x.com/mindthreat/status/1705197317551239289?s=20 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352558-decent-xe-mechanical-keyboard-for-atari-xe-computers-how-to-order-one/ ultra-small DOS called uDOS - https://abbuc.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1130 Super SpartaDOS X cartridges now available from COREi64: Announcement at AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355946-super-spartados-x-cartridges-now-available/ Buy here - https://corei64.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=444 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/how-to-make-almost-any-computer-a-modern-day-plato-terminal/ Pro(c) Atari Issue 16 - https://proc-atari.de Pitfall II's Secret Sequel - https://www.ign.com/articles/pitfall-iis-secret-sequel SDrive mini at Lotharek - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=375 Starring the Computer - https://www.starringthecomputer.com/ Revive 800XL Update (requires Twitter account) - https://twitter.com/rm_800xl?fbclid=IwAR2VhqAhUSnp3HwbcIOcTY7M7UvfKsDhC8PWKG9czYigmmXNVaE53z7CVC0 Upcoming Shows (Remaining in 2023 and first half of 2024) Atari Party 2023! - Saturday, December 2, 2023, 1pm to 4pm - Quakertown Train Station, Quakertown, PA - https://quakertowntrainstation.org Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 5-7, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org Indy Classic Computer & Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Indianapolis, IN - http://www.indyclassic.org VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ not a show, but an Atari user group meeting - There's one at the National Videogame History Museum in Frisco, TX (DFW area) every quarter - Texas Atari 8-bit Computer Owners (T. A. C. O.) YouTube Videos Darren Doyle's Unofficial Atari: A Visual History - Vintage Gaming Memories (Chris in the IVCC) - https://youtu.be/alWojz4e3QU?si=gq49YDfPb0DpEiol Final results of the 3rd ATASCII Compo 2023 for Atari 8 Bit computers revealed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTgYwAaLklU Wozman for Atari 8-bit - freetz - https://youtu.be/3MdVf_60dfo FujiNet Game Alert System by Andrew Diller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D-QOtfR1fQ https://www.atariorbit.org/2023/10/15/game-alerts/ The Atari 800XL (as seen in Terry Stewart's computer collection) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E47q5dNXiOg Atari 8-bit SIO Midi Player - Lotharek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTha3Ebepyc New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/dynacomp-catalog-33 https://archive.org/details/stx_Home_Computing_Journal_Volume_1_1986 https://archive.org/details/Popular_Computing/ https://archive.org/details/computer-kurs EOR #$FF: 6502 Ponderables and Befuddlements - https://archive.org/details/eor6502 https://archive.org/details/youtube-aGfwHcHQiO0 BRE 1991 800/XL/XE Software Catalog - https://archive.org/details/atari-800-xl-xe-bre-1991-software-catalog Computer Shopper Magazine, March, 1988, Volume 8, Number 3, Atari Articles Computer Shopper Magazine, April, 1989, Volume 9, Number 4, Atari Articles Computer Shopper Magazine, October, 1987, Volume 7, Number 10, Atari Articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-sept-1987-vol-7-num-9-atari-articles/page/n7/mode/2up Feedback https://ghidra-sre.org/
ANTIC Interview 435 - Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman - Logo Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I'm Randy Kindig, your host for this episode. Cynthia Solomon is an American computer scientist known for her work in artificial intelligence and making popular computer science for students. She is a pioneer in the fields of artificial intelligence, computer science, and educational computing. Together with Seymour Papert and Wally Feurzeig, Cynthia designed the Logo computer programming language in 1967. Dr. Solomon has attained many accomplishments in her life such as being the vice president of R&D for Logo Computer Systems, Inc., when Apple Logo was developed and was the Director of the Atari Cambridge Research Laboratory. Brian Silverman is a Canadian computer scientist, the creator of many programming environments for children, and a researcher in cellular automata. As a student at MIT, Brian had worked with Seymour Papert, one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and when Papert founded Logo Computer Systems, Inc. in 1980 to commercialize the Logo programming language, Brian became its director of research. Brian was responsible for the development of Logo for the Atari 8-bit line of computers. This interview took place on May 27, 2022. Links Logoworks: Challenging Programs in Logo by Cynthia Solomon, Margaret Minsky, Brian Harvey - https://www.amazon.com/Logoworks-Challenging-Programs-Logo-books/dp/007042425X Atari Cambridge Research 1982-84 - https://logothings.github.io/logothings/AtariResearch.html Atari Logo at Atarimania - http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-atari-logo_15782.html Brian's work at Playful Invention Company - https://www.playfulinvention.com/ ANTIC episode 29 (Turtle-y Goodness) with Atari Logo content - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-episode-29-turtle-y-goodness
ANTIC Episode 101 - “The Pronunciation Episode” In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…We discuss the antics of the company that calls itself Atari and their purchase of AtariAge and bring you all the other Atari 8-bit news we could find, while mispronouncing names all over the place… READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to MULE Online with Thom, Wade, Robin - https://puzzud.itch.io/mule-online Muffinterm: https://twitter.com/atari_bbs/status/1695216646338793591?s=20 https://muffinterm.app VCFMW - http://www.vcfmw.org http://www.ataribbs.com/ https://www.southernamis.com/ SCAT - http://www.scatarians.org/ News Atari buys AtariAge: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-acquires-atariage https://forums.atariage.com/topic/354589-atariage-atari-qa/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2023/08/25/atari-revisits-weird-past-with-summer-camps-merch-range/?sh=33e01a086df3 Interview with the new Atari CEO Wade Rosen on Mirror Gaming - https://youtu.be/l0Y2B9ljCv8?si=dV--bYuAFW7dqAyg Infocom's Z-Machine ATR generator - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/354888-infocoms-z-machine-atr-generator/ FujiNet guide at SouthernAMIS - https://www.southernamis.com/_files/ugd/2800fc_3d4e4623a1f44862b46ccf643b9d65f0.pdf Preorder open of FujiNet Professional for Atari 8-Bit computers - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=374 ATRFS: Mount ATR files as local directories under Linux or Mac - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/354735-atrfs-mount-atr-files-as-local-directories-under-linux-or-mac/ RM 800XL update - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html Silly Venture - https://sillyventure.eu Firefighter - https://tuxpaint.org/ftp/atari/games/firefighter/alpha/ and https://github.com/billkendrick/firefighter Popeye VBXE - https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/07/popeye-vbxe-another-arcade-port-but.html New 576NUC+ Daughter Board in the Works - https://ataribits.weebly.com/blog/new-576nuc-daughter-board-in-the-works Article on SillyVenture that just wrapped up - https://retrohclab.eu/the-silly-venture-2023-summer-edition-event-report-english/ ABBUC made a special English edition of its magazine to celebrate the Silly Venture 2023 Summer Edition - https://abbuc.de/2023/08/abbuc-magazine-special-edition-for-sillyventure-sommer-2023/ Pigwa collection - http://ftp.pigwa.net/ Damien Guard's "ZX Origins" font collection over on Facebook - https://damieng.com/typography/zx-origins/ Atari 8-bit fonts - https://github.com/a8bit/EightBit-Atari-Fonts A Look Back at the Greatness of the Atari 800 and Its Games By Jamie Lendino - https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/celebrating-the-atari-800-and-its-games Backbit Pro Cartridge - https://store.backbit.io/product/backbit-pro/ New podcast “The 8 Bit Files” with Atari 8-bit content and hosts John and Dave - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-8-bit-files/episodes/007---Atari-8-bit-Computers-e26e53q ATASCII Compo 3rd Edition 2023 - https://logiker.com/ATASCII Upcoming Shows World of Retrocomputing - September 16-17 - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - https://www.worldofretrocomputing.com/2023-worc-expo The Interim Computer Festival - Oct. 7-8 - Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ YouTube Videos Hopman - Retro PC - https://youtu.be/mXCCs9zYe5s Atari 800 Joystick Trigger Repair - Artifact Electronics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PH0hbfOve0 Building a better Atari 400 and Atari 800 diagnostic cartridge - AnotherMaker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdpx5usBi0E Warranty Return 800XL - Client Video - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wRnngBTwSs Building Eastern Front 1941 with the help of FujiNet - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Syzcwl1Tg A pretty rare Atari computer shows up in the basement - Adrian's Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIlxjd82ig0 The Complete Asteroids on Atari Home Systems Five Part Series - Steve and Jeff Fulton - https://intotheverticalblank.com/2023/08/01/the-complete-asteroids-on-atari-home-systems-series-the-latest-top-our-top-15-countdown/ New at Archive.org Wing War Prototype - https://archive.org/details/wing-war-prototype/ Atari User Magazine May 1991 - https://archive.org/details/atari-user-1991-05 Three Generations of Animation Machines Joe Decuir - https://archive.org/details/VCFW2023_Three_Generations_of_Animation_Machines_Joe_Decuir Early Atari History and Stories - Al Alcorn - https://archive.org/details/VCFW2023_Early_Atari_History_and_Stories_Al_Alcorn Early Commodore History - Leonard Tramiel - https://archive.org/details/VCFW2023_Early_Commodore_History_-_Leonard_Tramiel_and_Dave_McMurtrie Computer Chronicles Revisited, Volume 6 (1987-1988) - https://archive.org/details/computer-chronicles-revisited-vol-06 New at Github https://github.com/pfusik/energy.scene.pl https://github.com/tebe6502/Atari-8-bit-zines https://github.com/atari8warez/ALibPc https://github.com/sarnau/Atari8BitGhidra https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/A8CLibrary Box art - https://github.com/libretro-thumbnails/Atari_-_8-bit https://www.retroarch.com/
ANTIC Episode 100 (Or Episode 4 in Binary) In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We celebrate our 100th (or is it the fourth, for you binary geeks out there?) episode by bringing you the latest news from across the Atari 8-bit computer landscape. READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to The Atari newsletter at Internet Archive spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing All Current Notes at Internet Archive - https://archive.org/details/currentnotesnewsletter?tab=collection&sort=-addeddate MULE Online - http://muleonline.com Discord thread on the Atari BASIC AI model, led by Jason Moore - https://discord.gg/WnEcxSvtS News AtariProjects, Jason Moore, back to publishing new material - https://atariprojects.org/ Ted Richards died (April) - https://archive.org/details/TedRichardsInterview Dealers Demo paper: https://www.academia.edu/10744534/Computer_Dealer_Demos_Selling_Home_Computers_with_Bouncing_Balls_and_Animated_Logos?email_work_card=view-paper https://archive.org/details/computer-dealer-demos https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-434-michael-park-swan-and-fujiboink-demos-midi-maze Atari custom controllers - https://www.vikingvg.com/atari-controllers UgBASIC: You can find the source by clicking here - https://github.com/.../main/examples/contrib_asm_mos6502.bas The IDE for Windows can be found here - https://spotlessmind1975.itch.io/ugbasic-ide Official site - https://ugbasic.iwashere.eu/ Unijoysticle 2 800XL - gamepad for Atari 800XL: On sale at Tindie - https://www.tindie.com/products/riq/unijoysticle-2-800xl-gamepad-for-atari-800xl/ At VCF West - https://twitter.com/ricardoquesada/status/1687706816044752896?s=20 Game Cartridge Holder for Atari 400 & 800 - Tray Holds Up To 6 Games 400/800 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/175582283812 WEAVE MASTER - The Textile Design Tool Atari 400/800/XL/XE Cartridge: https://www.ebay.com/itm/195892965783 https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-315-sarah-haskell-computerized-weaving https://forums.atariage.com/topic/274921-atari-grad-school-thesis-weavemaster-and-designers-delight/?do=findComment&comment=5290125 Atari FujiNet Updates: High Score Enabled PAC-MAN - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352884-high-score-enabled-pac-man-playthrough/ game-dos folder added to DOS folder on atari-apps - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352878-game-dos-folder-added-to-dos-folder-on-atari-apps/ FujiNet Game Lobby - http://fujinet.online:8080/ A8PicoCart - electrotrains - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351546-a8picocart-unocart-on-a-raspberry-pi-pico/ Sub(AVG)Cart - https://miscretro.com/product/subcart/ SVI-CAS (link is broken) Poker Solitaire 2023 by Jerry White - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352920-poker-solitaire-2023-by-jerry-white/ Decent XE mechanical keyboard for Atari XE computers - ScreamingAtTheRadio - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352558-decent-xe-mechanical-keyboard-for-atari-xe-computers-how-to-order-one/ Upcoming Shows Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 17-20 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2023-se Fujiama 2023 - Aug. 30 - Sep. 3 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2023/ VCF Midwest - September 9-10 - Waterford Banquets and Conference Center, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ The Interim Computer Festival - Sep. 30 - Oct. 1 - Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ YouTube Videos SIDE3 troubles with upgraded Atari 1200XL (U1MB, Sophia 2, Spectre AV) - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUJbWSWC9EM Atari XEGS with SAVO (Saturn Atari Video Output), TK-II, Ultimate 1MB, VBXE and PokeyMAX - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bFajyugXF0 Let's repair an Atari 800XL - Adrian's Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjOLAOrSY9M&t=342s Atari XL/XE -=Doom=- - Saberman RetroNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGfXhZJqHbY Fixing the Atari 130XE: A Step-by-Step Repair Guide for Keyboard Issues - Steve's Retro Gaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWrtAdvn5EY&t=2s FujiNet, Atari 8-bit, and N: Fun: Making Game Disks - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S56KufpXlDQ&t=630s New at Archive.org Facebook group for Cin'Tari - https://www.facebook.com/groups/cintari https://archive.org/details/cintari-vol-10-no-2-winter-92 https://archive.org/details/cintari-vol-11-no-1-jan-93 https://archive.org/details/cintari-vol-11-no-2-feb-93 https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-february-1987 https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-january-1987 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5543 https://archive.org/details/kaos-newsletters Atari ST emulator now! - https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_atari_st_games?tab=collection
ANTIC Episode 99 - 10-Year ANTICversary! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We bring in some of our Atari friends and talk about the last 10 years of Atari 8-bit happenings in this celebration of the ten-year anniversary of ANTIC! READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: Scantastix project manual scanning - https://archive.org/search?query=identifier%3Astx_%2A&sort=-publicdate Editing VCFE videos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_e5fSxflvrx86M2x_D5rQLIGjeffQuUM “How to Excel on Your Atari 600XL and 800XL” by Timothy Knight - https://archive.org/details/how-to-excel-on-your-atari “Let's Learn BASIC” by Ben Shneiderman - https://archive.org/details/Let_s_Learn_BASIC Wade Ripkowski (Inverse ATASCII) text mode libraries for Action!, CC65, and MadPascal: https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/A8ActionLibrary https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/A8CLibrary https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/A8MadPascalLibrary Inverse ATASCII web site: https://inverseatascii.info Atari Projects (Jason Moore) - https://atariprojects.org/ Bill Lange, Atari archivist - http://atari8bitads.blogspot.com/ Bill Kendrick, Atari game and utility programmer - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atari/ Atari Party events Robin McMullen, Player/Missile podcast https://playermissile.com/ Thom Cherryhomes, FujiNet - https://fujinet.online/ Atariteca: https://www.atariteca.net.pe/ VCF: https://vcfed.org Old School Gamer Magazine: https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/ Audacity Games (David Crane/Kitchen brothers, Circus Convoy): https://adgm.us/portal/index.html Jamie Lendino's Books - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jamie+lendino&crid=2BJGJAZOJ5A2P&sprefix=jamie+lendino%2Caps%2C98&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 Jason Moore's Book - https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Projects-Jason-Moore/dp/0578556421
ANTIC Episode 98 - Don't Toss Those Disks! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We talk about all the feedback we got concerning tossing or copying old non-commercial disks, we discuss the we-hope-it's-not-vaporware RM800XL 800XL remake, we mention Thom Cherryhomes and FujiNet like 100 times, and all the other news we could find. READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to “Apple II Age” by Laine Nooney - https://amzn.to/3BOxbPC Indy Classic Expo - http://indyclassic.org 8-Bit Classics shop Jakadapter Dual Atari joystick adapter v2 - http://kair.us/projects/jakadapter/index.html Happy 1050 from 8-Bit Classics ATR8000 - https://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n4/ATR8000.html Brian Snyder (Reifsnyderb) and the 1090XL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318373-1090xl-remake/ Southern AMIS and Atari non-commercial disks - https://www.southernamis.com/ News RM 800XL: Home page - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html Atariage - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350395-new-atari-800xl-revive-machine/#comment-5240788 YouTube video by GenXGrownUp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCv2v08Amnc Cease and desist tweet - https://twitter.com/atari_bbs/status/1654986930818531328 Bob Smith died: ANTIC Interview 238 - Bob Smith: Video Pinball; Imagic co-founder; Sleazy Adventure https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obituary-bob-smith-atari-2600-programmer-has-passed-away https://twitter.com/SeamusBlackley/status/1657795929951571968 FujiNet game server - https://twitter.com/tschak/status/1652819232067837952 Computer Chronicles Revisited, Volume 5 (1987) by S.M. Oliva. - https://archive.org/details/computer-chronicles-revisited-vol-5 8-bit Slicks - https://8bit-slicks.com/ FujiNet presentation from VCF East 2023 by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQn_0nZ3Jo Leonard Tramiel recent interview - https://hanselminutes.com/892/computing-history-with-atari-and-commodores-leonard-tramiel Leonard Tramiel interview on Floppy Days - https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-104-interview-with-leonard-tramiel A8DS - An Atari 8-bit Emulator for the DS/DSi/XL/LL: https://gbatemp.net/threads/a8ds-an-atari-8-bit-emulator-for-the-ds-dsi-xl-ll.632331/ https://github.com/wavemotion-dave/A8DS Using a #FujiNet, a SIDE 2 or 3 cart, and an Ultimate 1MB together (Thom Cherryhomes): https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350148-using-a-fujinet-a-side-2-or-3-cart-and-an-ultimate1mb-together/ https://youtu.be/4mxJsTGNoGo PAS6502 - https://syntaxerrorsoftware.itch.io/pas6502 ABBUC hardware and software contests 2023: https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/hardware-competition/ https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/software-competition/ Atari XL/XE font maker for PC - https://github.com/matosimi/atari-fontmaker Inertia, new game for Atari 8-bit computers converted from 1990 original BBC Micro game - https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=8440 Fast BASIC starter project - Eric Carr - https://github.com/EricCarrGH/fastbasic-starterproject Upcoming Shows The 64 bits or less Retro Gaming Festival - June 3-4 - Benton County Fairgrounds in Corvallis, Oregon (sponsored by the PortlandRetro Gaming Expo) - https://www.64bitsorless.com/ Boatfest Vintage Computer Exposition - June 23-25 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info VCF Southwest - June 23-25 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX - http://vcfsw.org KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 18-23, 2023 (in-person), July 29–30, 2023 (virtual) - Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri - https://www.kansasfest.org/ Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 28-30 2023 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 17-20 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2023-se Fujiama 2023 - Aug. 30 - Sep. 3 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2023/ VCF Midwest - September 9-10 - Waterford Banquets and Conference Center, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ YouTube Videos Installing Ultimate 1MB in Atari 800XL - Retro Tech Corner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he6RbVR_5nw Atari Reimagined! - This Week In Retro 122 - This Week in Retro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0POBEBrfeg8 Bad Apple!! SV2K18 - a demo for Atari XL/XE with Rapidus by MadTeam (2018) [real HW] (re-upload) - VoyAtari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns8V44pjrRs ATARI XE/XL - Flashing and testing new OS rev 6.00, 2023, real HW - w1k-atari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEDngCCnQdc Randy Glover - Jumpman (1983): Q&A Sac Gamers Expo 2022 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ppmTKIdyc Kay's interview - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-171-randy-glover-jumpman BOULDER DASH: The Complete History - SGR | Retro Gaming Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rYqG3GYvA New at Archive.org Computer Entertainer - https://archive.org/details/@gameguy365?query=computer+entertainer DX Distance and Bearing program for Atari computers - https://archive.org/details/atari-distance-and-bearing New at Github Bill Lange: https://github.com/billlange1968/Killer_Chess https://github.com/billlange1968/Trails_In_Action https://github.com/billlange1968/Demon-Birds https://github.com/ivop/atariterm Feedback “Starting Forth” by Leo Brodie - https://www.amazon.com/Starting-Forth-Introduction-Professionals-Prentice-Hall/dp/0138430799/ The SLCC Atari club - meeting weekly on Zoom, and monthly in person at the San Leandro Library - https://slcc.wdgeo.com/
ANTIC Episode 97 - Don't go to the Commodore Show! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Randy accidentally puts a link to an upcoming Commodore show in the show notes, we tell you how you too can emulate an Atari 1450XLD, and we give you the scoop on the Atari 8-bit entries in the BASIC 10-Liner Contest. READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Allan's disks - http://a8preservation.com Ham sw: https://archive.org/details/cw-5_atari https://archive.org/details/ham800 https://archive.org/details/qsoham-master https://archive.org/details/stx_Datasoft_Alternate_Reality_The_City_manual_for_Macintosh Case for XEP80-II - https://thebrewingacademy.com/products/xep80-ii-by-mytek?variant=39627658690662 576NUC+ - https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/myteks-576nuc-atari-computer News Atari Today - Andreas Bertelmann - http://www.ataritoday.net/ Retro Roundup - https://retroroundup.com a pair of 3D-printed hooks to hold your Atari 8-bit - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5336067 All you need to display a Mastodon post in Atari BASIC, with FujiNet by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.reddit.com/r/atari8bit/comments/11o9z40/all_you_need_to_display_a_mastodon_post_in_atari/ Retro Directory - https://retro.directory/ Reboots of Atari 8-bit games: https://www.gamespress.com/Montezumas-Revenge-The-40-th-Anniversary-Edition-comes-to-modern-gamin https://atari.com/products/caverns-of-mars-recharged review of Caverns - https://cogconnected.com/review/caverns-of-mars-recharged-review/ Altirra now supports Atari 1400XL and 1450XLD: https://mastodon.world/@Philsan/109982536080452626 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345943-altirra-410-released/page/6/#comment-5220269 Atari XL - XE Sally to W65C02S adapter - Masteries - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/348982-atari-xl-xe-sally-to-w65c02s-adapter/ Updated version of the In-Store Demonstration Program - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/349203-in-store-demonstration-program/ ANALOG Computing Pocket Reference Card - SlagOMatic - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/349448-analog-computing-pocket-reference-card-redux/ BASIC 10-Liner Contest - https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium 7 x Atari 8-Bit 10 Liner Contest Entries, Cracky (A8): ZeroPage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTTfuTJ24r4 ugBASIC - An isomorphic language for retrocomputers - https://ugbasic.iwashere.eu/ AtariInside - https://www.atarinside.com/blog/ Upcoming Shows VCF East 2023 - Apr 14-16, 2023 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 29 & 30 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ Boatfest Vintage Computer Exposition - June 23-25 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info VCF Southwest - June 23-25 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX - http://vcfsw.org Pacific Commodore Expo NW v4 - June 24-25 - “Interim” Computer Museum, Seattle, WA - https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pacommex:start KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 18–23, 2023 (in-person), July 29–30, 2023 (virtual) - https://www.kansasfest.org/ Southern Fried Gaming Expo (VCF Southeast) - July 28-30 2023 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ YouTube Videos I, Robot - Voy_NG - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJ9KC0yWnE Pimp my Atari 800XL - AtariInside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WHI8v2AN3c Cracky, thirteenth game by Inufuto - Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hfPCfDi_I0 Cracky download - http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/cracky/ New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/commodityoptions0000maye/page/n19/mode/2up?q=%22Atari+800%22 https://archive.org/details/bowling-tk-computer-products/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/utility-diskette-ii-apx https://archive.org/details/nam-strategic-simulations Computer Shopper: https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-august-1989-vol-9-num-8-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-september-1988-vol-8-num-9-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-may-1988-vol-8-num-5-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computersastheat0000laur_e8v2 by https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-420-brenda-laurel-atari-research New at GitHub https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-platformio/wiki/Atari-FujiNet-Programming-Series%3A-Roman-Checkers https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/A8MadPascalLibrary https://github.com/billlange1968/Demon-Birds https://github.com/pkali/scorch_src
ANTIC Episode 96 - Atari Dreams In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk about development for the Atari 8-bit, discuss a couple of highly-modified 800's, dream about sleeping on an Atari pillow, and bring you all the other Atari 8-bit news we could find! READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Converting Atari8BitBot to Mastodon with Papa Robot - @Atari8BitBot@oldbytes.space Scantastix - https://archive.org/search?query=identifier%3Astx_%2A&sort=-publicdate Dorm game - https://carringtonvanston.net/games/dorm/ ANTIC sign - https://m.aliexpress.us/item/3256804531104852.html BASIC 10-liner contest - https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium News Action! Tutorial at YouTube by David Arlington - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ8ABW8rY40 Browser-based Eastern Front 1941: https://www.reddit.com/r/computerwargames/comments/10qhqb2/playtesters_wanted_chris_crawfords_eastern_front/ https://github.com/patricksurry/eastern-front-1941 How to Use Classic Atari, Commodore and Sinclair Software on Your Mac - https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos/tips/how-to-use-classic-atari-commodore-and-sinclair-software-on-your-mac Atari Software Pack - Dean Garraghty (Scotland) - DGS Software - http://www.dgs.clara.net/ APX Atlas program - https://community.a8preservation.com/t/dumps-dumps-dumps/205/579 James Shackel passed away - https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/james-shackel-obituary?id=39585348 SuperSIO Splitter by Sikor - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314342-supersio-splitter/ Mr. Robot 3D printing models: http://www.atari8bit.net https://www.printables.com/social/439944-mr-robot/models Readytari items at Red Bubble by Steve Boswell (Mr. Robot) - https://www.redbubble.com/people/choccyhobnob/works/52776330-readytari-ntsc?carousel_pos=21&ref=work_carousel_work_portfolio&ref_id=30853044 Elite port - https://youtu.be/khhxWsZ7WC8 Goto10 newsletter - https://www.goto10retro.com/ Mathy's new and improved homepage - https://mathyvannisselroy.nl/index.htm Compiling a new Atari OS By reifsnyderb - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/347696-compiling-a-new-atari-os/ hardware upgrades for all 8-bits by Brian Reifsnyder (reifsnyderb) - https://5cfab.com/ Weird Modded Atari 800 Computer - https://www.ebay.com/itm/255980663210 Atari computer pillow - https://www.8bittees.com/product/atari-800-pillow/ Chip-8 emulation on Atari: https://github.com/pkali/Chip-8 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/82003-chip8-emulator-version-10/ 5th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/347449-5th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-voting-information-discussion/ Upcoming Shows VCF East 2023 - Apr 14-16, 2023 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 29 & 30 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 18-23, 2023 - Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri - https://www.kansasfest.org/ Southern Fried Gaming Expo - July 28-30 2023 - Cobb Galleria Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Keep an eye on the VCFSE section of the VCFED site for exhibit signups and more details.Use the discount code “INSERTCOIN” to save $5. Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ YouTube Videos 5th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards Nominee Playthrough Part 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8L7MFrGMjI 40th Anniversary of the excellent Atari 600 by The Centre for Computing History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh3DEUO-V4o "Square Monuments" 256 Byte Intro Atari XL/XE LoveByte 2023 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJmfJ2G8PSwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJmfJ2G8PSw VGA from a VBXE Atari 800 - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4RBDY0Y100 New at Archive.org Hungarian Bit-Let - https://archive.org/details/bitlet_1983_1986 Allan - https://archive.org/details/@allan52 https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-may-86-vol-6-no-5-atari-articles/ https://archive.org/details/lemonade-apx/ New at Github https://github.com/GSoftwareDevelopment/MIDICar-Player MIDIcar - https://systemembedded.eu/viewtopic.php?t=51 https://github.com/ScotBaker305/Atari-Code https://github.com/ThKattanek/cas_to_sio https://github.com/sehugg/holiday2022
ANTIC Episode 95 - Party at Brad's House! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…we reluctantly add an “in memoriam” section, discuss other Atari news, and plan a party at Brad's house during VCFSE. READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Kay's 2022 Wrap-up - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2022-wrap-76408972 DLARC Amateur Radio Software for Atari computers - https://archive.org/details/dlarc-software-atari TANK, an unreleased, unpublished game by Pat Kennedy for Atari 8-bit computers - https://archive.org/details/tank_atari Retroid 2 - https://www.goretroid.com/products/retroid-pocket-2-plus-handheld-retro-gaming-system FASTBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic The Personal Computer BASIC S Reference Manual by Donald A. Sordillo Home Computer trading card deck - http://www.8bitkick.cc ATARI 50: THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - https://atari.com/products/atari-50th-the-anniversary-celebration News Rob 'n' Banks, new game - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/342151-rob-n-banks-new-game/ Old School Gamer Magazine - https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/osgdigital/osg31free// Atari Scene news - https://mastodon.world/@Philsan v4.10 of Altirra, the Atari 8 bit computer emulator for Windows - https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html Atari Icons for Altirra by LesNick - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346537-atari-icons-for-altirra/ via therealbountybob on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/ Ultimate Gated Video Board - https://ataribits.weebly.com/ugv.html Atari custom disks (pen plotting) from Paul Rickards - https://mastodon.social/@paulrickards/109661825716424393 Update to LinguaXE (uses FujiNet) by Amarok: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/343271-linguaxe-google-translator-for-atari-xlxe/?do=findComment&comment=5178964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-w5bBl1gUU FASTFP version F+ for 400/800/XL/XE - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346575-fastfp-version-f-for-400800xlxe-in-final-version-5-new-roms/ In Memoriam: Glenn Botts (Glenn the 5200 man) passes away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-2ep2DMGQ&lc=UgyPp_hkT9Txc36Vw154AaABAg Atariage discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345726-rip-glenn-botts-aka-glenn-the-5200-man/ Archer Maclean passes away: https://www.dualshockers.com/archer-maclean-passes-away-aged-60/ http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-maclean-archer_team_844_8_G.html https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345523-archer-maclean-has-passed-away/ Sal Esquivel (KJMANN on atariage) died. He did the soundtrack to space harrier, Tempest extreme and outrun: ANTIC Interview 17 - The Atari 8-bit Podcast - Sal Esquivel - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-17-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-sal-esquivel http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-esquivel-sal_team_3357_8_G.html https://www.youtube.com/@salesquivel8562/videos http://archive.org/details/sal-esquivel-kjmann Atari 800 Best Game Pack - link update - https://mega.nz/file/0xQn2BgQ#piHWwHpSjqXqImAGAXAkXT949ywvtDyqagxeNgW4F0g Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew Games Released/Completed/WIP in 2023 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345916-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-games-releasedcompletedwip-in-2023/ Silly Venture 2022 WE results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBoKKLquh3E&t=14044s https://demozoo.org/parties/4441/ Upcoming Shows VCF East 2023 - Apr 14-16, 2023 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 29 & 30 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ Southern Fried Game Expo - July 28-30 2023 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ YouTube Videos VGA from a VBXE Atari 800 - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4RBDY0Y100 Poison (6502) - TNT (atari music, pokey, chiptune) - Marek Pešout - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAHlaCUJFCU Last Ninja - Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43I0qpM0Udg The Atari 800XL 8-bit computer - Keyboard repair and restoration - Arctic Retro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrsSvlTBEyc Atari 8-bit VBXE Special - Zeropage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjgS_P7BzZU New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/bestofcomputerfa0007vari/mode/2up?q=Atari https://archive.org/details/completehistoric0000davi https://archive.org/details/mundo-atari/MundoAtari-issue-00 https://archive.org/details/latarien_sep85/latarien_apr84/ Many Mid-Florida Atari Computer Club Bulletin issues e.g. - https://archive.org/details/mid-florida-atari-computer-club-bulletin-vol-11-no-10-oct-1994 MMG Micro Software's Final Flight Manual - https://archive.org/details/final-flight-mmg/page/1/mode/2up Sierra Service's Easyfind Index Disk Images and Documentation - https://archive.org/details/sierra-services-flyer-catalog/Easyfind_Docs/ Feedback Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment in Oakland California - http://www.themade.org Personal Mastodon Accounts @savetz@oldbytes.space @floppydays@oldbytes.space @Antic_Brad@oldbytes.space
(be sure to listen to the special "word from our sponsor!" ANTIC Episode 94 - Are we just a chat bot? In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…we discuss the new book “Broken Computer Games” and other Atari news, and raise the question “are we just a chat bot”? READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Secret Guide to Computers & Tricky Living Library- https://archive.org/details/secretguidetocomputers Eaten By A Grue - http://monsterfeet.com/grue/ Broken Computer Games - https://archive.org/details/broken-computer-games ChatGPT chat bot - https://chat.openai.com/chat Atari 50th Anniversary Collection - https://atari.com/products/atari-50th-the-anniversary-celebration News 4MB Axlon Compatible SRAM Card for the Atari 800 - reifsnyderb - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/344262-interest-in-a-4mb-axlon-compatible-sram-card-for-the-atari-800/ new 8bitworkshop IDE release Silly Venture 2K22 COMPO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBoKKLquh3E https://www.sillyventure.eu/en/ cracking archive - DjayBee: https://archive.org/details/copyservicestuttgart?sort=-publicdate https://forums.atariage.com/topic/252283-straight-cracks-from-farbs-atx-torrent/page/15/#comment-5163187 Universal game Verbix written with Cross-Lib - Fabrizio Caruso: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atari8bitcomputers/permalink/5648147985222661/ Atari 8-bit: https://github.com/.../download/verbix/Xverbix_atari.xex Atari 5200: https://github.com/.../download/verbix/Xverbix_atari5200.rom 3D printer file search engine - https://www.yeggi.com/q/atari+800/2/ Computer Chronicles Revisited, Volume 4 - https://archive.org/details/computer-chronicles-revisited-vol-4 GEOS for Atari - other attempts at a graphical operating system for the Atari - http://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1668428074&archive&start_from=0&ucat=1&ct=nowinki Upcoming Shows VCF East 2023 - Apr 14-16, 2023 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ YouTube Videos Over 50 Atari 400/800 Games In Under 30 Minutes - Laird's Lair - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57CNQ7xp69o C64 vs. Atari 800XL - 8 games from 1985 - RetroNoName - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cMH_WZ4-qU C64 vs. Atari 800XL - 9 games Starting with Letter A - Floppy Deep Dive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv9Q7MoL88I Atari 400/800/XL/XE - Cassette Dual Track system - Kingdom [ATARI] 1880 - StaxX28 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h0FQmpHtWA Atari 800 games on Xbox Series X - Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - Metal Mauler Gaming: Caverns of Mars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFGZftiGzMA Yoomp! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v4xrYjvVsI This is the new best version of Atari's Star Raiders - ThisIsPete - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AstRleF8NAo How Atari Fought & Lost The PC Wars! - Tech History Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKcQQZjp-Hc New at Archive.org PSI Catalogue General 1986 - https://archive.org/details/psi-catalogue-general-1986acme Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games V1N2 Winter 1982 - https://archive.org/details/Avalon-Hill-Microcomputer-Games-v1n2-winter-1982 Current Notes collection at archive.org - https://archive.org/details/currentnotesnewsletter?sort=titleSorter
ANTIC Episode 93 - All FujiNet, All the Time! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Andy Diller (atariorbit) joins us to talk all things FujiNet! READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to FujiNet main site - https://fujinet.online/ Andy's blog - https://www.atariorbit.org Andy's Twitter - https://twitter.com/atariorbit Atari XDM121 printer on Shop Goodwill - https://shopgoodwill.com/item/154471414 News Fast BASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic Vintage Computer Center closing (Gavin Haubelt) - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/ Ben Smith, owner of Bravo Sierra Computers has passed away: Bravo Sierra Computers website - http://atarisales.sdf.org/ Interview on ANTIC with Ben - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-260-ben-smith-atari-sales-and-service LinguaXE, a translator connected to Google with FujiNet - https://m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR2Qc5u7SfPz8EMAnqNAm4R7ZRPWxK2Zoz3qrkgKTmPNB0Q9T9C2uQs4dPg&v=dwMr9_h-WlY&feature=youtu.be Nitelite BBS - https://www.reddit.com/r/atari8bit/comments/yl1nde/atari_bbsing_history_as_nitelite_bbs_software/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf How to connect to the Atari BBS's - https://southernamis.wixsite.com/website/how-to-connect Atari XL/XE - rendering of unicode text" by YouTube user "amarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_j0iSwbD7g Second ATASCII Graphics Compo Results Are Out - https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/second-atascii-graphics-compo-results-are-out ABBUC SW-Contest 2022 - https://abbuc.de/2022/11/ergebnis-abbuc-software-wettbewerb-2022/ ABBUC Software Contest 2022 Games Playthrough Part 1: Atari 8-Bit Homebrew - Zero Page Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9fXI0iQh3U Release of Break It! '22 Extended Version – https://forums.atariage.com/topic/343405-release-of-break-it-22-extended-version-abbuc-sw-contest-2022/ New search engine for searching for vintage computer files from archive.org: http://discmaster.textfiles.com/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/10/lost-something-search-through-91-7-million-files-from-the-80s-90s-and-2000s/ InstaDOS on cartridge - The VintNerd - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0FzaYjwDVsxBAMkaMKVcWoWHe5HfuSPXJFZQZoNMTxMpiw4X4uu5kBNUks85M6WsKl&id=100063817554401 Upcoming Shows VCF Zurich - November 19&20 - https://vintagecomputerfestival.ch/ VCF East 2023 - Apr 14-16, 2023 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ YouTube Videos FlashJazzCat - Spectre Atari CVBS/s-video upgrade and UAV compared - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixBxTvo5yrU 10 Amazing Atari 400/800 Facts - Laird's Lair (Kieren Hawken) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1FysqYmR5I RetroVGA new board preview Multi retro computer emulator (ZX128k, C64, Atari800) - Peter Misenko - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d1iRT5LjnE Play Games with a S-Drive Max for Atari 8-Bit Computers - Retro Bliss Gaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d1iRT5LjnE Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Nintendo Switch Gameplay - Handheld Players - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tl6WUGjwJA New at Archive.org Get the most out of your Atari - 1984 - French - https://archive.org/details/eyrolles-obtenez-le-maximum-de-votre-atari APX collection at archive.org - https://archive.org/details/atariprogramexchange Current Notes collection at archive.org - https://archive.org/details/currentnotesnewsletter?sort=titleSorter New at Github https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-platformio/wiki/High-Score-writeable-ATR-example-in-BASIC
ANTIC Episode 92 - I Played 1,000 Hours! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Randy talks about his great barn find and VCFMW, Kay gets a new personality (board), and Brad tries to accumulate 1,000 hours on Miner 2049'er. READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Secret Guide to Computers and Tricky Living on IA - https://archive.org/details/secret-guide-33/page/684/mode/2up?q=Atari Atari 800 Personality Board by santosp: https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/atari-800-personality-board-62686 https://atariage.com/forums/topic/337925-new-personality-board-for-the-a800/?tab=comments#comment-5090556 VCFMW - http://www.vcfmw.org Suburban Chicago Atarians - http://www.scatarians.org/ Atari FujiNet NOS - https://www.atariorbit.org/ The Taylor and Amy Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI8b_XAuYXU 800XL cover from Paulo Garcia (Vintage is the New Old - https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/ ) News Retrochallenge 2022/10 - https://www.retrochallenge.org/2022/09/rc-202210-is-go.html ASMA - Atari SAP Music Archive - http://asma.atari.org/ “Computer Ads from the Past” substack entry on Alan Alda and Atariwriter- https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/alan-alda-and-atariwriter Atari XL/XE fan scarf. Power Without the price since 1982 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/325252579215 Thom Cherryhomes call for game conversion for FujiNet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeImwNKp-yY Andrew Diller (@atariorbit) put together a video showing the evolution of the FujiNet codebase, since its inception as "Atariwifi." - https://youtube.com/watch?v=pfeUelE9cYc… #RetroComputing Atari 50th Anniversary Collection - https://park.london/products/atari-50-star-raiders-print-wall-art Star Raiders will be included in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - https://twitter.com/DigitalEclipse/status/1577690194156785665 “Save Atari History” by playing minigames - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QErw-mKwLg 3D printed Atari cases and keycaps - https://gp61.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR0jISsGhUARscNVb0ojRw8PQIuR8WZ2Z9BdLvHSefCmfuLzeLvELUl_MQU 2nd ATASCII Compo - http://logiker.com/ATASCII Atari EPROM Programmer - https://www.ebay.com/itm/374261668413 Atari sticker - https://www.ebay.com/itm/325374564098 ABBUC Magazine #150 - https://abbuc.de Upcoming Shows Portland Retro Gaming Expo = October 14-16 https://www.retrogamingexpo.com YouTube Videos Hibernated 1, Directors Cut on the Atari 8-bit (adventure game), with talk about FujiNet, XEP-80, CPM and the game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPViSZD_O90 - Andrew Diller (@atariorbit) Heavily modified NTSC Atari 600XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8YdqUTKvSw - FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday) A bunch of things still in development from Lotharek and Candle like the Atari 400 Incognito Lite! - https://youtu.be/UN-8P3iK1IM - FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday) Evolution of Atari computers and consoles 1972 - 2022 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFtTWKdXaGQ - World in Statistics New at Archive.org (Josh Malone->Allan for scanning) https://archive.org/details/word-search-generator-apx-manual-ver-2 https://archive.org/details/word-search-french-pdi https://archive.org/details/spellakazam-designware Art Of Computer Game Design PDF https://archive.org/details/ebook-pdf-programming-art-of-computer-game-design Vs book scan: https://archive.org/details/artofcomputergam00chri https://archive.org/details/the-gospel-of-st.-pong-revisited-vol-4-april-1977 Scanned by https://archive.org/details/@decode_document_digitize Listener Feedback Piotr Bugaj's ECI + Cartridge port expander - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/atari-xe--port-expander.-eci-%2B-cart-x2-62320
ANTIC Episode 91 - HAM Atari In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Kay gets a new job, Randy officially retires, and we cover a ton of hardware upgrades READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Internet Archive job for Kay - https://twitter.com/KaySavetz/status/1562130788602109952 Low-profile Atari 400 keyboard - https://mobeets.com/ Atari XE Remake - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/319881-atari-xe-remake-pre-order-thread/ News 1979 Atari 800 Personal Computer Metal Sign - https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/638738386 Best Electronics XE Touch upgrade: AtariAge thread - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/338985-best-electronics-xe-touch-upgrade/ Best Electronics - https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/130xe.htm#TT AtariOrbit and This Week in FujiNet - https://www.atariorbit.org 822 printer on ebay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/314115004546 Revive 1027 - https://retrohax.net/shorts-atari-1027-printer-the-revive1027-project/#more-15516 Castlevania - https://www.indieretronews.com/2022/08/castlevania-thelen-is-still-working-on.html Eci+Cart port replicator by Piotr Bugaj (Poland) - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/atari-xe--port-expander.-eci-%2B-cart-x2-62320 FastBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic/releases/tag/v4.6 Atari 800 Personality Board by santosp: https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/atari-800-personality-board-62686 https://atariage.com/forums/topic/337925-new-personality-board-for-the-a800/?tab=comments#comment-5090556 The 1056 Board -- Atari 400 1056k Memory Upgrade - reifsnyder_b - https://www.ebay.com/itm/275417691367?fbclid=IwAR2KHKCUDIHQ_xs6xgxlpQWJQQl7s0Xgz4lx9Pyii1_PTXoIwzRcEaY7hhQ 1064M 64k Memory Upgrade For the Atari 600XL - https://www.ebay.com/itm/1064M-64k-Memory-Upgrade-For-the-Atari-600XL/275368998887 Atari 800 48k RAM Card with Jumper Board - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-800-48k-RAM-Card-with-Jumper-Board/275370454563 320k Memory Upgrade For the Atari 600XL and Atari 800XL - https://www.ebay.com/itm/320k-Memory-Upgrade-For-the-Atari-600XL-and-Atari-800XL/275424247115 Upcoming Shows Fujiama = Sept 8-11 in Lengenfeld Germany http://fujiama.eu/ VCF Midwest = Sep. 10-11, Chicago area http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo = October 14-16 https://www.retrogamingexpo.com YouTube Videos Atari Computers 1985 Jack Tramiel interview - Atari XE SX and WHY he left Commodore Computers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGGx4MBKEgk Hawkeye Tunetro - Atari 8-bit Demo by JAC! of WUDSN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jo8gdFPFGU C-Drug The BEST Atari XL/XE Demo I have ever seen ! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyHAnahJ_D8 Are THESE the "Ultimate" upgrades for your Atari XL/XE? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZNO58TRsjQ Word from Our Sponsor Atari 800, (Atari, 1982) UK TV ad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ed86r2uKQ - “The Science Museum 2040” New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/mini-office-ii-database-software https://inverseatascii.info/2018/06/02/s4e09-database-software-mini-office-ii-supplement/ https://archive.org/details/cassette-operating-system-alpha-systems https://archive.org/details/raos-zobian-controls/ https://archive.org/details/operation-whirlwind-broderbund New at Github https://github.com/Ian-McG-1970/Atari-8bit https://github.com/dougdonohoe/dougs-origin-story, https://medium.com/@DougDonohoe/80s-word-puzzles-and-the-atari-800-my-origin-story-3c86fa5947dc
ANTIC Episode 90 - Lets All Retire! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Brad regales us with his motherload of new Atari stuff, Kay solves the mystery of “Have You Played Atari Today?”, and we discuss lots of other Atari news READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to http://blog.archive.org/2022/07/13/have-you-played-atari-today-2/ https://github.com/savetz/Phoenix_AdventureInTime https://github.com/savetz/Phoenix_BirthOfThePhoenix https://github.com/savetz/Phoenix_QueenOfPhobos Sharp Aquos 15” LCD - https://www.crutchfield.com/S-KJSgUXWo9OQ/p_284LC15S1U/Sharp-LC-15S1U.html 512 ram expansion, Atari 800 XL on SellMyRetro - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/61296 News Atari 130XE Games Book (Retro Reproductions) - https://www.amazon.com/Atari-130XE-Games-Retro-Reproductions/dp/1789826233 A Graphical OS for the Atari 8-bit by Flashjazzcat - https://atari8.co.uk/gui/ SIO2PC USB at Vintage Computer Center - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/sio2pc Atari 800XL dust cover at VITNO - https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/989847739/atari-800xl-dust-cover-brand-new “A decade-long attempt to enter PC history: Atari home computers” by Vilius Petkauskas at CyberNews - https://cybernews.com/editorial/a-decade-long-attempt-to-enter-pc-history-atari-home-computers/ “Atari Turns 50: A Look Back on the Original Name in Video Games” by Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine - https://www.pcmag.com/news/atari-turns-50-a-look-back-on-the-original-name-in-video-games Atari 2600 Lego - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/atari-2600-10306 Dungeoneer by Ed Salisbury The game can be downloaded directly - https://github.com/godlikemouse/atari-1200xl-asm/releases/download/v1.3/dungeoneer.xex You can find all the source code here - https://github.com/godlikemouse/atari-1200xl-asm YouTube channel - http://youtube.com/MissionEdPossible Atari emulator for the Nintendo 3DS - https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Atari800-3DS Timothy Kline - https://atari-owner.com/ SWUtils (SimCheck, SimTest, OSDump) by Panther https://atariage.com/forums/topic/333084-swutils-simcheck-simtest-osdump/ http://www.atariverse.com/files/utils/ Upcoming Shows VCF West 2022 = Aug 6, 7, The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ Long Island Retro Gaming Expo = Aug 12-14, Cradle of Aviation, Garden City, NY - https://liretro.com/?fbclid=IwAR1UBBrrkg-aoTwUb7fL_Rd56Chv29oyS7Ycxs7Wn5g4iyoN7q3JtWUxioE Fujiama = Sept 8-11 in Lengenfeld Germany http://fujiama.eu/ VCF Midwest = Sep. 10-11, Chicago area http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo = October 14-16 https://www.retrogamingexpo.com YouTube Videos Atari 800XL with the BackBit Pro - The Taylor and Amy Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI8b_XAuYXU Atari XL/XE Hypra-Soft-Basic Tips -
ANTIC Episode 89 - Choke on it! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Brad regales us with his motherload of new Atari stuff, Kay solves the mystery of “Have You Played Atari Today?”, and we discuss lots of other Atari news READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to Kay contributed a story to Taper: https://taper.badquar.to/8/ https://twitter.com/KaySavetz/status/1537155185713160192 “Using Your Atari XL Computer” referenced at https://archive.org/details/Atari_Connection_Volume_3_Number_4_1983-09_Atari_US/page/n32/mode/1up “Have You Played Atari Today?” - https://archive.org/details/graphisnewtalent0000unse_l9l8/page/7/mode/1up?q=atari The ChalkBoard PowerPad by Chalkboard Inc. - https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n10/52_The_legend_of_the_pad_of_.php News Atari 130XE Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner (Retro Reproductions) - https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1789824338 Alan Alda CES tape! - https://archive.org/details/alan-alda-atari-ces-1983 Atari chat client for Fujinet, FujiTalk by bocianu: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/336753-ann-fujitalk-fujinet-chat-client/ https://fujinet.pl/tnfs/networking/fujitalk.xex [K] Computer Chronicles revisited - https://smoliva.blog and in book format at https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator:%22S.M.+Oliva%22 Floppy Days interview of Stewart Chefeit (host of Computer Chronicles) - (https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-78-interview-with-stewart-chefeit-computer-chronicles ) 576NUC+ Programmer Pack ROM - mytek - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/308191-the-worlds-smallest-atari-8-bit/page/28/?tab=comments#comment-5062163 8-bit Workshop - https://8bitworkshop.com/ ABBUC Magazine #149 - https://abbuc.de/mitglieder/ Via BIll Lange: Rare Peruvian “Aventuras D'Onofrio” education series for Atari 8-bit family has been archived - http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-aventuras-d-onofrio_37340.html Fujinet servers - maintained by Mr. Robot - https://atari8bit.net/projects/software/fujinet-server-status/ Atari800 updated for Raspberry Pi 4 & 400 - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/336269-installing-atari800-v500-on-the-raspberry-pi/ Upcoming Shows VCF Southeast - July 15-17 Southern Fried Gaming Expo https://gameatl.com/ VCF West 2022 = Aug 6, 7, The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ Fujiama - Sept 8-11 in Lengenfeld Germany VCF Midwest - Sep. 10-11, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/index.html YouTube Videos How to Start Atari800 Emulator on RG350 - https://youtu.be/EguoIAq3qn8 - Mike Stringer - https://retrogamecorps.com/rg350/ Atari 400 + UAV + Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di_xhZ8CM20 - Mr Lurch's Things Retro 1982 - McDonald's Atari Game - Dayton, Ohio TV History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKU2BuTAQiw - Craig's Daybook The start of an Atari 8-bit repair-a-thon! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrC_Ire_jEg - Adrian's Digital Basement New at Archive.org List of pirated programs on Atari 8 bit computers - https://archive.org/details/elenco-programmi-atari https://archive.org/details/b-c-computervisions-leaflets-1992 https://archive.org/details/b-c-computervisions-catalog-handheld-and-8-bit-spring-1992 https://archive.org/details/b-c-computervisions-catalog-winter-1992 https://archive.org/details/american-techna-vision-catalog-1992 https://archive.org/details/american-techna-vision-catalog-1993 The Gospel of St. Pong - Original employee newsletter - Early Atari https://archive.org/details/atari1 https://archive.org/details/atari2
ANTIC Episode 88 - We need more Atari shows! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… lots of Atari action and news, loading Atari software from VHS, and a call for more Atari-specific shows READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to MT32-pi - https://github.com/dwhinham/mt32-pi https://archive.org/details/michigan-atari-magazine-complete-collection https://archive.org/details/AtariFinalLegacyPoster https://archive.org/details/ukraine-computer-poster-1989 https://rpilocator.com 576NUC+ cartridge upgrade - https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/myteks-576nuc-atari-computer/products/myteks-576nuc-and-internal-fujinet AVG Cart .ATR mod - https://atari8bit.net/tutorials/de-re-avgcart/ Cartridge shell from Vintage Computer Center - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/atari-8-bit-cartridge-shells 4-in-1 OSS cart - https://atariprojects.org/2021/11/21/purchase-a-new-4-in-1-oss-programming-language-cartridge-for-your-atari-8-bit-computer-5-10-mins/ XEP-80 II - https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/xep80-ii-by-mytek Recent Interviews Anthony Ramos: Parrot, Creepy Caverns - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-432-anthony-ramos-parrot-creepy-caverns Scott Savage: Lefty, the Checkers Playing Robot - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-433-scott-savage-lefty-the-checkers-playing-robot ANTIC Interview 434 - Michael Park: Swan and Fujiboink Demos, MIDI Maze - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-434-michael-park-swan-and-fujiboink-demos-midi-maze The looking for Xanth tweet - https://twitter.com/KaySavetz/status/1509353652367998981 News Allan: Software for Atari Coin Executive - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/320451-atari-coin-op-disks/ http://www.atarimania.com/documents/atari-coin-executive.pdf mozzwald Wikipedia reader for Atari 8 Bit FujiNet. You can load it via fujinet.online as /wiki.xex - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-apps/tree/master/wiki/atari bocianu and mozzwald news reader for FujiNet - TNFS://fujinet.pl/Networking/fujinews.xex Thom Cherryhomes Mastodon Client for FujiNet - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/335680-worlds-simplest-mastodon-client-in-basic/ Bluetooth Wireless Atari Joystick and Paddle Adapter - 2 DB9 Ports BASIC 10Liner Contest 2022 results - https://homeputerium.de Atari 400 mini - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA8O_X8JGsA - Retro Relik (in French) Loading Atari software from VHS tape - Video Cartridge by Turbo Soft - https://retrogames.cl/vcturbosoft.html?fbclid=IwAR1jrCTTQR7RzH8nNGOUpZCtziSJDLxBxI3Kyoufgwnvh9ps2oxWUd_fDVc http://atariemailarchive.org/ playing Atari with your hands as motion controls - Eran Feit - https://youtu.be/vJO6nMwUBXw ABBUC Magazine 148 released - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/335262-abbuc-magazine-148/ Upcoming Shows Boatfest Retro Computing Festival 2022 = June 24-25 - Hurricane, WV - https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/boatfest-retro-computer-festival-2022-tickets-222333103297 VCF Southeast - July 15-17 Southern Fried Gaming Expo https://gameatl.com/ KansasFest 2022 = July 19–24, 2022, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org/ in-person AND remote VCF West 2022 = Aug 6, 7, The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ VCF Midwest 17 - Sep 10-11, Elmhurst, IL http://vcfmw.org/ Fujiama - Sept 8-11 in Lengenfeld Germany http://fujiama.eu/ PRGE Oct 14-16 https://www.retrogamingexpo.com YouTube Videos Atari commercials - Seattle Retro Guy Mom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmg4JApvsV0 Father and Son - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw_wQJXkens Bachelor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi95BYgwZPw Atari 800XL - Asteroids Emulator - Real Arcade Rom On Atari 8-Bit Computer - Paul Westphal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7RLYRZQ5Jo FlashJazzCat: Atari 800 Super Color CPU Card Installation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlb1b4YYT70 Video issues on Atari 130XE with vendor-installed VBXE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZLgbu41Kdc Atari 130XE: VBXE fixed, Rapidus/SIDE3/AKI tested - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d1ljmI7lCo New at Archive.org chickenman ACE NSW newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@chickenman https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-jan-87-vol-7-no-1-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-jun-87-vol-7-no-6-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/Hexenkueche https://archive.org/details/die-fundgrube New at Github https://github.com/DLehenbauer/c64-sam Listener Feedback FORK: The Great Underground Dining Room