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Infocom text adventures, floppy disks on green and blue monitors, and Atari 600XL computers were all the rage for one part of our two-dad special we call PopRocks. Listen in as we trek through coding on dateless Friday nights, hours spent playing H.E.R.O. and the Eidolon, or Metal Gear and Ghosts and Goblins on the NES. Memory Lane just got lit up for the jet cruiser we call nerd mania. Watch Our Recap Slideshow and Video Show Content at YouTube.com/poprockspodcast Our Facebook page @poprockspodcast Our Instagram is @poprockspodcast Our Email is poprockpodcast@gmail.com
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: Kevin hacks the heck out of the Atari 8-bits, we’re back on the interview bandwagon, Josh Renaud tells us about ATASCII animations, and Nir Dary gives us the scoop on the Outline Demo Party. 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 ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue What we’ve been up to Indy Vintage Computer Club meeting - https://www.facebook.com/events/418655208501577/permalink/451824541851310/ Archived HesWare material from Jay Balakrishnan - https://archive.org/details/@rkindig VCFSE summary (and our Atari exhibit) on Floppy Days #75 - http://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-75-vcfse-5-post-show-with-thomas-liebert-jon-guidry-amiga-bill-anthony Atari 8-bit on Hackaday! - http://hackaday.com/2017/07/09/firework-shows-the-vintage-atari-way/ Lost Firebox ROM - Nir Dary - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/267234-atari-sets-off-fireworks-pictures-source-code/?p=3800095 Operation - Operation Game with Atari 8-Bit Computer (v2) DK Bongos - DK Bongos with Atari 8-Bit Computer Interviews Transcript of Tom Eckman Interview - https://computingpioneers.com/index.php/Tom_Eckman by Tom Raidna Transcript of interview with David and Betsy Ahl - https://computingpioneers.com/index.php/Dave_Ahl_and_Betsy_Ahl News New Hardware: Atari 400 RAM-Card 48/52 KB & external OS-ROM - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/267042-new-hardware-atari-400-ram-card-4852-kb-external-os-rom/ Mouse pads with game and computer designs Atari - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2017/05/mouse-pads-con-disenos-de-juegos-y.html BEST Electronics Atari Composite Video Cables - http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/ Adventures in Atari BASIC by WEBMikey (Mikey Walters) - https://wearethemutants.com/author/webmikey7/ 6502 in the cloud - http://www.6502cloud.com, http://hackaday.com/2017/07/08/6502-retrocomputing-goes-to-the-cloud/ Donkey Kong - The Atari 8-bit Arcade hack is finally here! - http://www.indieretronews.com/2017/07/donkey-kong-atari-8-bit-arcade-hack-is.html?m=1 Turbo BASIC Source Code is found! - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=TURBO-BASIC%20XL#section-TURBO-BASIC+XL-SourceCode How Atari Changed Personal Computing on Marketplace Tech Podcast (first few minutes) - https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/06262017-using-biometrics-detect-fraud Break Out: How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution by David L. Craddock - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0764353225 The A - Z of Atari 8-bit Games: Volume 1 (The Atari 8-bit) by Kieren Hawkin - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071SD5W9C SDRIVE - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/262509-sdrive-arm-preorder/page-1 Josh Renaud - HTML5 ATASCII animation viewer (AtasciiTube project) - http://breakintochat.com/collections/atascii/index.html , http://atariage.com/forums/topic/251957-atasciitube/ PCB with 8mbit memory for Atari computers - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2017/06/chile-pcb-con-memoria-de-8mbit-para.html Post Magazine - Internet whizz Yat Siu on programming at 13 and landing a job at Atari as a schoolboy - http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2101469/internet-whizz-yat-siu-programming-13-and-landing Discovery, Atari Collaborate on New Series - http://worldscreen.com/tvreal/discovery-atari-collaborate-on-new-series/ Tempest Elite now available - http://members.tcq.net/video61/tempestelite.html Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers or Atari people: Kansasfest July 18-23 https://www.kansasfest.org VCF West - August 5-6, 2017 - Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, California - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west-xi/ Ajka Hungary, Arok party - Aug 11-13, 2017 - https://www.facebook.com/ArokParty/ Fujiama 2017 Aug 17-20, 2017 - http://www.abbuc.de/news-feeds-component/events/icalrepeat.detail/2017/08/17/215/-/fujiama-2017 VCFMW - Sept. 9-10, Elk Grove Village, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ PRGE http://www.retrogamingexpo.com Oct 20-22 OldComp Party #3 - Sep 8-10, 2017 - (Czech Republic) ByteFest 2017 Oct 13-15, 2017 - http://www.bytefest.org/english-info2/ (Prague, Czech Republic) Vintage computer fest Seattle Feb 10-11 2018, Living Computers: Museum + Labs - http://vcfed.org/wp/2017/07/07/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest/ Nir Dary videos this month Bonami Computers & Computer games museum in The Netherlands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LrYd4fBiA0 First demonstration of the EclaireXL v2 board (Atari XL FPGA based computer) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuL3VOGjW0U EclaireXL ATARI 800XL FPGA Computer second video - connecting original Atari Peripherals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ordWyp8HZZ8 FPGA ATARI vs Real ATARI head to head - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6RRu5WCAxM Upgraded Atari vs FPGA Atari head to head (with same monitors) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wHHSnh7MHo YouTube videos this month (not Nir Dary) - 552 using the search term “Atari 800” atari 800 xl, fully loaded with stereo, u1mb, vbxe and rapidus (Atari 8 Bit) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-eEp6YE2D4 Atari 8-bit (400, 800, XL, XE) - Numen by taQuart (2002), requires 320KB RAM. Running on real Atari 600XL with Ultimate 1MB and Dual Pokey Stereo. (StaxX28) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MBD755hYIQ Atari 8-bit: ML in Basic Part 1 (Patzawa), how to poke and use ML routine with basic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAp7X_MLAv4 ATARI 800XL Rapidus and Ultimate installation (Lotharek) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DJVoP8UsVI Atari 400/800 - Peek & Poke Computer Museum in Rijeka, Croatia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r-NYRAF6hU Reconditioning my Dad's Atari 800 / 410 / 810 / 835 / 1027 Computer (Uber man) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fAicXxoIHc New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/@savetz Nir Dary Segment - Outline Demo Party 2017 http://www.spelcomputermuseum.nl/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFAz9fkXxx4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMvlklz17EI&feature=youtu.be Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. 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Put your VR headgear on and listen to the latest episode where we talk to the maker of DAWT, Mr. Aaron Clifford. The Edmonton developer schools us in his 20 years of coding, tells us how he was conceived in a tent in New Zealand and how to record your software onto a cassette tape. “These aren’t Fivver voice actors, people!” Aaron started programing on an Atari 600XL. Chris desperately tries to fit in, talking about his Commodore 64. Aaron tells us his gateway drug to programming was playing Doom. Aaron cut his teeth using Authorware. The big VR project that our guest is building is called DAWT. It’s a slick Pac-man-like VR game. Aaron has also started working with Unumbria Technologies. Their goal is to use VR to help athletes and people who suffer concussions. Like every city, Edmonton is constantly renaming their summer festival. Currently, it’s called K-days. Aaron’s day job is “putting a coat of paint” on a lot of people’s hard work. He’s a front end developer. His paint can be seen at alberta.ca. Our guest’s brief obsession with seaweed. Microsoft allows you to earn points as a developer. You can use the points to redeem rewards. Aaron’s Razer BlackWidow keyboard he earned with Microsoft points. GDX Edmononton is a game exhibition that typically happens in April or May. Aaron used Construct 2 to make many of his games. The adventures of developing 5 apps in one week for a challenge. Aaron’s game DAWT was greenlit on Steam. The Makerspace at the Stanley A. Milner Library is where Aaron began developing DAWT. Participating in Codename Goa, Aaron met the makers of an eye tracking bar that goes under your monitor called tobii. Montreal International Game Summit Aaron uses Unity to develop his 3D games. He took this course from udemy to get started. The very cool Edmonton Fit Finder project that Aaron worked on. How fun was that? Stay tuned to our website, our feed, or the Patreon page to hear part two of this entertaining conversation with Aaron. Head over to our Facebook page to chat with Chris’ mom while you wait for the next episode to drop. Thanks again to Aaron Clifford and be sure to check out DAWT. Support Montreal Sauce on Patreon