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In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast, Kevin wows us with his winners in the NOMAM BASIC 10-liners contest, we discuss the preparations for VCFSE, Nir Dary tells us all about disk drives, and we discuss all the Atari news that’s fit to print. 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 - http://www.indyclassic.org/ , https://www.facebook.com/groups/1082702455167563/ Atari 800XE - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-800xe-/162383912577 , http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=982&st=1 Atari XEP80 Interface Module - http://www.atarimania.com/faq-atari-400-800-xl-xe-what-is-the-atari-xep80-interface-module_39.html Multi-Link - http://atariage.com/forums/gallery/image/17135-multilink-gamelink/ Jumpman level source code commenting: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/259304-jumpman-levels-with-custom-code/?p=3736842 Quote Blaster/Tribunal - Atari computer game Quote Blaster thread on AtariAge - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/236768-the-atari-interview-discussion-thread/?p=3731983 APX Knightsoil Submission Materials Amoeba Debugger/Mini assembler. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/264052-amoeba-newly-discovered-proto-software/ High Score Club Season 14, Round 5 - Kaverns of KFest - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/263482-hsc14-round-5-getaway-more-getaway-bonus-kaverns-of-kfest/ News book: Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation by Jamie Lendino - http://amzn.to/2pTOisT NOMAM 10-line BASIC contest results - http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/results-2017 NOMAM 10-line BASIC contest Discussion - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/261637-basic-10liners-2017/page-3 YouTube videos this month (not Nir Dary): ATARI 800 PSP - emulator ATARI by Marcin Czekała - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNLVHkGWeo0 author JAMIE LENDINO on the impact Atari computers had on the world - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzatiqdRTY8 Software Development on the Atari 8-bit with a Corvus Hard Disk by Thomas Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCOsrefp4rA Tom Cherryhomes - Amoeba - a Debugging and Patching tool for Atari 8-bit Computers - https://youtu.be/ZZ1fQC4V8uE electrotrains - Uno Cart DIY in Excel Magazine - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/263831-unocart-diy-article-in-excel-magazine-issue-4/ 'I was there when Atari left Limerick with 600 jobs. It’s a day I hope to never repeat’, thejournal.ie, May 8, 2017 - http://www.thejournal.ie/bill-doherty-cook-medical-limerick-3-3329799-Apr2017/ SIO2BT update - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/228860-sio2bt/page-8#entry3727273 https://8bitgeneration.vhx.tv/packages/easy-to-learn-hard-to-master-standard-edition/videos/final-cut-def-h264-vhx GunFright - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2017/04/version-final-de-gunfright-para-atari.html Excel issue 4 - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2017/04/atari-la-venta-cuarto-numero-de-la.html The best original games of 2016 for Atari computers - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2016/12/el-mejor-juego-original-del-2016-para.html The best ports, hacks and extended versions of Atari computer games for 2016 - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2016/12/el-mejor-port-hack-y-version-extendida.html Update on RetroChallenge 2017/04 - http://www.retrochallenge.org/ Tom Raidna Atari project for RetroChallenge - traidna.wordpress.com Bill Lange and Peter Fletcher putting together Atari party - https://www.facebook.com/bill.lange Bill Kendrick's Atari Party - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2016/ Nir Dary videos this month How to make an SIO2PC cable for about $6 with no soldering - https://youtu.be/-xXBNQIFKLE Demo of the VBXE Graphic enhancement board for the Atari 8bit computer https://youtu.be/o51S_ylNP4A ATARI 8bit with Rapidus & U1MB running ZX Spectrum Games (Golden Axe and more) - https://youtu.be/3HsveNrEWgk Playing the Antic Podcast show Episode 1 on a real Atari 800 computer - https://youtu.be/ktUgqt_G1EU Sampling Audio on ATARI 8bit computer - https://youtu.be/FUwyDJV0ytI Other Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers VCF Southeast - April 29 & 30, 2017, Roswell, GA - http://vcfse.org/ TI Fest West - Saturday April 29th from 9 am to 5 pm, Oak Tree Restaurant in Woodland, Washington - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/260465-fest-west-2017/ 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/ VCFMW - Sept. 9-10, Elk Grove Village, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ PRGE http://www.retrogamingexpo.com Oct 20-22 May 25th to May 28th - OUTLINE Demo Party in Holland - http://outlinedemoparty.nl/ :: FOReVER o18, FOReVER - nostalgic 8-bit multiscene party - http://forever.zeroteam.sk Sommarhack 2017 - Home, SOMMARHACK 2017 JULY 7 - 9 - http://dhs.nu/sommarhack/2017/ Fujiama 2017 17.8.2017 - 20.8.2017 - http://www.abbuc.de/news-feeds-component/events/icalrepeat.detail/2017/08/17/215/-/fujiama-2017 OldComp Party #3 (Czech Republic) 8.9.2017 - 10.9.2017 ByteFest 2017 13.10.2017 - 15.10.2017 - http://www.bytefest.org/english-info2/ Ajka Hungary, Arok party Aug 11 to Aug 13, 2017 - https://www.facebook.com/ArokParty/ New at Archive.org Energy Czar manual Caverns Of Mars manual, Atari 800 Series Atarisoft - Now Your Computer Fits the Arcade Hits Parker Brothers' Gyruss manual Mastertronic's Ninja manual Raid Over Moscow manual I.C.D.s Technicolor Dream manual PS Interface manual Micro Painter Plus manual Video Title Shop MECC's Atari Font Editor The Official Scott Adams' Adventure Hint Book Atari Necromancer Atari Crossbow Microprose F 15 Strike Eagle manual - 15 July 86 Change 6 MicroProse Kennedy Approach June 85 APX Eastern Front 1941 Version 4 Silent Service manual Top Gunner Collection manual F-15 Strike Eagle Flight Operation Manual Technical Reference For Hayes Modem Users (1991) Technical Reference Hayes Synchronous Interface For Application Software Hayes Stack Chronograph Owners Manual Technical Reference For Hayes Modem Users (1993) Gunfright The Banner Canner Instruction Manual Nir Dary Segment - Disk Drives http://gury.atari8.info/categ/h_disk_drives.php http://www.atarimania.com/faq-atari-400-800-xl-xe-what-other-floppy-disk-drives-can-i-use-with-my-atari_23.html http://atariage.com/forums/topic/228792-karin-maxi-drive-atari-65800130xe-sic/ End of Show Music “I Love My Atari” by Zygomatik, 2006. 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This week's game is Atari's 1981 classic: WARLORDS. And this week's theme is ...family. Parents, man. You and your brothers are goofing around, innocently catapaulting fireballs at each other when your dad, ruler of the land, gets in your face being all kingly and banishes you to the forbidden lands. But you guys get bored easy so you each pick a corner to barricade yourselves in and fling lightning balls at each other. King Dad always warned if you didn't stop you'd end up imprisoned in endless battle for all eternity inside an Atari game cartridge. But what do parents know? The 'rents are so stupid. Or ARE they? Bill Kendrick's Atari Party. The Atari Bytes Zazzle store AB_Pod_Store The Atari Bytes Patreon page. My thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for Creative Commons use of his songs "Take a Chance", "Reformat", and "Pinball Spring".
PASS THE 'SHROOMS, MAN! Atari goes down on the farm in this episode. Atari's CENTIPEDE from 1982 is our topic. While other elves are out fighting wars and hanging with Hobbits on epic quests, your poor little elf Oliver is stuck tending a mushroom farm. If that isn't bad enough, you're being pummeled by giant centipedes, scorpions, spiders and FLEAS. No one would blame you if you used that magic wand to teleport yourself out of here. But no! That's not the Atari way. On this farm, we beat our swords into plowshares...then use those plowshares to beat the holy crap out of anyone who messes with our 'shrooms. Nobody messes with our 'shrooms. NOBODY. Does the story hold up? Are the steaks, er stakes, er mushrooms clearly defined? Pull up a toadstool and we'll figure it out. My thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for the creative commons use of his songs "Pinball Spring", "Reformat" and "Take a Chance". Here's a link to Bill Kendrick's Atari Party info.
Summary of Bill Kendrick's Atari Party 2015 and review of the excellent port of Missile Command. In magazine coverage, I've added MICRO: The 6502/6809 Journal, and new contributor Michael Glaser takes over SoftSide Magazine. Introduction Atari Party in Davis, CA, May 2, 2015 Atari Party photos! California Extreme Arcade/Pinball show July 18 & 19 2015 Feedback ANTIC Podcast Interview #40: Doug Carlston of Br0derdund Software BBC Micro magazine: Acorn User ANTIC Magazine preview of the ATR8000 Kevin Savetz's site with full text to 21 flight simulator books Intellivisionaries Podcast Pictures of some of the Atari 'silver box' kits UER Podcast CoCo Crew Podcast Listener Written Programs Bill Kendrick's Combat-like game & tutorial in Action HSC12r8 Ramp Rage by TRBB (Jason Kendall) MAME Cabinet MAME cabinet progress (AtariAge forum thread) ... For 37 more links, see the show notes