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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 100 - 100th Show!!! (or is it 4?)

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 85:15


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 

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast
Floppy Days 128 - Paul Terrell - Exidy Part 1

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2023 81:35


Floppy Days Episode 128 - Paul Terrell - Exidy Part 1 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics  Arcade Shopper   Hello, and welcome to episode 128 for July, 2023 of the Floppy Days Podcast, with your host, Randy Kindig! If you're a regular listener, you'll know that we're in the middle of a series of episodes where we talk with Paul Terrell.  Paul has been credited with essentially jump-starting the personal computer industry in many ways, not the least of which was by buying the original Apple I computer from the just-getting-started Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and selling it in his equally-famous computer store, The Byte Shop.  This was one of the first personal computer retail stores in existence.  Paul was also a member of the legendary Homebrew Computer Club and attended the West Coast Computer Faire.  He was involved in the development of both the Exidy Sorcerer and BYT-8 computers and he later went on to start ComputerMania Inc. which was a chain of computer stores created with the purpose of renting computers and software. This guy has had an amazing career and I am truly honored to be able to bring you a series of interviews with Paul for the podcast.  Paul and I will be covering his entire career, from his early beginnings, thru the Byte Shop years and his time with the nascent Apple Computer, and beyond.  The first segment (last month's episode) was a sort of overview before Paul's time being involved with Exidy and the Exidy Sorcerer computer.  This segment is part 1 of 2 focusing directly on Exidy and the Sorcerer.  You'll hear how the Sorcerer came about, hear Paul's insight into why certain design decisions were made, and what mistakes were made.  The Sorcerer was truly an early, important machine, and had impressive features for the timeframe that it came out.  If you want to hear additional information about the Sorcerer and about Exidy, there are 2 other Floppy Days Podcasts you'll want to listen to: Episode 17, where the Sorcerer is covered in detail - https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-episode-17-the-exidy-sorcerer-live-from-vcfse-20  Episode 114, which features an interview with Howell Ivy.  Howell was the principal designer of the Sorcerer and recollects his time at Exidy. - https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-114-howell-ivy-exidy-sorcerer-and-exidy  Paul first contacted me after the interview I had with Howell Ivy and Howell's involvement and remembrances of the Exidy Sorcerer.  He really liked Howell's interview and wanted to add a few details and give his perspective on the Sorcerer.  As we talked further, Paul decided he would really like to be able to talk about his incredible career in its entirety, more than just the time with Exidy, and I of course was ecstatic that he decided my humble podcast could be a good medium for that. I really hope you enjoy the Paul Terrel series in general, and this episode should give you a nice perspective on his involvement with Exidy and the Sorcerer! Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival West 2023 - August 4 & 5 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/  Atari Buy/Sell/Swap/Trade Event - August 5th 10am-2pm - 15 miles SE of Charlotte, NC - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352517-atari-buysellswaptrade-event-august-5th-10am-2pm-15-miles-se-of-charlotte-nc/  ZZAP! Live 2023 - August 12 - The Holiday Inn, Kenilworth, CV8 1ED - https://fusionretroevents.co.uk/category/zzap-live/  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/  Tandy Assembly - Sep. 29-Oct. 1 - Courtyard by Marriott in Springfield, Ohio - http://www.tandyassembly.com/  Amiga38 Germany - Oct. 6-7 - Das Rote Krokodil - Kunstwerk Mönchengladbach - https://amigaevent.de/WB.html  The Interim Computer Festival - Oct. 7-8 - Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/  AmiWest - October 14-15 - Sacramento, CA - https://retro.directory/browse/events/4/AmiWest.net  Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/  Chicago TI International World Faire - October 14, 2023 - Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL - http://chicagotiug.sdf.org/faire/   World of Commodore - Dec. 2-3, 2023 - Admiral Inn Mississauga, Mississauga, ON - http://www.worldofcommodore.ca/  http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html  Facebook show schedule - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/  Paul Terrell Interview Paul on LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-terrell-2441a17/details/experience/  Paul on Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/paul.terrell.92/  Paul at WikiPedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Terrell  Interview with Paul at NextShark - https://nextshark.com/paul-terrell-apple  “Today in Apple history: The Byte Shop, Apple's first retailer, opens” by Cult of Mac - https://www.cultofmac.com/457420/byte-shop-opens-tiah/  “The Man Who Jump-Started Apple by Harry McCracken”, August 23, 2007, PC World - https://web.archive.org/web/20110511184229/http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/005240.html   

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast
Floppy Days 126 - Bob Frankston - VisiCalc

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 62:41


Floppy Days 126 - Interview with Bob Frankston, Co-developer of Visicalc Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics  Arcade Shopper   Hello, everyone!  Welcome to episode 126 of the Floppy Days Podcast, with yours truly, Randy Kindig, as the host. Everyone, and I mean everyone, listening to this podcast has surely heard of the ground-breaking application (for its time) Visicalc.  Visicalc was the first spreadsheet computer program for personal computers, originally released for the Apple II by VisiCorp on October 17, 1979.  It is considered the killer application for the Apple II, turning the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a serious business tool, and then prompting IBM to introduce the IBM PC two years later.  More than 700,000 copies were sold in six years, and up to 1 million copies over its history.   Initially developed for the Apple II computer, VisiCalc was ported to numerous platforms, both 8-bit and some of the early 16-bit systems, such as the Commodore PET, Atari 8-bit, TRS-80 (TRSDOS), CP/M, MS-DOS, and even the HP Series 80. VisiCalc was later replaced in the market by Lotus 1-2-3 and eventually by Microsoft's Excel, which is the dominant spreadsheet today.  Spreadsheets, along with word processors, and presentation tools are still today considered one of the key applications for computing. Bob Frankston, along with Dan Bricklin, are the co-inventors of VisiCalc.  This month, we have an interview with the aforementioned Bob Frankston.  Bob was kind enough to take time to talk with me about what it was like to create such a ground-breaking tool. Before doing that, I have a few new acquisitions to discuss and I'll tell you about upcoming computer shows. New Acquisitions/What I've Been Up To Retro Innovations  Lige and the YouTube show “The Commodore Room” - https://www.youtube.com/@thecommodoreroom4554  Console5 (cap kits)  Upcoming Shows The 64 bits or less Retro Gaming Festival - June 3-4 - Benton County Fairgrounds in Corvallis, Oregon (sponsored by the Portland Retro 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  Pacific Commodore Expo NW v4 - June 24-25 - “Interim” Computer Museum, Seattle, WA - https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pacommex:start  Kickstart Amiga UK Expo - July 1-2 - Nottingham, UK - https://www.amigashow.com/  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/  ZZAP! Live 2023 - August 12 - The Holiday Inn, Kenilworth, CV8 1ED - https://fusionretroevents.co.uk/category/zzap-live/  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/  Tandy Assembly - Sep. 29-Oct. 1 - Courtyard by Marriott in Springfield, Ohio - http://www.tandyassembly.com/  AmiWest - October 14-15 - Sacramento, CA - https://retro.directory/browse/events/4/AmiWest.net  Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/  Chicago TI International World Faire - October 14, 2023 - Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL - http://chicagotiug.sdf.org/faire/   World of Commodore - Dec. 2-3, 2023 - Admiral Inn Mississauga, Mississauga, ON - http://www.worldofcommodore.ca/  http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html  Facebook show listings - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/  Interview Bob's Website - https://www.frankston.com/  New York Times article on Bricklin and Frankston joining Lotus (acquisition) - https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/10/business/business-people-former-friendly-rivals-joining-forces-at-lotus.html  Bob interview on TwitTV - https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/4 

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 98 - Don't Toss Those Disks!

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 106:01


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 The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 69 - Bill Collector

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 109:07


ANTIC #69 Show Notes, July, 2020 Title: Bill Collector Guests Bill Lange - https://twitter.com/BillLange1968  Bill Kendrick - https://twitter.com/billkendrick  Nir Dary - https://twitter.com/ndary  Bill Winters - https://twitter.com/TheGuruMeditate  What We’ve Been Up To https://archive.org/details/stx_Program_Protection_Methods_for_the_Atari  https://archive.org/details/program-design-international-captivity-manual  News ABBUC Magazine - http://abbuc.de  uDOS (ultra small DOS) - http://www.abbuc.de/community/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10347#p86149  Screaming Wings 2000 - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/308643-improved-version-of-screaming-wings/  Atari 8-bit Display List Encoder - https://github.com/jtsom/DisplayListDecoder  Atari 1064 memory expansion for 600XL - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-1064-Speichererweiterung-für-600-XL-RAM-Expansion-working/203022106013?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 , http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XL/xlperipherals/1064.html Atari800MacX 5.0.4 - https://github.com/atarimacosx/Atari800MacX  Atari Wall Art - https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/584958100/atari-wall-art-logo-sticker-decal?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=atari+computer&ref=sr_gallery-2-16&organic_search_click=1  Flop65 - http://flop.atariportal.cz/index.en.php  Atari copyright registrations - https://archive.org/details/atari-copyright-registrations/  Kilobyte Magazine - https://retro.wtf/  Run Your Favorite 8-bit Games On An ESP32 - https://hackaday.com/2020/06/09/run-your-favorite-8-bit-games-on-an-esp32/  Bonus Life Computers - https://bonuslifecomputers.com/  Shows July 24-25, KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/  (virtual)  August 1, VCF West, http://vcfed.org/wp/2020/05/24/vcf-west-2020-will-be-a-virtual-event/   Aug. 20 - Aug. 23, 2020, Fujiama, Lengenfeld, Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2020/  September 12-13, VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ , CANCELLED (might go virtual)  October 10 - 12, VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/  YouTube Atari 1200XL with UAV, Sophia DVI and Ultimate 1MB - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNj4vOQSv0o  SIDE3: Final Progress Update - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65QOMDfYric  Feedback Corey Huinker - https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmyjoystick/comments/gzr1tc/atari4001981seigelike_game/  Adam Trionfo Family Computing TV Show (Wikipedia) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubxigAp14Jg  Ad for Family Computing TV Show - https://archive.org/details/family-computing-18/page/n103/mode/1up 

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FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast
Floppy Days 100 - Ed Smith, Developer of APF MP1000 and IM-1

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 61:07


Ed Smith, developer of the Imagination Machine Ed Smith is an African American was born in 1954  in Brownsville Brooklyn, NY. Ed studied electrical engineering at Westinghouse High School, then computer science and marketing at Pace University. Ed is one of only two African Americans to develop a video game system in the 1970s and the first African American to work in the design of a personal computer – The Imagination Machine. Links Mentioned in the Show: Intro Floppy Days that covered the MP1000 and IM-1 back in 2014 (episode 22) - https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-episode-22-the-apf-imagination-machine New Acquisitions/What I’ve Been Up To book - Commodore the Final Years by Brian Bagnall - https://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Final-Years-Brian-Bagnall/dp/0994031033/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=flodaypod-20&linkId=2145a99d3cb6c0a9d26dc08ee0b9394f&language=en_US  MagPi Magazine - https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/  Pi4 8GB - https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/  Fusion Magazine - Amiga special - https://fusiongamemag.com/collections/magazine/products/fusion-amiga  Current Notes magazines - collection at Archive.org - https://archive.org/details/@allan52  Next Without For Podcast - http://www.nextwithoutfor.org/#:~:text=Welcome%20to%20Next%20Without%20For&text=Next%20Without%20For%20is%20a,or%20(b)...  Upcoming Shows July 24-25, KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ (virtual) cost $20 to register August 1-2, VCF West, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ - going virtual Aug. 20 - Aug. 23, 2020, Fujiama, Lengenfeld, Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2020/  September 12-13, VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/  October 10 - 12, VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ NOTE: You can order a t-shirt to support the VCF events at http://vcfed.org/wp/t-shirts/ for $20 + shipping October 24, Chicago TI International World Faire, Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL - http://chicagotiug.sdf.org/faire/  October 30 - November 1, 2020, Tandy Assembly, Springfield, OH - http://www.tandyassembly.com/  December ?, World of Commodore, Mississauga (Toronto), Ontario, Canada - https://www.tpug.ca/ - No word on the Website yet Interview Ed’s Website - https://www.imaginethat2.com/  article on Ed Smith, Black Enterprise, Dec. 1982 - http://books.google.com/books?id=N6pacvfrf0wC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.fastcompany.com/3063298/ed-smith-and-the-imagination-machine-the-untold-story-of-a-black-vid  by Benj Edwards, Fast Company, 9/2/16 “Imagine That!” by Ed Smith and Benj Edwards - https://www.amazon.com/Imagine-That-Americans-personal-computers-ebook/dp/B0846535TR 

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 68 - What SIDE Are You On? With Jonathan Halliday

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 86:43


ANTIC Episode 68 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast… Jonathan Halliday joins as we discuss his amazing work on the SIDE loaders for the Incognito and Ultimate 1MB  and the work going on for the SIDE3 cart. 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   What We’ve Been Up To plotter ink https://twitter.com/KaySavetz/status/1258830441320079360 But steve bowsell @A8bit working on 3-D printable solution  Kay’s old Atari games https://twitter.com/KaySavetz/status/1259569122364407808 ; https://github.com/savetz (Scavange, boggler, rats, testtube, hubcap of fortune, Komix Creator)  Carrington and Kay play Scavange at Eaten By A Grue http://monsterfeet.com/grue/notes/35 play it at https://archive.org/details/Scavange  Catalina broke Altirra under WINE and Xformer, Kay got them both fixed https://atariage.com/forums/topic/286036-altirra-on-macos-update-thread/page/2/#comments  and https://atariage.com/forums/topic/289510-xformer-emulator-running-on-macos/?do=findComment&comment=4544143  Updated firmware to Jonathan Halliday’s for Incognito in 800 - https://atari8.co.uk/firmware/incognito/  RetroPie on Pi4 - https://retropie.org.uk/  8Bit Classics - https://www.8bitclassics.com/  News  Retro Format is a physical print magazine covering computers and game consoles from the 1970s to the early 2000s; including Atari - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/8bitmagazine/retro-format-magazine-issues-1-to-12 PaperCraft - Rocky Bergen: “I've been working on an entire Atari 8-bit tradeshow display. But it may be some time before I can finish. I have an 800XL at home so that may actually show up before I finish this display.” - http://rockybergen.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158054518491047&set=p.10158054518491047&type=3&theater  MicroProse is back. Seems that one of the original founders, Bill Stealy, and a new partner have purchased the company back from whoever had it last (Infogrammes/Atari?) https://www.microprose.com/#; Kay’s 2017 interview with Bill Stealy - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-263-bill-stealey-co-founder-of-microprose-software Compute magazine disk image depository - Allan Bushman - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/307591-compute-magazine-disk-image-depository/ Break Into Chat, Josh Renaud's blog about BBS history, retro computing post “Unearthed: My Atari 8-bit cassette tape” - https://breakintochat.com/blog/2020/05/30/unearthed-my-atari-8-bit-cassette-tape/ Atari Portable Project - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/306569-atari-portable-project/ Kickstarter: The 8-BIT WARS - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyremic/the-8-bit-wars New version of Atari800MacX - makes it compatible with Catalina - https://github.com/atarimacosx/Atari800MacX/releases  also fixed plotter support for Renderrific - https://github.com/atarimacosx/Atari800MacX/issues/10    Shows Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people): July 10 - 12, VCF Southeast, in conjunction with Southern Fried Gaming Expo in Atlanta, GA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/ CANCELLED July 24-25, KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ (virtual) cost $20, opened registration on April 30th August 1, VCF West, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - http://vcfed.org/wp/2020/05/24/vcf-west-2020-will-be-a-virtual-event/ GONE VIRTUAL - The entire event will be scheduled for 6-8 hours on Saturday August 1st; call for exhibitors and keynote speakers Aug. 20 - Aug. 23, 2020, Fujiama, Lengenfeld, Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2020/  September 12-13, VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/  October 10 - 12, VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ NOTE: You can order a t-shirt to support the VCF events at http://vcfed.org/wp/t-shirts/ for $20 + shipping Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8  Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/  Event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/  YouTube videos this month Games That Push the Limits of the Atari 8-Bit Family - Sharopolis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTUmiot6vyM  ANALOG Computing Games on your Atari 8bit - The New Retro Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9xOpFnqo88  Several demos from Poland, including one called Windows 95 - American NTSC - demo for Atari XL/XE from Poland - Miesiu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7qy3DwsIX4  The Atari 8bit and ST games by Jon Williams - Into the Vertical Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-HJR2WpWTc  A companion to the Into The Vertical Blank: Generation Atari Season 3 Episode 11 Episode interview with Jon.  New at Github Bill Kendrick pointed to omc65 (Our Macro Crossassembler for 6502) at  https://GitHub.com/pkali/omc65  Disassembling SynCalc - https://github.com/jduerstock/syncalc  Alternate Reality: The Dungeon for Atari 8-bits cartridge project - https://github.com/Wilheim1977/ARDungeonCartridge  New at Archive.org Italian XL catalog - https://archive.org/details/1984-catalogo-atari-home-computer/mode/2up and advertisements https://archive.org/details/@philsan69  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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FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast
Floppy Days 99 - The BBC Micro, Interview with Hermann Hauser

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 56:59


The BBC Micro - Interview with Hermann Hauser Hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 99 for May 2020 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where we look at home computers of the 70’s and 80’s across the globe, not just the U.S. This episode is one in a series of episodes on one of the iconic British machines that was so important to the home computer revolution: The BBC Micro.  In episode 97, I had an interview with one of the key members of the BBC Micro team: Mr. Steve Furber.  In this episode, with Steve’s help, I was able to get an interview with another key member of that team: Mr. Hermann Hauser. Last episode (#98) I summarized the history of the BBC Micro and I don’t want to repeat that here, but I want to give you just a bit of information about Hermann to help set the stage for the interview to follow: Chris Curry and Mr. Hauser set up a company called Acorn Computer Ltd. and in January 1979 they launched their first product: a microcomputer kit named Acorn System 75.  The name Acorn was chosen because the microcomputer system was to be expandable and growth-oriented and appeared before "Apple Computer" in a telephone directory. Their follow-up product was a microcomputer called the Atom.  After it had been released into the market, Acorn (due to an idea proposed by Hermann) decided to build an improved 6502-based machine with far greater expansion capabilities: the Proton. Hauser quickly pulled in Steve Furber (who had been working for Acorn on a voluntary basis) and Sophie Wilson to help complete a revised version of the Proton which met the specifications that the British Broadcasting Corporation was shopping around to find a partner for their planned literacy program.  BBC visited Acorn and were given a demonstration of the Proton. Shortly afterwards, the literacy program computer contract was awarded to Acorn, and the Proton was launched in December 1981 as the BBC Micro. Hermann Hauser believes that if he had had just a little more foresight all those years ago, the world would now talk about Acorn compatible rather than IBM compatible computers.  Wouldn’t that be interesting? Anyway, I’m very excited and proud to have gotten an interview with Hermann and I enjoyed talking with him very much.  I hope you enjoy it as well. I’m still planning, in upcoming episodes, to cover all of the usual topics on the Beeb, such as its history in depth, tech specs, modern upgrades, Web sites and a ton of other information about this machine. Before we jump into the interview, I’ll spend just a moment to let you know about any new acquisitions I’ve managed to get for the hobby and any hobby-related things I’ve been working on. Please enjoy! Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions Heathkit ET-3400 Microprocessor Trainer - https://www.vintage-computer.com/heathkit3400.shtml  ET-3400 Microprocessors Book 1 - https://archive.org/details/6800-Microprocessors-Book-1and-2-Heathkit-1985  Oh! Pascal by Michael Clancy - https://www.amazon.com/Oh-PASCAL-Doug-Cooper/dp/0393954455  Software Tools in Pascal - Brian Kernighan - https://www.amazon.com/Software-Tools-Pascal-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0201103427/  Personal Pascal for the Atari ST  https://www.amazon.com/Personal-Pascal-Atari-1040-Version/dp/B000Q9VAOU  https://www.atarimagazines.com/v5n1/pascalandmodula2.html Upcoming Shows July 24-25, KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ (virtual) cost $20 to register August 1-2, VCF West, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ - going virtual Aug. 20 - Aug. 23, 2020, Fujiama, Lengenfeld, Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2020/  September 12-13, VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/  October 10 - 12, VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ NOTE: You can order a t-shirt to support the VCF events at http://vcfed.org/wp/t-shirts/ for $20 + shipping October 24, Chicago TI International World Faire, Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL - http://chicagotiug.sdf.org/faire/  October 30 - November 1, 2020, Tandy Assembly, Springfield, OH - http://www.tandyassembly.com/  December ?, World of Commodore, Mississauga (Toronto), Ontario, Canada - https://www.tpug.ca/ 

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 67 - Still Socially Distant

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 64:29


ANTIC Episode 67 - Still Socially Distant In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast...Randy forgets to call the artist, formerly known as Kevin, as Kay about 100 times, we continue discussion on AtariFests and World of Atari, we help you with your free time by telling you about papercraft computers and RetroPie, and help you navigate what’s happening with vintage computer shows; plus a whole lot more 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   What We’ve Been Up To Carol Shaw’s Colleen Calculator - View the pages or download the images - https://archive.org/details/ColleenCalculator9K/mode/2up  Carol also sent the printout of Rev. A of Atari VCS Checkers - https://archive.org/details/VCScheckersA/mode/2up  A community member has digitized the listing - https://github.com/white-flame/vcs-checkers  Kay’s 10-line contest entries 2014-2020 on GitHub - https://github.com/savetz?tab=repositories  Bankster  http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-bankster_35883.html https://atariage.com/forums/topic/236768-the-atari-interview-discussion-thread/?do=findComment&comment=4506193  Video of Bankster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0cAf8ydvQc  Kay’s 10-line videos 256 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Qh-JVKaBM  120 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2CmDYKIU6s  80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awNkk8yNkDU 2020 Atari 10-liners on one disk, by vitoco - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/301250-2020-basic-10liner-contest/?do=findComment&comment=4502763  AtariFest/World of Atari thread on AtariAge - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/304554-atarifest-and-world-of-atari  ABBUC (Atari Bit Byter User Club) - http://www.abbuc.de/  Recent Interviews http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-378-gabriel-baum-atari-conversational-french-and-spanish  http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-380-atari-speed-reading-karlyn-kamm-and-brad-oltrogge  News   Jason Moore - Atari Projects on HackaDay https://hackaday.com/2020/04/29/classic-8-bit-computing-the-atari-way/ http://atariprojects.org/  PaperCraft models - http://rockybergen.com/ Atari 800, and NeXT Cube are on the short short list  MidiMax at Best Electronics - http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/laser_printers.htm#MidiMax  RetroPie 4.6 released with Raspberry Pi 4 support - https://retropie.org.uk/2020/04/retropie-4-6-released-with-raspberry-pi-4-support/  RetroMagazine - https://www.retromagazine.net/    Jonathan Halliday has updated his Incognito, Ultimate 1MB, etc. to 3.1 - https://atari8.co.uk/    Shows Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people): July 10 - 12, VCF Southeast, in conjunction with Southern Fried Gaming Expo in Atlanta, GA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/  July 24-25, KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ (virtual) cost $20, opened registration on April 30th August 1-2, VCF West, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/  Fri, Aug 14, 2020 – Sun, Aug 16, 2020, Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Portland OR - https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ CANCELLED Aug. 20 - Aug. 23, 2020, Fujiama, Lengenfeld, Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2020/  September 12-13, VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/  October 10 - 12, VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/  Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8  Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/  Event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/  YouTube videos this month 20MHz Atari 800XL: Rapidus, U1MB, and Sophia DVI: Part Two - Flashjazzcat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnfjxNqoZ7Y  800XL with Rapidus and Ultimate 1MB: What Have We Learned? - Flashjazzcat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2go2VU7xyYU  How to flash Ultimate 1MB and SIDE/SIDE2 with new firmware - flashjazzcat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SLyjhLba6c  New Games for your Atari 8 bit Part 12 - The New Retro Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIrZHksTKIM - Time Pilot (2018) and Runner Bear (2020) SpartaDos X Cartridge - 8-bit and more - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkvIyj6-lMQ  Bits of the past - Super Sparta DOS PCB - https://www.bitsofthepast.com  iCore64 - Atari ICD R-Time 8 Cartridge Case, XL/XE cart extender - https://corei64.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=62_87&product_id=67 New at Github https://github.com/A-Fitz/Atari-8bit-Pac-Man-Port  https://github.com/jtsom/AnalogSourceCode  New at Archive.org Current Notes Volume 10 Number 9 - https://archive.org/details/current-notes-volume-10-number-9-november-1990/mode/2up  Many issues of Atari Interface magazine: https://archive.org/details/@scottithgames  Steve Boswell many issues of Atari User: https://archive.org/details/@choccyhobnob  Feedback Rare Atari software found: Atamon DXG 5724 V1.3 is an Atari Germany title - https://www.atarinside.com/blog/index.php/atamon-dxg-5724/  https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ATA%20MON%20DXG%205724  German version of Sky Writer was the last puzzle of the series: Spielend lernen mit Atari-Programmen- https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Articles#section-Articles-GermanyAtariDeutschlandGmbH  From CSS, we have the BUG/65 manual Rev. 1.0 missing page - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Bug65  Tanktics bits and piece to play this hybrid game. These are available at https://www.mobygames.com/game/tanktics_/cover-art/gameCoverId,349600/.  The parts for Dnieper River Line  are there as well - https://www.mobygames.com/game/dnieper-river-line/cover-art/gameCoverId,348252/  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. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender. 

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast
Floppy Days 98 - The BBC Micro History

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 65:42


The BBC Micro: History Hello, everyone, and welcome to episode 98 of the Floppy Days Podcast for April, 2020! I hope everyone is staying safe in these days of isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic.  One day we’ll look back at this as a strange time in all our lives. Again, for the podcast, we are finishing up the tail-end of the year 1981 in the personal computer timeline and the primary topic of this and the next couple of podcasts will be the BBC Micro.  I talked with Steve Furber, one of the primary developers of the Beeb, in the last episode concerning his part in and thoughts about those heady times.  In this episode I’m going to cover a more general history of the BBC Micro to give everyone a view of why the machine was developed and its huge impact on personal and educational computer history, especially in the UK.  For the UK listeners, you’ll likely be very familiar with the Beeb’s history.  For the  US listeners, and listeners in other parts of the world, you may be less familiar with the story.  I know that until I dove into the research for this episode, I only had a cursory familiarity with this machine and had no inkling of its true place in computer history. For future episodes, software, emulators, books, Web sites, modern upgrades, etc. will be explored. I hope you enjoy this short excursion into the history of a machine that I’ve come to love and respect. Links Mentioned in the Show: Thoughts and Memories - Richard Broadhurst Richard’s Games on the Complete BBC Micro Games Archive - http://bbcmicro.co.uk/index.php?rt_R=&rt_B=&rt_M=&rt_P=&rt_U=&rt_W=&rt_L=&search=broadhurst&on_T=on&on_Y=on&on_P=on&on_A=on&on_G=on&on_S=on&on_Z=on&on_C=on&sort=b  Richard’s Games Videos on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1eiw5ttGL3ZagVI0c_vSe19KNALTwuXX  New Acquisitions/What I’ve Been Up To Fusion magazines - https://fusionretrobooks.com/  Erebus - Oric Atmos SD Interface - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Erebus-Oric-Atmos-sd-card-flash-cart-Oric1-/174120579582  Home Computer Course and Home Computer Advanced Course magazines https://archive.org/details/The_Home_Computer_Course  https://archive.org/details/The_Home_Computer_Advanced_Course_01/  Spectrum DIV/MMC Future - https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/shop/sinclair/divmmcfuture.html  HP85Disk project - https://www.tindie.com/products/hp85disk/hp85disk-disk-emulator-for-hp85-series-computers/ BBC Micro formatted CF card and ROM - http://www.retroclinic.com/  Upcoming Shows After VCF PNW 2020 was cancelled in March, an individual allowed exhibitors to post their own videos to this website - http://www.retrofair2020.com/ CoCoTALK! hosted a live, virtual CoCoFEST! Saturday April 18th. You can view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4qkRI1JyqU&feature=youtu.be July 10 - 12, VCF Southeast, in conjunction with Southern Fried Gaming Expo in Atlanta, GA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/  July 24-25, KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ (virtual) cost $20, expect to open registration on April 30th  August 1-2, VCF West, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/  Fri, Aug 14, 2020 – Sun, Aug 16, 2020, Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Portland OR - https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ CANCELLED Aug. 20 - Aug. 23, 2020, Fujiama, Lengenfeld, Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2020/  September 12-13, VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/  October 10 - 12, VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/  NOTE: You can order a t-shirt to support the VCF events at http://vcfed.org/wp/t-shirts/ for $20 + shipping October 24, Chicago TI International World Faire, Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL - http://chicagotiug.sdf.org/faire/  October 30 - November 1, 2020, Tandy Assembly, Springfield, OH - http://www.tandyassembly.com/  December ?, World of Commodore, Mississauga (Toronto), Ontario, Canada - https://www.tpug.ca/  References There is a docudrama "Micro Men" about the early 80s and winning the joint government/BBC contract to produce a computer that would be the focus of the initiative. 78 page PDF by Tilly Blyth of the Science Museum: "The legacy of the BBC Micro - effecting change in the UK's cultures of computing" “Now the Chips are Down: The BBC Micro (Platform Studies)” by Alison Gazzard - https://amzn.to/2yLnYdf 

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast
Floppy Days 97 - The BBC Micro, Interview with Steve Furber

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 84:26


The BBC Micro - Interview with Steve Furber Hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 97 for February 2020 of the Floppy Days Podcast. This episode kicks off a series of episodes on one of the iconic British machines that was so important to the home computer revolution: The BBC Micro.  This machine has an amazing history and continues to have a very large following among vintage computer enthusiasts. What better way to start off this series than by beginning with an interview with someone who was right on the front lines in the development of the machine.  Those of you who aren’t familiar with Steve Furber will be much more familiar after listening to the interview that I was able to get with him for this show. Steve worked at Acorn Computers in the decade of the 1980’s where he was the principal designer of the BBC Micro and the ARM microprocessor.  I’m very honored to have been able to talk with Steve for about 50 minutes and am elated that I’m able to bring this interview to you this month. Next month, we’ll kick off some episodes to cover all of the usual topics on the Beeb (as it’s affectionately called), such as its history in depth, tech specs, modern upgrades, Web sites and a ton of other information about this machine. Before we jump into the interview, I’m a bit behind in letting you know about any new acquisitions I’ve managed to get for the hobby and any hobby-related things I’ve been working on, so I’ll try to do some catch-up there. Please enjoy the show and let me know what you thought of it.  Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions Juiced.GS - https://juiced.gs/  SDrive MAX 810 case, Gavin at Vintage Computer Center -  https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/atari-810-sdrive-max  The SDrive MAX daughterboard and basic case idea are thanks to the great work of Steve Boswell - atari8bit.net  TRS-80 PC3 LCD - Robert Baruch - https://www.tindie.com/products/halfbakedmaker/lcd-replacement-for-trs-80-pc-3-sharp-pc-125x/  Incognito for Atari 800 -  https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=275  BBC Micro CF formatted card and ROM - http://www.retroclinic.com/  BBC Micro single joystick adapter - https://www.ebay.com/itm/283745815116?ViewItem=&item=283745815116  Astra 1620 dual disk drive for Atari 8-bit - http://gury.atari8.info/hardware/162.php  “Adventures with the Atari” by Jack B. Hardy - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-adventures-with-the-atari  “Atari Pilot for Beginners” by Jim Conlan and Tracy Deliman - https://archive.org/details/Atari_Pilot_For_Beginners/mode/2up  C64 Maxi - https://retrogames.biz/thec64  Upcoming Shows March 21-22, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest, Living Computer:Museum+Labs in Seattle,Washington - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest  March 21, Indy Vintage Computer Club Expo, Camby, IN - https://www.facebook.com/events/188334755647918/  April 18-19, 2020, CoCoFest, Elk Grove Village, IL - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest    April 24-26, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east  July 21 - July 26, 202, KansasFest, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org/  Fri, Aug 14, 2020 – Sun, Aug 16, 2020, Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Portland OR - https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/  Aug. 20 - Aug. 23, 2020, Fujiama, Lengenfeld, Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2020/  October 30 - November 1, 2020, Tandy Assembly, Springfield, OH - http://www.tandyassembly.com/  Feedback “Micro Men” (movie) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1459467/  The Home Computer Course (magazine) - https://archive.org/details/TheHomeComputerCourse 

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 61 - Fujiama, Ahl Collection, and Bill Lange

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 78:28


In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast:  Kevin comes back from Fujiama with a report and Bill Lange joins us to talk about the David Ahl Collection that he acquired. 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   Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz  TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com  What We’ve Been Up To Fujiama (some photos http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2019/ ) Pac man source project https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=PAC-MAN and https://archive.org/details/pacmansourcecode  Gift of chocolate from Austria from Siegfried Lenz https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1167000448412409857  Caverns of Mars poster https://archive.org/details/AtariCavernsOfMarsPoster  VCF Midwest - http://vcfmw.org/  SDrive MAX cases from Steve Boswell (MrRobot) - https://atari8bit.net/sdrive-max-cases/  Atari XL/XE power supply & Atari 400/800 power supply from 8-bit Classics - Corey Koltz  - https://www.8bitclassics.com/product/advanced-atari-xl-xe-power-supply/ and https://www.8bitclassics.com/product/atari-400-800-1050-ac-adapter/  Atari Party East - https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNguze6iWf33GWEuU_-NFY36dwIU9pyDNiZQ34wwJjQs4WT3uaOzauAL-_7rvkCjQ?fbclid=IwAR3a7GKjJzuNQqY0o-cn8nQXzM-WMt0cJxlsYArfdmptXMH0-Aq8En8rQj4&key=N0N2Ny1hZFpoSF9nanR2emk2Y1JWN1dGMTM2VTl3 and https://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdacalculus379/sets/72157711003940108/  Old School Gamer Magazine - https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com and https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/magazineosg/osg12/html5/index.html?page=19&noflash  Kryofluxing - https://www.kryoflux.com/ and http://a8preservation.com/#/software?page=1 and http://www.atarimania.com/  The David Ahl Collection - https://theahlcollection.blogspot.com/p/the-david-h-ahl-collection.html and https://theahlcollection.blogspot.com/p/documentation.html  Okimate 10 Color Printer - https://archive.org/details/Okimate10PlugNPrintBack and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002XJLIL6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (paper)  Atari News  UniJoySticle 2 - https://retro.moe/unijoysticle2/  Jason Moore’s new Atari Projects book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/jason-moore/atari-projects/paperback/product-24223087.html and http://atariprojects.org/  make retro-music on modern systems, a company called Micro-Routine has samples made on an Atari 8-bit. https://micro-routine.com/atari-8-bit-basic-sample-pack/  Incognito Pre-Order @ Lotharek - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=275  Atari 8-bit game AtariNet updated to version 1.1 (Slor/James Wilkinson) - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2019/09/publican-actualizacion-de-juego-atarinet.html#more and https://atariage.com/forums/topic/296122-retronet-11-released/?tab=comments#comment-4351719  PokeyMax, multiPokey board is now at Ver 2. Looks like this might be a quad-Pokey setup in FPGA. Very interesting. https://atariage.com/forums/topic/295242-pokeymax-v2/  Atari 800 mouse mat - https://www.rhayadercomputers.co.uk/atari_800/p4866955_18074027.aspx   “Amiga Bill” Bill Winters, Amiga enthusiast, closet Atari 800 fan , perennial VCF exhibitor, and along with Anthony Becker, shot the amazing “Tour of Ultimate 400/800 40th Anniversary Exhibit at VCF East” video was awarded an Emmy Award earlier this month for his work on the MLB Playoffs Opening last year - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlqxDgnYHWU  PLATOTERM LITE 1.3 Cartridge Release - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/296293-platoterm-lite-13-cartridge-release/ - Thomas Cherryhomes  Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 18-20 - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com  March 21-22, 2020: Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest  Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8  Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/  YouTube Videos Since Last Show This is an Atari dealer sales information video explaining how to sell the Atari 400 and Atari 800 - Atari Museum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKxN59fuXsg (25 minutes) Atari I/O Seminar - Intro to Atari Pascal (Part 1 of 2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IQEDCAmJTw&t=697s  Atari I/O Seminar - Intro to Atari Pascal (Part 2 of 2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV-4BcDKgwA&t=376s  Atari XL LCD Prototype Display - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8P9Crbsd-E&t=265s  New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/bellcompublicdomainsharewarecatalog/  https://archive.org/details/atarihomecomputersanewgenerationatarijanuary1984  https://archive.org/details/toadcomputers1996catalog  https://archive.org/details/atariosseminaroutline An early seminar outline for the Atari 400/800 operating system https://archive.org/details/atarimonitor/page/n1 Atari Monitor Source Listing. An early source listing for a machine language monitor for the Atari 400/800 computers.  https://archive.org/details/atarilecturenotes Atari lecture notes, most likely from programming seminars originally hosted by Atari's Chris Crawford  https://archive.org/details/PreliminaryAtariBasic/ Preliminary Atari BASIC (Sheparson's) Documentation Rev 3 Very early documentation for Atari BASIC as provided by Shepardson Microsystems  The https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_atari?sort=-publicdate category has lots of new intros and demos  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. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.

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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 60 - Podificating

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2019 82:51


In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast:  We try to catch up after being on hiatus for 2 months by bringing you all the Atari news we could find and we learn a new word in the process. 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   Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz  TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com    What We’ve Been Up To Whiz Kids - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(TV_series)  KansasFest Megapodcast -  http://rcrpodcast.com/episodes/2019/7/28/rcr-episode-196-chicken-missile-kansasfest-megapodcast-i-don.html   Kevin’s Atari floppy drive stash - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1158039012017205250  American Computer Museum, Bozeman, MT - https://acrmuseum.org/  Indy Vintage Computer Club - https://www.facebook.com/groups/IndyVCC/  Atari 800 5-pin DIN to S-video cable - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=198 , https://www.8bitclassics.com/shop/av-cables/atari-xlxe-5-pin-din-to-s-video-composite-av-cable/  Atari 400/800 Programmer’s Guide poster - Steve Boswell - https://www.redbubble.com/people/choccyhobnob/works/39504539-basic-programmers-guide-from-1981?asc=u&c=1128814-wall-art&p=poster&ref=work_collections_grid  Atari XL/XE USB power supply - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/32717  AVGCART - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/278212-avgcart/ tmp on AtariAge Nir Dary's demo of the AVGCART - https://youtu.be/j20PlHd6hWU  Clear For Action, Avalon Hill, http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-clear-for-action_1083.html  Atari News  [R] pass-thru SDrive2-PT: alsp on AtariAge - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/262509-sdrive-arm-preorder/page-17#entry4277150  Atari 8-bit open-source hardware - GozdniJezek - https://medium.com/@gozdnijezek/atari-400-800-xl-xe-open-source-hardware-55cd06e7311c  Solderless Atari 1050 DD/Speed Upgrade: 1050E - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=250  The disk library of the Atari club KWEST (Kitchener Waterloo Atari Eight Sixteen Thirtytwo) has been found, copied and uploaded - http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=98&t=36939&sid=c66548d9600468cb9ab58df52cb1c9fc And at https://archive.org/details/KWEST  HP calculator emulators for Atari - http://members.aon.at/~nkehrer/a800_c64_hp_emu.html - Norbert Kehrer Discussion about Ethernet cart options for the Atari - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/287229-new-dragon-ethernet-cartridge-interest-check/page-8  Kevin’s blog post at Archive.org - http://blog.archive.org/2019/05/28/have-you-played-atari-today/  Web Site - The Serious Computerist - http://seriouscomputerist.atariverse.com/pages/home/home.htm - Links to lots of Atari 8-bit information: books, disks, etc. Great Green Adv 2 Prologue, Indie Retro News - http://www.indieretronews.com/2019/07/great-green-adventure-2-prologue-very.html#more  Wasteland - http://www.indieretronews.com/2019/04/wasteland-journey-through-wasteland-in.html#more  Altirra Extended BASIC - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/284061-altirra-extended-basic  new version of SIO2SD at Lotharek - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=255  Amiga Bill: “Putting the final touches on our first non-Amiga video. Rare Atari 800 stuff from Curt Vendel of http://AtariMuseum.com The video comes out Monday August 5th” Guru Meditation: a Commodore Amiga YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/thegurumeditation  Bill Winters and Anthony Becker - http://www.thegurumeditation.org/  Incognito board by Candle - http://spiflash.org/node/20  Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers Fujiama 2019 - Monday, August 26, 2019 to Sunday Sep. 1, 2019 Fujiama 2019 will be held at the Schützenhaus, Schützenhausweg, Lengenfeld, Germany.  Visit atarixle's Fujiama page, Krupkaj's parties photos or mathy meetings page. VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - Sep. 14-15, 2019 - http://vcfmw.org/  Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 18-20 - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com  Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8  Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/  YouTube Videos Since Last Show 2019 Toyota RAV4 hybrid unboxing - Every one includes an Atari 800 home computer in the trunk! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSrhvZ3wslY - GamedOut Gamer Introduction to the Platform Specific Series…  In this series of tutorials we're going to cover how to do simple common tasks on multiple 6502 systems - Joystick Reading on the Atari 800 / 5200 - Learn 6502 Assembly Lesson P11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm1FyJ-NjxA (5 thousand 2 hundred) - ChibiAkumas 3.5" Drive for the Atari 8bit computer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MLhSWtX84M - Nir Dary (drive by Zaxxon for sale at https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/37199) How I connected by 800XL to Irata Online - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSv5bZT2SE - Jeff Thiele  New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/@jcbstein uploaded many Energy newslettters, Happy computer flyers Jason scott put many many Atari newsletters at https://archive.org/details/computermagazines?sort=-publicdate Light House, Tyne & Wear, Doktor Atari https://archive.org/details/BasicFunWithGraphicsTheAtariWay  https://archive.org/details/@moorejh  (Jason Moore) - letters from Atari, Adventure International, users group  And Dorsett Courseware Catalog - https://archive.org/details/dorsettcoursewarecatalog  Allan Bushman - https://archive.org/details/AtariVidtexUsersGuideCompuserve Compuserve's Atari Vidtex Users Guide And Twenty-Fifth Century Atari Software Catalog Summer Fall 1987 - https://archive.org/details/twentyfifthcenturyatarisoftwarecatalogsummerfall1987/page/n7  Kevin:  https://archive.org/details/@savetz Many Jersey Atari Computer Group newsletters, many Current Notes, a few Portland Atari Club; Many manuals and packages from that software store Purser's Magazine Atari Edition Summer 1981 - https://archive.org/details/pursersmagazineatarieditionsummer1981  https://archive.org/details/daisydotiiii  https://archive.org/details/daisydotii  Draper Pascal 1.5 And 1.6 Manual; Manual for Draper Pascal 1.5 with addendum for version 1.6 Posted with permission of Norm Draper. - https://archive.org/details/DraperPascal1.5And1.6Manual  https://archive.org/details/LetterEditorDonTippmann - Printed Atari BASIC source code for Letter Editor by Don Tippmann for Atari 8-bit computers 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. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.

Retro Computing Roundtable
RCR Episode 197: Ancient languages and modern usage

Retro Computing Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019


Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Ancient languages and modern usage What "old" programming language will you still be using this year? Topic and feedback notes: What "old" programming language will you still be using this year? Retro Computing News: ][-Vision: streaming video and audio for the Apple II NetDisk and the Archive.org Disk Browser Total Replay The The C64 site THEC64 — Coming December 2019 (video promo) Turing on the new 50 GBP note The underappreciated power of the Apollo Guidance Computer Upcoming Shows/Gatherings: VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019 Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019 Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019 Retrogathering. Västerås, Sweden. Sept 28, 2019 Vintage Computer-adjacent Commercial: Sony Audio Tapes Retro Computing Gift Idea: Sony Boombox Auction Picks: Carrington: Digital VK-100 GIGI Graphics Terminal Apple IIe in Clear Case Apple Data Language 8.5" Reel Earl: Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler MS DOS Version 3.20 programming software Closing comments: Why rappers love Grey Poupon Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Retro Computing Roundtable
RCR Episode 195: Desert Island Computer

Retro Computing Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2019


Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Desert island computer If you had to use a single retro computer exclusively for a full year as your only computer at home, what would you choose? Topic and feedback notes: IBM Semi-Automatic Ground Environment Stardot forum for Acorn and BBC Micros Graphically Speaking (enhanced edition) Procedural planetary exploration across the decades ZX-HD Retro Computing News: Restored Apollo Mission Control Center reopens for public viewing Restoring the Apollo Mission Control Center (Houston We Have a Podcast, episode 96) 50 Years on the Moon: The Evolution of Lunar Lander Games Project Egress Video about Project Egress, with Adam Savage MIT Museum "Moon Shots". Copy protection in the 80s, showcased by classic game Dungeon Master Video describing copy protection in Dungeon Master (Modern Vintage Gamer) 10 (or more???) Apple 1s to be at VCF West 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans A Photo History of Frog Design Frog Design virtual gallery Keep it Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple (Hartmut Esslinger, 2014) Upcoming Shows/Gatherings: KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019 VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019 Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019 Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019 Vintage Computer Commercial: IBM SAGE Retro Computing Gift Idea: Bletchley Park prints Auction Picks: Carrington: Apple Modem 1200 CH Products Mach IV+ Mac joystick Apple IIGS for the Servicing Technician Apple IIe and IIc+ for the Servicing Technician SAGE II computer Apple February 1983 logo print on vellum Michael: 1982 Dungeons of Daggorath Amiga 500/2000 VXL30 Accelerator 68030 Paul: Vintage computer dont no if works PET 2001 TRS-80 Model 4P NEC PC-8300 that I might have already bought Visual Almanac Apple II accessories box VT100 manual Closing comments: Darkstar Unhinged by Snacking On Software is available for pre-order Darkstar Unhinged gameplay video Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast
Floppy Days 92 - Dave Lagerquist Interview, Editor CLOAD and Chromasette

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2019 69:26


Hello, welcome to Floppy Days Podcast #92, coming to you in July, 2019.  This month, I’m bringing to you an interview I’ve had in my backlog for almost 2 years now.  Thank goodness, most of the information on Floppy Days is timeless, so the interview is just as relevant today as it was then.  Anyway, I’m very happy to present an interview with Mr. Dave Lagerquist, who was the editor of both the CLOAD cassette magazine, which was produced for the TRS-80 Model I and Model III, and Chromasette cassette magazine, which was produced for the Tandy Color Computer. As usual, I will cover a few new acquisitions, a run-down of upcoming shows and other news, a piece of feedback, and then we’ll get right into the meat of the interview. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions C64 mini - https://www.amazon.com/C64-Mini-not-machine-specific/dp/B07GMV1X1K  Atari 400/800 Programmer’s Guide Poster by Steve Boswell - https://www.redbubble.com/people/choccyhobnob/works/39504539-basic-programmers-guide-from-1981?asc=u&c=1128814-wall-art&p=poster&ref=work_collections_grid  “Vintage Commodore 128 Personal Computer Handbook: 2019 Survival Edition” by Margaret G Morabito - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=vintage+commodore+128+personal+computer+handbook+2019&crid=1158ZFH5M3RKJ  C64/128 composite/s-video cable - http://www.8bitclassics.com  C64/128 composite/s-video to Commodore 1702 monitor cable - http://www.8bitclassics.com  Atari USB power supply - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/32717  News Atari Projects - covering Floppy Days - http://atariprojects.org/2019/06/22/listen-to-the-floppy-days-podcast-1-4-hours  vintage computer shows Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/  Upcoming Shows KansasFest, July 15-21, 2019, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org/  VCF West, Aug 3-4, Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, California - http://vcfed.org/…/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/  Commodore Vegas Expo, August 10-11, Plaza Hotel & Casino, Desert Wind Salon, 1 Main Street in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex  Fujiama 2019 - Monday, August 26, 2019 to Sunday Sep. 1, 2019 (ONE WHOLE WEEK!). Fujiama 2019 will be held at the Schützenhaus, Lengenfeld, Germany. http://www.abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/  VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - Sep. 14-15, 2019 - http://vcfmw.org/  Tandy Assembly - Springfield, OH, Sep. 27-29, 2019 - http://www.tandyassembly.com  Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 18-20 http://www.retrogamingexpo.com  Chicago TI International World’s Faire - Nov 2, 2019 - http://chicagotiug.sdf.org/ - The 37th annual Chicago TI International World Faire will take place on the weekend of November 2, 2019, in Evanston, IL Feedback Anthony Beckett - www.thepcmuseum.com  Andy Collins - YouTube video of prototype of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum donated to The Centre for Computing History by John and Kate Grant of Nine Tile Ltd. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPEclMvAA3A&t=340s  Interview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromasette  https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/182224/games_from_the_trash_the_history_.php  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_magazines#C 

Retro Computing Roundtable
RCR Episode 194: Challenges of the more recently obsolete

Retro Computing Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019


Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Challenges of the more recently obsolete. A bunch of older computers can almost interact with the modern environments, but not quite. For example eMates, old iMacs, etc. have wireless capabilities but require network protocols that are increasingly unsupported. What kinds of things have you tried to work with these more recently obsolete computers, what has worked, what hasn't? Topic and feedback notes: WiFi connection for Newton 2x00 and eMate 300 Writing with the Alphasmart Dana Netatalk A2server Memofest Recaps Exapunks Computing Britain podcast series vintagecomputer.ca Retro Computing News: This TRS-80 CP/Mish, an open-source reimplementation/clone of CP/M 2.2 Cool demo of coding on a late-model Z80 laptop New Hampshire has now installed the BASIC historical marker The origin of the blink tag Video stream of the 8-bit symphony Main site for the 8-bit symphony Upcoming Shows/Gatherings: KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019 VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019 Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019 Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019 Vintage Computer Commercial: Atari Space Invaders 1980 TV commercial Retro Computing Gift Idea: Vintage Tech Stickers Auction Picks: Carrington: Franklin Ace 500 SD DuoDisk Floppy Disk Drive Emulator Earl: Vintage Intel C8702A (1702) EPROM Gold Ceramic Case Paul: Most recent Apple Workstation card sold on eBay that I could find, none currently listed Alphasmart Dana Wireless Very nice PX-8 set with a lot of stuff including the disk drive PX-8 software set 3D printed PX-8/PX-4 ROM cradles Rockwell AIM-65 in an EMP-proof case Closing comments: Mechanical Binary Counter The Base.cs Podcast TinyFPGA Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Retro Computing Roundtable
RCR Episode 193: Uncollecting

Retro Computing Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019


Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Uncollecting If you have to cut down (for whatever reason), how would you do it? Where would you start? Narrow focus on brands, models? Give away, sell? Topic and feedback notes: The Mysterious and Strange Origin of the Floppy Disk The countdown clock on the WOPR was run by an Apple II Retro Computing News: HelloEdit Checkpoint: An unreleased game from Infocom Checkpoint source SDrive-Max for Atari 8bits. SDrive-Max project page SDrive-Max project page on GitHub A place to buy a built SDrive-Max SDrive-Max video demo Wear gloves when repairing old synthesizers Hackaday link about the synthesizer repair Apple IIslice keyboard by John Leake Unijoysticle II - Adapter to use Bluetooth controls / joystick in Commodore, Amiga and Atari See also: video demo of the Unijoystickle II See also: AP40 Bluetooth controller Upcoming Shows/Gatherings: KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019 VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019 Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019 Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019 Vintage Computer Commercial: Color Computer 3 Apple PowerBook Duo Retro Computing Gift Idea: Retro Computer Comforter Auction Picks: Carrington: 25 ZX Spectrum game cassettes New Old Computer 2008 MacBook Air Earl: Vintage Working IBM Model M 1393464 Clicky Mechanical Keyboard 1989 Made in USA Paul: Mountain of Thunder Mountains. One title. MasterType’s Figures + Formulas (Apple II) These aren’t old enough to be interesting yet are they? Clamshell iBook SE IBM multiple-card layout form pad CDC mini computer Ethernet microdock Large Sord lot (SORD M223 Mark II) for pick up only near KCMO See also: SORD An Amdek Color-II looking out of place atop an IBM 5150 Novation 300 coupler Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast
Floppy Days 91 - The Osborne 1 with Lee Felsenstein

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 109:15


The Osborne 1 with Lee Felsenstein Welcome to episode 91 of the Floppy Days Podcast for May, 2019. In the timeline for personal computer introductions, we are now in the year 1981.  For this episode we are going to be talking about the Osborne 1. The Osborne 1 was the first commercially successful portable microcomputer, released on April 3, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation (OCC).  It was powered by the Z80 CPU at a blazing 4MHz, weighed 24.5 lb, cost US$1,795, and ran the CP/M operating system. It was powered from a wall socket, as it had no on-board battery, but is a portable device since it can be hand-carried when packed.  The computer shipped with a large bundle of software that was almost equivalent in value to the machine itself. The Osborne 1 was the brain child of Adam Osborne and was brilliantly engineered by Lee Felsenstein.  So, who better to have help me talk about the machine than Lee Felsenstein himself! For this show, we’re going to spend some time with Lee talking about the history surrounding the Osborne 1.  Finally, Lee will leave us and I will cover the usual computer topics such as tech specs, emulators, Web sites, and more. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions/What I’ve Been Up To VCF Southeast April 27, 28, Roswell, GA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/ VCF East May 3-5, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ TI-95 Stats Library - https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instrument-Statistics-Guidebook-Cartridge/dp/B00PHOS6SW Oric Atmos cassette cable - https://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIC-1-ORIC-ATMOS-CASSETTE-TAPE-RECORDER-CABLE-LEADS/321775032876 Atari 800 S-video cable - https://www.8bitclassics.com/shop/computers/atari-8-bit-computer/atari-xlxe-5-pin-din-to-s-video-composite-av-cable/ Nunchuk 64 - https://github.com/djtulan/nunchuk64 Upcoming Shows June 8-9 Pacific Commodore Expo NW (PaCommEx) at The Living Computers: Museum + Labs, Seattle, Washington - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex, discussion is on the forum at https://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewforum.php?f=14 KansasFest, July 15-21, 2019, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org/ VCF West, Aug 3-4, Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, California - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ Fujiama 2019 - Monday, August 26, 2019 to Sunday Sep. 1, 2019 (ONE WHOLE WEEK.  Fujiama 2019 will be held at the Schützenhaus, Lengenfeld, Germany. Visit atarixle's Fujiama page, Krupkaj's parties photos or mathy meetings page. VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - Sep. 14-15, 2019 - http://vcfmw.org/ Tandy Assembly - Springfield, OH, Sep. 28-29, 2019 - http://www.tandyassembly.com Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 18-20 http://www.retrogamingexpo.com Chicago TI International World’s Faire - Nov 2, 2019 - http://chicagotiug.sdf.org/ - The 37th annual Chicago TI International World Faire will take place on the weekend of November 2, 2019, in Evanston, IL Feedback HT1080Z, the Hungarian School Computer - http://zimix.hu/ht1080z-the-hungarian-school-computer/ Popular Magazines/Newsletters Portable Companion - http://www.vintage-computer.com/portablecompanion.shtml (Bill Degnan) The entire run is on archive.org - https://archive.org/details/theportablecompanion Also at Yesterbits - https://yesterbits.com/scans/the-portable-companion-magazine/ (Paul Hagstrom) Books/Manuals in 1984, Adam Osborne and computer industry author and columnist John C. Dvorak coauthored a book about the experience, from Adam Osborne's point of view - Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of the Osborne Computer Corporation. Using the Osborne 1 computer Paperback – 1983 by T. G Lewis - https://www.amazon.com/Using-Osborne-computer-T-Lewis/dp/083598141X Technical manual - http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/osborne/o1techm.pdf User’s Reference Guide - http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/osborne/osborne1/Osborne_1_Users_Reference_Guide_1981.pdf Field Service Manual - http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/osborne/2F00040-00_Service2ndEdition_1983.pdf Osborne CP/M User Guide by Thom Hogan - https://archive.org/details/osborne-cpm-users-guide_2nd-ed/page/n45 Ads and Appearances EZ Money (2005) Maniac - Season 1 (2018)   User Groups FOG info at bitsavers.org - http://bitsavers.org/bits/Users_Groups/FOG/ FOGhorn collection at Computer History Museum - https://www.computerhistory.org/search/?q=foghorn Modern Upgrades If you really want to replace the drives, there are several designs, kits or ready to use flash-to-Shugart replacements available.  An example is the Floppyflash. HxC Floppy Emulators supported machines/compatibility list - https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/support.htm where it lists the Osborne 1 Video showing GoTek floppy emulator in Osborne 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZdQVYXK2PM Osborne 1 “Portable” Computer Reborn with a Raspberry Pi - https://blog.hackster.io/osborne-1-portable-computer-reborn-with-a-raspberry-pi-51fa82682f3a Emulation Z80-CP/M emulator - http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/sim/z80mu52b.zip Z80-CP/M simulator - boots CP/M - http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/sim/myz80cpm.zip For Rasperry Pi you need to download the CP/M Emulator software https://github.com/jhallen/cpm http://www.archive.org  in-browser emulation MAME - https://www.mamedev.org/ Community Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/690000664701397/ Forums AtariAge - in the Classic Computers section - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/116-classic-computing/ Current Web Sites Osborne Computer Corporation. David H. Ahl. - CREATIVE COMPUTING VOL. 10, NO. 3 / MARCH 1984 / PAGE 24 - https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n3/24_Osborne_Comptuer_Corporat.php Osborne! The machine, the man, and the dawn of the portable computing revolution.  By Harry McCracken Video of Osborne 1 computer on YouTube by David Larsen The Osborne 1. As seen in Tezza's classic computer collection - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_FufKMd-lU Osborne 1 (1981) – when the personal computer became portable - By RICCARDO BIANCHINI - 2018-08-05 https://www.inexhibit.com/case-studies/osborne-1-1981-when-the-personal-computer-became-portable/ Osborne 1 - Complete History of the Osborne 1 Computer - https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Personal/Osborne.html Dave’s Old Computers - Osborne - http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/osborne/index.htm Osborne 1 3D Model - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/osborne-1-67f8eafe7a3a4372bde130f31a6b1776 Retrocomputing Archive - http://www.retroarchive.org/maslin/disks/osborne/index.html Transferring files to the Osborne 1 - http://www.toniwestbrook.com/archives/80 The Computer Chronicles - Computer Entrepreneurs (1984) - https://archive.org/details/Computer1984_5 VCF1 - Lee Felsenstein and Bob Marsh (1997) - https://archive.org/details/VCF1-LeeFelsensteinAndBobMarsh TOSEC Collection at Archive.org - https://archive.org/details/Osborne_OSBORNE_1_and_Executive_TOSEC_2012_04_23 References https://www.patreon.com/lfelsenstein Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine - https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Valley-Making-Personal-Computer/dp/0071358927 Stan Veit’s History of the Personal Computer - https://www.amazon.com/Stan-Veits-History-Personal-Computer/dp/1566640237 by Stan Veit  

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast
Floppy Days 90 - Lee Felsenstein Interview

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 81:54


Episode 90 - Interview with Lee Felsenstein (Osborne 1) Welcome to episode 90 of the Floppy Days Podcast for April, 2019. In the timeline for personal computer introductions, we are now in the year 1981.  For this episode, and actually the next couple as well, we are going to be talking about the Osborne 1. The Osborne 1 was the first commercially successful portable microcomputer, released on April 3, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation.  It was powered by the Z80 CPU, weighed 24.5 lb, cost US$1,795, and ran the CP/M operating system. It was powered from a wall socket, as it had no on-board battery, but is a portable device since it can be hand-carried when packed.  The computer shipped with a large bundle of software that was almost equivalent in value to the machine itself. The Osborne 1 was the brain child of Adam Osborne and was brilliantly engineered by Lee Felsenstein.  So, who better to have help me talk about the machine than Lee Felsenstein himself. To kick off this series, we’re going to spend some time with Lee talking about his time before and after the Osborne 1.  And then in the next show we will talk about the history surrounding the Osborne 1 itself. Finally, we will cover the usual computer topics such as tech specs, emulators, Web sites, and more. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions BBC Micro repair/accessories - Mark Haysman http://www.retroclinic.com Pi Co-processor for BBC Micro - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACORN-BBC-MASTER-128-INTERNAL-RASPBERRY-PI-MULTI-CORE-CO-PROCESSOR-KIT/264220089777 ZX Spectrum +2A RGB to SCART cable - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-3-2A-2B-High-Quality-RGB-Scart-Video-Cable-TV-Lead/260830045368 VIDHD - To order VidHD boards ($135 USD + S/H), email vidhd@blueshiftinc.com and include the desired quantity and shipping address. VIDHD video - https://youtu.be/ehQpC2-NEBM Exidy Sorcerer Cassette software in WAV format from Terry Stewart - https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2017-01-23-software-for-real-sorcerers.htm Upcoming Shows the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show (CLASS)!  April 27-28, Toolbox LA (https://toolbox.la) Chatsworth, California - The CLASS website is on-line at http://www.portcommodore.com/class and discussion of CLASS is in the shared forum area with CommVEx at https://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewforum.php?f=6 VCFSE 7.0 is scheduled for April 27, 28, Roswell, GA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/ VCF East May 3-5, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ June 8-9 Pacific Commodore Expo NW (PaCommEx) at The Living Computers: Museum + Labs, Seattle, Washington - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex, discussion is on the forum at https://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewforum.php?f=14 KansasFest, July 15-21, 2019, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org/ VCF West, Aug 3-4, Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, California - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ Fujiama 2019 - Monday, August 26, 2019 to Sunday Sep. 1, 2019 (ONE WHOLE WEEK) - Schützenhaus, Lengenfeld, Germany.  Visit atarixle's Fujiama page, Krupkaj's parties photos or mathy meetings page. VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - Sep. 14-15, 2019 - http://vcfmw.org/ Tandy Assembly - Springfield, OH, Sep. 28-29, 2019 - http://www.tandyassembly.com Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 18-20 http://www.retrogamingexpo.com Chicago TI International World’s Faire - Nov 2, 2019 - http://chicagotiug.sdf.org/ - Evanston, IL Lee Felsenstein Interview http://www.leefelsenstein.com/ https://www.patreon.com/lfelsenstein

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 58 - Show Fever

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2019 74:10


In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: Kevin regales us with his exploits in the 10-Line BASIC Contest, we discuss the renewed efforts to show off Midi-Maze on the Atari 8-bits, and the entire staff prepares to be involved in several great shows this year ... 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   Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com What We’ve Been Up To Renderific is an SVG renderer for Atari 8-bit computers, written in Turbo-BASIC XL. It tries to parse SVG Tiny files and draw them on screen and/or on an Atari 1020 plotter. - http://github.com/savetz/Renderific.  It was featured on Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2019/03/08/svg-rendering-comes-to-8-bit-atari-computers/ Xformer 10 emulator running on MacOS under PlayonMac. Video showing how: https://youtu.be/uoJOfhaGX4g , AtariAge forum discussion: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/289510-xformer-emulator-running-on-macos/ “Endless Loop: The History of the BASIC Programming Language” - https://amzn.to/2HMb0zn “Gaming the Iron Curtain: How Teenagers and Amateurs in Communist Czechoslovakia Claimed the Medium of Computer Games” - https://amzn.to/2UCCU6N MultiJoy8 - Steve Boswell (Mr Robot, @A8bit on twitter).  List of Multijoy games: http://a8.fandal.cz/search.php?search=multijoy&butt_details_x=x Atari 800 5-pin DIN to S-video cable - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=198 , https://www.8bitclassics.com/shop/av-cables/atari-xlxe-5-pin-din-to-s-video-composite-av-cable/ Atari News Dropcheck is taking pre-orders on Midi-Maze XE Super Cart 128K PCB - https://www.bitsofthepast.com/?p=1591 Dragon Ethernet Cartridge - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/287229-new-dragon-ethernet-cartridge-interest-check/.  There's a talk on atari.area forum http://www.atari.org...=246635#p246635 about producing new Dragon Ethernet cartridge http://www.atari8ethernet.com.  Duddie from http://retronics.eu/ said, that he can start making them after he get customers for 50 cartridges. Manual for Edit 6502 from LJK Enterprises. ROM-based assembler, disassembler, editor. - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Edit%206502 ABBUC Issue #136 is out - Atari Bit Byter User Club.  It's always a joy to receive new issues of magazine of ABBUC, the German club with 460 members. BASIC 10-line contest - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/287756-2019-basic-ten-liners-contest New SRAM module from Lotharek - https://lotharek.pl/...tail.php?id=232 Type-In Task Force http://ataribasiclistings.mygamesonline.org/.  All users, who are listening to your podcast, are invited to help with the missing programs in red. Mr.Bacardi@freenet.de New Atari book - “We Love Atari” by Karl Morris, Volume 1, 1972-1983 - www.zafinnbooks.com Vintage Atari becomes modern USB keyboard - https://hackaday.com/2019/03/17/vintage-atari-becomes-modern-keyboard/ , https://camper-assistant.com/atrkb.html Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers The Great Oz Retro-Fest, (GORF) April 24-28, 2019 - Melbourne, Australia.  GORF is a multi-day event celebrating the personal computing platforms of the 1970s, 80s and 90s including the Apple, Microbee, Commodore, Atari, Sinclair and other 8- and 16-bit computer lines.  Similar to KansasFest there is bunk-style accommodation provided on-site and participants are encouraged to live-in for the duration of the event. https://www.reddit.com/r/retrocomputing/comments/ar4uvw/gorf_the_great_oz_retrotechnology_festival/ VCF Southeast April 27 & 28, Roswell, GA http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/ VCF East May 3-5, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ KansasFest July 16 – 21 in Kansas City, Missouri. https://www.kansasfest.org Fujiama 2019 - Monday, August 26, 2019 to Sunday Sep. 1, 2019 (ONE WHOLE WEEK.  Fujiama 2019 will be held at the Schützenhaus, Schützenhausweg 11, 08485 Lengenfeld, Germany.  Visit atarixle's Fujiama page, Krupkaj's parties photos or mathy meetings page. VCF Midwest, Elk Grove Village, IL - Sep. 14-15, 2019 - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 18-20 http://www.retrogamingexpo.com YouTube Videos Since Last Show 3D Visualization of the Atari 800XL and peripherals - Edyta Ka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHeYgxdADYU Connecting to BBS using Atari 800XL, ICD P:R: Connection, wifimodem and ICE-T - Marek Chorvat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1X9LkEKsIg Five NEW games for the Atari 8 bit games, some of which ported from existing systems. Time Pilot, Total Eclipse, Ziggy, Drudarium and Jack The Nipper are the games, all running on my Atari 65 XE.  - ChinnyVision - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNdEDxq3GoA Atari 400 is talking over a DECtalk DTC01 speech synthesizer, using serial ports. The Atari 850 is being used - Michael Wessel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb6WQOGmtZs&t=91s New at Archive.org Allan: Cin'Tari - Atari Computer Enthusiasts Newsletter, April, 1983, Vol 1, Issue 4 - https://archive.org/details/CinTariAtariComputerEnthusiastsNewsletterApril1983Vol1Issue4 https://archive.org/details/AmericanTechnaVisionCatalog1991 - American Techna-Vision Catalog 1991 https://archive.org/details/@allan52?and%5B%5D=computer+shopper+atari - Atari articles in Computer Shopper Commercial tweet from Andrew Borman, Digital Games Curator at the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, NY: “We're underway with our U-Matic digitization project at @museumofplay. Check out this clip from Atari's First Decade celebration! We are dialing in some settings and comparing to some of the previously digitized footage” - https://twitter.com/Borman18/status/1100143648476487680 Feedback Adam Trionfo - Atari keyboard stickets https://www.4keyboard.com/commodore-keyboard-stickers/591-2840-commodore-atari-non-transparent-keyboard-stickers.html http://atariage.com/forums/topic/225142-atari-8-bit-sticker-for-sale/ http://atariage.com/forums/topic/184504-atari-keyboard-stickers/ End of Show Music The Czech composer Adam J. Sporka published this week "For Ember", album with 18 chiptune songs composed using an Atari 800XL computer. The album is available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Deezer, Amazon and SoundCloud. More information on the official page of For Ember - http://kcdsoundtrack.com/for-ember.html   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. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.

Retro Computing Roundtable
RCR Episode 190: Forward-looking Tech of the 60s-70s-80s

Retro Computing Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2019


Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Jack Nutting Topic: Most innovative / forward-looking technology in the 60s/70s/80s Mostly, an excuse to talk about Douglas Englebart's "mother of all demos." But other topics are welcome too. Topic and feedback notes: The Mother of All Demos, Douglas Englebart (1968) Retrobits Podcast episode reviewing What the Dormouse Said (covering events of the era) Lisa slideshow Merlin in a browser (and links to other IXO things) Byte 1982 article on IXO telecomputer Paul's Retrochallenge 2014 WW on IXO AmigaOS 3.1.4 Kano (Raspberry Pi-based programming kits for kids) Ad for the Portbubble terminal X-keys XK-16 Stick Pac-Man: The untold story of how we really played the game HN discussion on arcade cabinet restoration Retro Computing News: Kickstarter: Transparent toaster Mac case Beto O'Rourke's history with Cult of the Dead Cow Twitter thread from author with further details Creating new LCD displays for repairs 8-bit symphony Anti-M (pre-boot for protected Apple II disks) Upcoming Shows: Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019 VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019 GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019 CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019 WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, May 25, 2019 QFest 12, Brisbane, May 25, 2019 KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019 Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019 Vintage Computer-related Commercial: IBM 5100 (1977) Retro Computing Gift Idea: 1977 Pillow Auction Picks: Earl: Vintage Burroughs B 9974-5 Disk Pack Jack: eMate 300 with all its stuff Paul: IBM Microsoft Adventure New Old Computer See also: Electronika KR-03 See also: @Foone discussing one on Twitter ORA RedGuard Data Protection Osborne car adapter Maxell 10-minute cassette Quazon Quik-Link 300 CP+ Telecoupler Closing comments: Scooping the Soviets Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Retro Computing Roundtable
RCR Episode 189: Revoking end of life status

Retro Computing Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019


Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Revoking end of life status There have been a few modern updates to operating systems that were long done with development, e.g., ProDOS, GS/OS, DOS 4.1 in the Apple world. And new plugins and things made for old systems. Um. Thoughts? Topic and feedback notes: Sheep who love Car Talk DOS 4.1 for the Apple II DOS 4.1 announcement ProDOS 8. Covers updates to ProDOS 8. for the Apple II GS/OS System 6.0.4 SpartaDOS X NitrOS-9 FreeDOS Fixing the IIc Plus Beep Apple IIc Plus accelerator control Book: ZX Spectrum Games Code Club Why 80’s BASIC still matters Altair-duino Commodore PET mini A look at the short-lived 3” compact floppy disk. Retro Computing News: Jim Henson technology films Paperwork Explosion, 1963 film about MT/ST word processor Robot Charlie Magnetico Rowlf the dog meets an IBM typewriter Cookie Monster for IBM AT&T Archives RetroChallenge 2019/03 is underway TimeOut Edit BASIC Call-A.P.P.L.E. announcement of TimeOut Edit BASIC The Atari Accountant Spectrum Addict 2.5 documentary kickstarter The Sparkstone: Tales of Florb Sinclair ZX Spectrum prototype donated to Centre for Computing History Javascript: the good parts Upcoming Shows: Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019 VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019 GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019 WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, Apr 27, 2019 QFest 12, Brisbane, Apr 27, 2019 CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019 KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019 Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019 Vintage Computer-related Commercial: My Talking Computer Lemon Pledge (1966) Retro Computing Gift Idea: Lemon clock kit Auction Picks: Carrington: New ImageWriter colour ribbons Earl: IBM Model 5150 Collection Paul: My Talking Computer BacPac 100 HD Teleram Portabubble™/81 DASCO Word Processing catalog Commodore 264 TI 9900 book Closing comments: Nybbles & Bytes Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 57 - Atari Pascal

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 79:46


In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: Bill Lange joins us as a special guest, and he has lots of Atari Pascal news; we have all the Atari news fit to print, and more shows coming in 2019 than you can shake a stick at ... 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   Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com What We’ve Been Up To VCF East XIII -- Bill Lange -- Atari 8 Bit Maintenance and Repair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWkzZr-ZOdo Bill Lange fixed Atari 822 Thermal Printer - https://www.facebook.com/groups/181644898539691/permalink/1963165623720934/ MagFest: A four day/24 hours a day celebration of (M)usic (A)nd (G)ames -National Harbor, MD  near Washington D.C. - https://www.magfest.org/ Old School Gamer - Bill Lange Star Raiders Article - https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/magazine/ SDrive Max - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/275629-sdrive-max-atx-support/page-23 Bill Lange notes on SDrive Max: -  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HATTyf5TrxwfdCmRVrT1gOl-XPtCRmzqt9Ulp52C2jg/edit?usp=sharing Computer Animation Primer by David Fox https://www.atariarchives.org/cap/ PASCAL Primer by David Fox  https://amzn.to/2Guizdl Bill Lange’s new blog about Pascal: https://insideataripascal.blogspot.com/ Atari Pascal research: https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/magazineosg/osg08/ Kevin’s twitter thread about Atari Pascal documentation: https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1074036786190401536 Steve Boswell (Mr Robot, @A8bit on twitter) MultiJoy8. The hub was designed by Jan Křupka, he came 5th in the ABBUC hardware contest in 2014 with it. Sails of Doom http://atariage.com/forums/topic/283993-sails-of-doom-new-multijoy-game/ — list of Multijoy games: http://a8.fandal.cz/search.php?search=multijoy&butt_details_x=x Charlie Kulas’ Leafer Madness - code https://archive.org/details/LeaferMadness  and discussion http://atariage.com/forums/topic/287589-leafer-madness-by-charlie-kulas/ RespeQT - https://github.com/jzatarski/RespeQt Interviews Philip Bouchard - MECC, The Oregon Trail - http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-369-philip-bouchard-the-oregon-trail Atari News New season of gameplay on AtariAge - 8-bit High Score Club Season 16 - The Real Bounty Bob - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/ Atari XL/XE -=Space Fortress Omega=- - Jason Kendall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CMgWsLjqx8 Space Fortress Omega is a great new vertically scrolling shoot 'em up for the Atari 8-bit computers by Kendallsoft - http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7659 New Atari news web site: https://atari8bit.net by Steve Boswell (Mr Robot, @A8bit on twitter) LiteDOS 2.0 released https://atari8bit.net/litedos2-0-released/ New game Animal Keeper - www.atarisales.com Mytek’s 1088XLD project - Thread on AA: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/280918-1088xld-custom-a8-computer-in-1050-drive-case/ 10-line BASIC contest is underway http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/kopie-von-games-list-2019-2 6502 competition http://6502.atari.org.pl (deadline was January 31, 2019) ANTIC now on TuneIn - http://tun.in/pjiJE - You can listen to ANTIC on your Echo Dot or Spot! Everyone’s favorite Atari emulator for Mac AtariMacX has been updated to 5.0.1 http://www.atarimac.com/ (update 2019-01) (Mojave Dark Mode and minor fixes), Altirra’s current version is 3.10 http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html (Updated 2018-08) Atari800 emulator is at 4.0 https://atari800.github.io/index.html (Updated 2018-05) Rainbow v1.5.8 https://www.bannister.org/software/rainbow.htm AKI - Atari Keyboard Interface - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=228 AVAILABLE  END OF FEBRUARY Sio SPLITTER https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=158 RetroChallenge 2019/03 is now open. Anyone doing Atari projects out there? - http://www.retrochallenge.org/ Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers VCF Pacific Northwest 2019 will take place March 23-24, 2019 at Living Computers: Museum+Labs in Seattle, Washington.  Details can be found at http://www.vcfed.org/vcf-pnw. Midwest Gaming Classic - Milwaukee, WI - April 12-14, 2019 - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ The Great Oz Retro-Fest, (GORF) April 24-28, 2019 - Melbourne, Australia.  GORF is a multi-day event celebrating the personal computing platforms of the 1970s, 80s and 90s including the Apple, Microbee, Commodore, Atari, Sinclair and other 8- and 16-bit computer lines.  Similar to KansasFest there is bunk-style accommodation provided on-site and participants are encouraged to live-in for the duration of the event. https://www.reddit.com/r/retrocomputing/comments/ar4uvw/gorf_the_great_oz_retrotechnology_festival/ VCFSE 7.0 is scheduled for April 27&28, 2019 in Roswell, GA at the new Computer Museum of America. VCF East May 3-5, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ Fujiama 2019 - Monday, August 26, 2019 to Sunday Sep. 1, 2019 (ONE WHOLE WEEK.  Fujiama 2019 will be held at the Schützenhaus, Schützenhausweg 11, 08485 Lengenfeld, Germany.  Visit atarixle's Fujiama page, Krupkaj's parties photos or mathy meetings page. VCF Midwest, Elk Grove Village, IL - Sep. 14-15, 2019 - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 18-20 http://www.retrogamingexpo.com YouTube Videos Since Last Show Atari 800XL NTSC to PAL Conversion - FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwGtzZzoO0Q Restoring an Atari 800 XL - Atomo Workshop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QLfS8mqsuI Atari 800XL Extreme Refurb: Revisited new surprise ending! - Perifractic's Retro Recipes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8tCd0-b4k Animal Keeper for Atari 5200 and 8-bit Computers! - Video61 (Lance Ringquist) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2DGnsuRbGc David Fox Book “Computer Animation Primer” examples video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJwCYsQSziWYUlDBNcWy80g/videos?view_as=subscriber New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/BASICXAAPXVer5/ allan https://archive.org/details/Atari800SecretWeapon https://archive.org/details/DasAtariSpielebuch https://archive.org/details/6502MachineCodeForBeginners by A. P. Stephenson https://archive.org/details/GettingMoreOutOfYourAtariCrawfordWinnerImages https://archive.org/details/AtariA600XLProductStatusMeetingHandout 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. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.

Retro Computing Roundtable
RCR Episode 188: Teaching programming using retrocomputers

Retro Computing Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019


Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Jack Nutting Topic: Learning programming using retrocomputers Learning programming today using retrocomputing technology? Is this a good idea? Topic and feedback notes: Beginning Programming Using Retro Computing (Gerald Friedland) MicroM8 Usborne computer and coding books 8-bit guy complete Commodore 128 restoration and board repair GERmulator 8800 (part 4) SeaMonkey iMazing Retro Computing News: BassoonTracker, an Amiga MOD tracker that runs in a browser Blog post about BassoonTracker release 0.3.0 John Pfaff got reacquainted with an Apple IIe from his parents’ attic F18A MK2 maybe soon? Maybe exists? Tom Greene's collection of 44 ALA software titles ALA software playable on the Internet Archive "joeentropy" wrote a couple of ALA titles Derwyn Joseph Booker v. Commissioner (Tax Ct. 1996) Bevel M. and Patricia N. Hoffpauir v. Commissioner (Tax Ct. 1996) Allen v. Columbia Financial Management Ltd. (S.C. Ct. App. 1983) Jason Scott's tweet re: ALA Software Upcoming Shows: Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London Retro Gathering, Västerås, Sweden, Feb 23, 2019 VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019 GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019 WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, Apr 27, 2019 QFest 12, Brisbane, Apr 27, 2019 VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019 CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019 KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019 Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019 Vintage Computer-related Commercial: Tandy 102 Retro Computing Gift Idea: Makey Makey Classic Also mentioned: Otamatone Auction Picks: Jack: Choplifter for 7800, “works” See also: About the Choplifter glitch Paul: Recapped Apple IIe cards eMac cat bed G3 B/W stealth serial port Apple logo items Tandy 102, Siemens SD-80 PABX stuff? TI 99/4a, with Apple sticker Many many PC disks VM-4509 monitor, cheap-ish VIC-1541 drive, couldn’t test, no cords. See other auction for one with cords. Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Retro Computing Roundtable
RCR Episode 187: The oldest software you're still using

Retro Computing Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2019


Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: The oldest software you’re still using What programs do you still find use for today that originated back in the hazy past? Why are you doing this to yourself? Topic and feedback notes: Xcode pipeline for Apple II development CROSS-CHASE JVC Floppy Disk Adapter MultiMediaCard-to-3.5” CU-VFM40U Sony Mavica memory stick to 3.5” floppy adapter Apple Presents: Computer Capers Retro Computing News: Advanced Mac Substitute Ars Technica article on Advanced Mac Substitute Real life Tron on an Apple IIGS Real life Tron commentary This year's 10-line BASIC contest Poke Pig Mini-character-editor Big Mess O' Wires: Yellowstone goes open source Big Mess O' Wires: The end of the ROMinator Big Mess O' Wires: Floppy Emu adds WOZ support Apple II Desktop alpha released Cross-development for a 2600 using a C64 and a Starpath Supercharger Upcoming Shows: Retro Gathering, Västerås, Sweden, Feb 23, 2019 VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019 VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019 CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019 KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019 Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019 Vintage Computer-related Commercial: Starpath Supercharger Retro Computing Gift Ideas: Max Headroom: The complete series boxset Auction Picks: Carrington: Friden FlexoWriter Silver-Seiko Silver Reed Exp 400 daisy wheel printer See also: 1971 Royal (Silver-Seiko) Swinger typewriter Paul: PET 2001 manual Mouse holster Gravis MouseStick and GMPU Apple III license plate and an ID-the-old-Apple-stuff game TI 99/4a CC 9900 Micro-Expansion System Some 3” disks Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast
Floppy Days 89 - The Apple III - Part 3 with David Fradin

FloppyDays Vintage Computing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2019 55:57


The Apple III - Part 3 with David Fradin Welcome to episode 89 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where we love our computers and programmable calculators of the 70’s and 80’s (and even into the 90’s). As mentioned on the last episode, we’ve moved in to the year 1981 for computer introductions and have been discussing the much maligned but misunderstood Apple III for the past couple of shows.  This episode will be the last in the series about that machine. This episode we focus on an interview with someone who was responsible for the Apple III line at Apple in his tenure there, Mr. David Fradin.  David was product manager for that line and has some insights into the challenges of managing and marketing it. Before we get to the interview, I will briefly talk about what I’ve been up to and about some new-to-me vintage computer acquisitions.  I’ll also run through the upcoming vintage computer show schedule for 2019, which is pretty full, and I have a bit of feedback to share. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions/What I’ve Been Up To Lotharek store - http://lotharek.pl Juiced GS - https://juiced.gs/ News George Keremedjiev obituary - https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=190783242 Barbara Keremedjiev museum plans - https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/widow-vows-to-keep-and-strengthen-bozeman-s-american-computer/article_7ce68773-e575-5b9f-9f5e-1df61bfdf61c.html Floppy Days Episode 5 with George Keremedjiev Interview - http://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-episode-5-the-american-computer-museum BASIC 10-Liners Contest - http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/kopie-von-games-list-2019-1 Upcoming Shows VCF Pacific Northwest 2019, March 23-24, 2019 at Living Computers: Museum+Labs in Seattle, Washington - http://www.vcfed.org/vcf-pnw Midwest Gaming Classic, Milwaukee, WI, April 12-14, 2019 - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ Commodore Los Angeles Super Show (CLASS), April 27-28, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the Toolbox LA (https://toolbox.la) Chatsworth, California - CLASS website http://www.portcommodore.com/class , discussion of CLASS is in the shared forum area with CommVEx at https://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewforum.php?f=6 VCFSE 7.0, not yet scheduled, Roswell, GA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/ VCF East, May 3-5, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ Pacific Commodore Expo NW (PaCommEx), June 8-9, The Living Computers: Museum + Labs, Seattle, Washington - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex, discussion is on the forum at https://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewforum.php?f=14 KansasFest, July 15-21, 2019, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org/ VCF West, Aug 3-4, Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, California - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ Fujiama 2019 - August 26, 2019 to Sep. 1, 2019, Schützenhaus, Lengenfeld, Germany.  Visit atarixle's Fujiama page, Krupkaj's parties photos or mathy meetings page VCF Midwest, Elk Grove Village, IL, Sep. 14-15, 2019 - http://vcfmw.org/ Tandy Assembly, Springfield, OH, Sep. 28-29, 2019 - http://www.tandyassembly.com Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Oct 18-20 - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com TI International World’s Faire - late Oct/Nov New event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8 Feedback https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/HT%E2%80%931080Z Interview “Building Insanely Great Products: Some Products Fail, Many Succeed… This is their Story: Lessons from 47 years of experience including Hewlett-Packard, Apple, 75 products, and 11 startups later” by David Fradin - https://www.amazon.com/Building-Insanely-Great-Products-Hewlett-Packard-ebook/dp/B01N7AKWWS David on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfradin/ “The Mistakes Apple Made With the Apple III” - https://spicecatalyst.com/the-mistakes-apple-made-with-the-apple/ “Why I Failed with the Apple III and Steve Jobs Succeeded With the Macintosh” - https://blog.aha.io/why-i-failed-with-the-apple-iii-and-steve-jobs-succeeded-with-the-macintosh/ by David Fradin

Retro Computing Roundtable
RCR Episode 186 - The eBay-er Necessities

Retro Computing Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2019


Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting) and Carrington Vanston (not hosting) Topic: The eBay-er Necessities For finding retrocomputing-related stuff, eBay is the main place to go. How does it work? How can you find things? What should you be careful about? Turns out, there's a lot to say about this. Topic and feedback notes: PCW-8256: Guide for connecting a 3.5" drive" PCW-8256: Replacement disk drive belts" PCW-8256: Disk images Nerdly Pleasures blog PSA: Get your batteries out Retro Computing News: New Hampshire to commemorate BASIC with historial marker Barbara Keremedjiev has re-opened the American Computer & Robotics Museum in Bozeman, MT, created by her late husband, George Keremedjiev Direct3D team office has a wall of GPU history Darkstar: Xerox Star emulator now available Introducing Darkstar ROMchip journal, call for submissions Apple Lisa turns 36 Upcoming Shows: CoCoFEST, Lombard Illinois, May 4-5, 2019 VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019 Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, August 26-September 4, 2019 Vintage Computer-related Commercial: Xerox Star Professional Workstation Retro Computing Gift Ideas: BX Foundry BX-110 joystick Auction Picks: Carrington: Macintosh Color Classic with Mystic 040 board upgrade and Apple IIe card Paul: Popular Electronicses EMMA II 6502 trainer See also: Information/manuals for EMMA and EMMA II CBM 4040 Mac2USB Fix Your Own Computer Using Word 97 Encyclopedia of Computer Science, 1976 Xerox 820-II Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 56 - Where's Randy!?

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 80:46


In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: late-breaking up-to-the-minute Atari news, Randy disappears mid-episode, and we hear what Atari was like in Chile... 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   Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com What We’ve Been Up To Kevin’s year-end blog - http://atariaction.tumblr.com/post/181930826652/kevins-2017-post-mortem Atari CX401: General Accounting System - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=The%20Atari%20Accountant%20Series Official start of BASIC 10-Liners 2019 edition is January 30 - http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/forum/_2019/official-start-of-2019-edition-is-january-the-30th Turban - TUrboBAsic Nifty - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/244686-turban-turbobasic-nifty/ Christmas present from Nir Dary - Lost in Space by Mr. Atari - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/245323-my-second-game-lost-in-space-philips-space-rendezvous/page- , https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=r8rfAzmq_n8 SDrive Max -  https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SDrive-MAX SIO2SD - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=58 Interviews Recent thread started by Ethan_GameResearch (@GameResearch_E) praising the interview efforts by this show - https://twitter.com/GameResearch_E/status/1082672051243094016 Atari News New Version of Atari800MacX Released - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/286777-new-version-of-atari800macx-released/ Rainbow emulator - Chris Lam’s old emulator. Richard Bannister updated of OS X - https://www.bannister.org/software/rainbow.htm Xformer demo video: http://www.emulators.com/Videos/XformerDemo2.mp4 Presenting for the new year: 2600 Combat, ported to the 800 - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/286592-combat-for-the-8-bit/ - phaeron 2019 Atari new year disk - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-year-disc-2019-con-juegos-y-demos.html Adventures in Atari BASIC: By Mikey Walters - Space Assault in ANALOG Computing #13 - https://wearethemutants.com/2016/09/06/adventures-in-atari-basic-lesson-one-programmer-kids-and-plotting-stars/ http://atariprojects.org/2019/01/12/watch-episodes-of-the-bits-and-bytes-tv-show-1-2-hours/ Rodman is a fun new Pac-Man inspired maze game that is being released for no less than 8 different 8-bit computers simultaneously! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9FyFbLGPnI You can check out Rodman screenshots and video, download demos and buy tapes here: https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/shop/games/rodman-special.html?fbclid=IwAR1vJeCVO4OcWcgsoK0plcBjy-AwJhcVqRscGh5OmqqFhkuUlpIrOhSaUbQ Hundreds of Atari 8-bit fonts, converted to TrueType for use on modern computers by @choccyhobnob https://github.com/ChoccyHobNob/EightBit-Atari-Fonts 8-bit Unity - THE ULTIMATE GAME SDK FOR 80S COMPUTERS - http://8bit-unity.com/?fbclid=IwAR112vDfmdwwovZTtEsztAqwYheDMhjteQZiXV8ccOK8G0UlvXZtbEdtqbg Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers VCF Pacific Northwest 2019 will take place March 23-24, 2019 at Living Computers: Museum+Labs in Seattle, Washington.  Details can be found at http://www.vcfed.org/vcf-pnw. Midwest Gaming Classic - Milwaukee, WI - April 12-14, 2019 - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCFSE 7.0 is scheduled for April 27&28. Fujiama 2019 - Monday, August 26, 2019 to Sunday Sep. 1, 2019 (ONE WHOLE WEEK. As always, the Fujiama 2019 will be held at the Schützenhaus, Schützenhausweg 11, 08485 Lengenfeld, Germany.  Visit atarixle's Fujiama page, Krupkaj's parties photos or mathy meetings page. VCF Midwest, Elk Grove Village, IL - Sep. 14-15, 2019 - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 18-20 http://www.retrogamingexpo.com New event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8 YouTube videos since last show Atari 800XL VBXE Installation - Jonathan Halliday (FlashJazzCat) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKS5MJ0AdEU Fitting a DIN13 RGB Jack to an Atari 800XL - Jonathan Halliday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQUfsjq9SN8 COMING SOON: PLATOTerm on an Atari 8-bit Cartridge! - Thomas Cherryhomes (tschak909) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z30YqJJHRA Top 100 Games for Atari 8-bit/Atari XL/Atari XE - CRT Chronicles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq6PZJAusFY New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/ColleenHardwareManualVersionA/ https://archive.org/details/ColleenHardwareManualVersionB/   https://archive.org/details/AtariA1200OperatingSystemManualSupplement/   https://archive.org/details/LNBUG5 https://archive.org/details/AtariOperatingSystemUsersManualAugust1980 https://archive.org/details/EvaluationOfTheDeepBlueCCompiler Deep Blue C Compiler 1.1 Draft Manual - https://archive.org/details/DeepBlueCCompiler1.1DraftManual Atari Pascal Development Proposal - https://archive.org/details/AtariPascalDevelopmentProposal/ Atari Pascal V 0.0 Documentation - https://archive.org/details/AtariPascalV0.0Documentation/page/n25 Comparison Points Between UCSD Pascal And ATARI Pascal - https://archive.org/details/ComparisonPointsBetweenUCSDPascalAndATARIPascal Atari Pascal Functional Specification - https://archive.org/details/AtariPascalFunctionalSpecification/ Atari Pascal Functional Specification - Harry Stewart Memo https://archive.org/details/AtariPascalFunctionalSpecificationStewartMemo Harry Stewart Pascal Meeting Notes - https://archive.org/details/HarryStewartPascalMeetingNotes https://archive.org/details/AtariPASCALExecutionMonitor version 1.0, March 1 1982, by W. Saville and M. Lehman — is another gift from Harry Stewart. "The final delivered version!!! Hooray" Kevin deep dive into the Pascal material https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1074036786190401536 Feedback Chilean Websites: Retrogames.cl Atariware.cl Retronia.cl Facebook Groups: Atari Chile (Every day content!) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/840633719349481/ RetroGames - https://www.facebook.com/groups/156206107736466 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. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 42 - No, MAM!

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2017 81:31


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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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 41 - Atawi Fowever!

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2017 92:20


Atawi Fowever!!! In this episode of Antic the Atari 8-bit podcast: Nir Dary talks about the Atari Invasion Show, Tom Raida brings back the programming language segment to talk about Kyan Pascal, we tell you about all the Atari shows going on this year around the world, and in order to head off lawsuits we tell you about all the possible side effects of listening to 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 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/ News Atari 400 USB Keyboard - http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2017/03/atari-400-usb-keyboards.html   Atari 800XLP  Atari game watch  Atari Pong coffee table - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461917284/play-atari-pong-in-your-coffee-table BASIC 10liners 2017 - http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/basic-10liners-2017 , http://atariage.com/forums/topic/261637-basic-10liners-2017/ YouTube channel up by Lotharek - https://www.youtube.com/user/lotharek Atari gifts at Zazzle.com - https://www.zazzle.com/atari+gifts “How I Built This” Podcast (NPR) - http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this RetroChallenge 2017/04 - http://www.retrochallenge.org/   “Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark” - http://amzn.to/2noFuwV High Score Club Season 14 - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/260910-hsc14-welcome-games-list/ Other Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers VCF East - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/, March 31-April 2, 2017, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ Midwest Gaming Classic - Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel - April 7-9 - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ 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 Going on right now is The Forever Demo Party in Slovakia, http://forever.zeroteam.sk/ April 7th to April 9th - Atariada in Czech Republic - http://www.atariada.cz April 21th to April 23rd - NOMAM 2017 in Germany - http://skriegel.de/nomam/ 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/ another Retro computer event in 1st & 2nd of April.. this time its Retro Computer Show 2017 in Bordeaux, France - http://www.retrocomputershow.com/ New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/computergamingworld https://archive.org/details/CarinaBBS1.1A https://archive.org/details/Atari1200XLHomeComputerNextLogicalStep https://archive.org/details/ICDProductCatalog19881989 AMIS BBS Software And Documentation Nir Dary Segment Review of Atari Invasion show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1edcEPJu2S8 Of-The-Month ACE-80 Cart & ACE-80XL Cart - http://www.atariarchives.org/cfn/12/02/0100.php Commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA5Xw5uwpAc Programming Languages Segment Kyan Pascal - by Tom Raidna - https://kyanpascal.wordpress.com/ Feedback Louisville Arcade Expo - http://www.arcaderx.com/ Suburban Chicago Atarians (SCAT) - http://www.scatarians.org/ 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. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.