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A hunt for the secrets of ghostly technology uncovers a chilling recording of the Men in Black! In part three of our “Voices From Beyond” series, we twist the knobs on Instrumental Transcommunication, revealing the spooky origins of a real-life Telephone to the Dead. Plus, we meet a psychic ventriloquist, Konstantin Raudive reaches out from beyond the grave, and Greg stumbles onto an otherworldly secret hiding in some old ghost box schematics. Tix to Haunted Objects: Live: https://www.newkirktour.com/ Join the museum: https://tinyurl.com/42csr5x7Get HOP merch: https://planetweird.store/Visit our website: https://hauntedobjectspodcast.comSubscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/42xxbaw7Follow Us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/y4rnpup9 SHOW NOTES: The Secret History of the Franks Box: https://tinyurl.com/y93dmwk2 Our “Ghostman #2” Box: https://tinyurl.com/5ek3z9r7 More on Seidl, Jurgenson, and Raudive:  https://tinyurl.com/3r97tn93 “Flying Saucers and the Three Three Men” by Bender: https://tinyurl.com/38hb5nhr The Spiricom press conference: https://tinyurl.com/mus3vspc Witness: Voices of the Dead: https://tinyurl.com/3xh9be54 Thomas Edison's Ghost Telephone: https://tinyurl.com/ysev67tb Mark Macy's voicemails from beyond: https://tinyurl.com/43s56623 “Calling Earth” feat. Mark Macy: https://tinyurl.com/ycxdu3fk “Miracles in the Storm” by Mark Macy:https://tinyurl.com/4xchfups Timestream covered by the LA Times: https://tinyurl.com/3a2tusz9 Oct. 1995 Popular Electronics; “Ghost Voices”: https://tinyurl.com/52b43wkm Comprehensive list of Frank Boxes: https://tinyurl.com/3de5h5ac The EVP Maker: https://tinyurl.com/us8yszmx Schematics from Frank: https://tinyurl.com/4fhfm53x MIB Clip from Frank Sumption and Bill Murphy: https://tinyurl.com/n8peuwhb Frank's site via the Wayback Machine: https://tinyurl.com/4kx6ztvu “Talking to the Dead” by Noory and Guiley: https://tinyurl.com/33mh5eyv “Thinking Outside the Box”, written by Franks' friends: https://tinyurl.com/34evh32x Part of the Spectrevision Radio NetworkCopyright 2025 Planet Weird Hosted by Greg and Dana NewkirkProduced by Connor J RandallPhotography / Editing by Karl PfeifferAdditional Research by Keelin MathewsArt by Dustin WilliamsProduction Assistance by Michelle RandallTheme by Adam Hayman"The Disembodied Voice" by Chuck Fresh  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A hunt for the secrets of ghostly technology uncovers a chilling recording of the Men in Black! In part three of our “Voices From Beyond” series, we twist the knobs on Instrumental Transcommunication, revealing the spooky origins of a real-life Telephone to the Dead. Plus, we meet a psychic ventriloquist, Konstantin Raudive reaches out from beyond the grave, and Greg stumbles onto an otherworldly secret hiding in some old ghost box schematics. Tix to Haunted Objects: Live: https://www.newkirktour.com/ Join the museum: https://tinyurl.com/42csr5x7Get HOP merch: https://planetweird.store/Visit our website: https://hauntedobjectspodcast.comSubscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/42xxbaw7Follow Us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/y4rnpup9 SHOW NOTES: The Secret History of the Franks Box: https://tinyurl.com/y93dmwk2 Our “Ghostman #2” Box: https://tinyurl.com/5ek3z9r7 More on Seidl, Jurgenson, and Raudive:  https://tinyurl.com/3r97tn93 “Flying Saucers and the Three Three Men” by Bender: https://tinyurl.com/38hb5nhr The Spiricom press conference: https://tinyurl.com/mus3vspc Witness: Voices of the Dead: https://tinyurl.com/3xh9be54 Thomas Edison's Ghost Telephone: https://tinyurl.com/ysev67tb Mark Macy's voicemails from beyond: https://tinyurl.com/43s56623 “Calling Earth” feat. Mark Macy: https://tinyurl.com/ycxdu3fk “Miracles in the Storm” by Mark Macy:https://tinyurl.com/4xchfups Timestream covered by the LA Times: https://tinyurl.com/3a2tusz9 Oct. 1995 Popular Electronics; “Ghost Voices”: https://tinyurl.com/52b43wkm Comprehensive list of Frank Boxes: https://tinyurl.com/3de5h5ac The EVP Maker: https://tinyurl.com/us8yszmx Schematics from Frank: https://tinyurl.com/4fhfm53x MIB Clip from Frank Sumption and Bill Murphy: https://tinyurl.com/n8peuwhb Frank's site via the Wayback Machine: https://tinyurl.com/4kx6ztvu “Talking to the Dead” by Noory and Guiley: https://tinyurl.com/33mh5eyv “Thinking Outside the Box”, written by Franks' friends: https://tinyurl.com/34evh32x Part of the Spectrevision Radio NetworkCopyright 2025 Planet Weird Hosted by Greg and Dana NewkirkProduced by Connor J RandallPhotography / Editing by Karl PfeifferAdditional Research by Keelin MathewsArt by Dustin WilliamsProduction Assistance by Michelle RandallTheme by Adam Hayman"The Disembodied Voice" by Chuck Fresh  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Japan goes after arcades, Nintendo's Famicon gets its first licensee & Gamers come together online These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in October 1984.  As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device: Android:  https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS:      https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on Mastodon @videogamenewsroomtimemachine@oldbytes.space Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: If you don't see all the links, find them here:     https://www.patreon.com/posts/137421899 7 Minutes in Heaven: Lazy Jones Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-137421447     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Jones Corrections: September 1984 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/september-1984-127470165 Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/     https://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold     http://jerrymomoda.com/universal-vs-nintendo-part-i-2/     https://www.patreon.com/posts/83174490/     https://www.filfre.net/2016/05/kit-williamss-golden-hare-part-1-the-contest/page_1big/     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Uz0LMbWpI         https://archive.org/details/zaprisefall00cohe/mode/2up      1944     Coinmen looking forward to VE Day     https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/40s/44/CB-1944-10-03.pdf  pg. 1        https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/40s/44/CB-1944-10-10.pdf pg. 3        https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2735         https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2736     https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/40s/44/CB-1944-10-31.pdf   pg. 2     https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/40s/44/CB-1944-10-10.pdf  pg. 2          https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/40s/44/CB-1944-10-17.pdf   pg. 5 First National Electronics Conference held     https://www.nytimes.com/1944/10/06/archives/electronics-holds-postwar-promise-war-expansion-of-uses-aids-in.html?searchResultPosition=2 1954     Popular Electronics debuts     https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/50s/54/Pop-1954-10.pdf    pg. 52 Von Neumann joins Atomic Energy Commission     https://www.nytimes.com/1954/10/24/archives/oppenheimer-friend-named-to-the-aec-von-neumann-gets-vacancy-on-aec.html?searchResultPosition=3        https://www.nytimes.com/1954/10/24/archives/von-neumann-had-key-hbomb-role-princeton-scientist-created.html?searchResultPosition=5 New York Magistrate resigns to head Comics Code Authority      https://www.nytimes.com/1954/10/02/archives/magistrate-resigns-murphy-to-draft-a-code-for-comic-magazine.html?searchResultPosition=4 1964     UNIVAC experiments with airflow computing     https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/18/archives/new-digital-computer-introduced-by-univac.html?searchResultPosition=2 Big Tech hit by defense spending cuts     https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/13/archives/watson-announces-ibm-profits-mark-for-third-quarter.html?searchResultPosition=65 Bowling gets computerized     https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/60s/64/Pop-1964-10.pdf   pg. 46 1974     ASCII code extensions proposed     https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1974/Poptronics-1974-10.pdf   pg. 26       https://www.aivosto.com/articles/charsets-7bit.html#body       Atari Debuts Touch Me     https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-10-19.pdf   pg. 31 Sega sponsors video game tournament     https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-10-26.pdf  pg. 45         https://segaretro.org/Sega_TV_Game-ki_Zenkoku_Contest     1984: Hasbro buys Milton Bradley     Toys Hobbies & Crafts, October 1984 Warner returns to profitability     "Posts $24.4 Million Profit Compared With Loss a Year Ago, The Associated Press October 23, 1984, Tuesday, AM cycle, Section: Business News" Atari Games Inc. established     Replay, October 1984, pg. 15      Jack is looking for cash     The second time around, Forbes, October 8, 1984, Section: COMPANIES; Pg. 42, Byline: By Anne Bagamery     Electronic Games, October 1984, pg. 12     Gerard Leaves as Warner Co-President, The Associated Press, October 16, 1984, Tuesday, AM cycle, Section: Business News Commodore financials break records     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-18/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater      Apple numbers soar     Apple earnings soar six-fold in quarter, Financial Times (London,England), October 19, 1984, Friday, Section: SECTION II; International Companies; Pg. 21 TI settles investor suit     Suit costs TI $12 million, Computerworld, October 15, 1984, Section: COMPUTER INDUSTRY; Pg. 116 Ocean buys Imagine     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-18/mode/1up?view=theater Sinclair buys rights to bandersnatch     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-11/mode/1up?view=theater     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-04/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater Activision to spend big as computer game maker     ACTIVISION; Details pre-Christmas advertising and promotion plans, Business Wire, October 24, 1984, Wednesday            ACTIVISION; Financial results, Business Wire, October 29, 1984, Monday PCS going into bankruptcy     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-25/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater      Konami goes public     KONAMI INDUSTRY TRADED FIRST AT 8,300 YEN, Copyright 1984 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji Press Ticker Service, OCTOBER 1, 1984, MONDAY Japanese Arcade law     https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19841001p/page/n18/mode/1up?view=theater Japanese arcades diversify     https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19841015p/page/n16/mode/1up Chuck E. Cheese operations normalize     Play Meter, October 15, 1984, pg. 9 Fighting games are all the rage     Replay, October 1984, pg. 16     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!! AMOA set to be the battle of the carts     Replay, October 1984, pg. 27, pg. 31 Video Games donated to Smithsonian     https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-10-20.pdf  pg. 38      Namco moves to Famicom     https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19841001p/page/n18/mode/1up?view=theater     http://www.videogameden.com/fc.htm?lor      Parker Bros may be getting out     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-7/page/n14/mode/1up?view=theater     Tom Dusenberry - Parker Brothers - Hasbro - Atari - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42807419 Adam woes continue     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-7/mode/1up?view=theater     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-7/page/105/mode/1up?view=theater     Cabbage Patch Sales Boost Coleco's 3rd-Qtr Profit, The Associated Press, October 25, 1984, Thursday, AM cycle, Section: Business News          No Headline In Original, United Press International, October 24, 1984, Wednesday, BC cycle, Section: Financial     Adam promotion costs hit earnings at Coleco, Financial Times (London,England), October 30, 1984, Tuesday, Section: SECTION II; International Companies; Pg. 15 Oric on the ropes     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-04/mode/1up?view=theater GEC drops MSX plans     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-11/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater Sega to launch MSX in UK     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-18/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater          https://www.msx.org/wiki/Yashica_YC-64         https://www.msx.org/wiki/Category:Yeno Amstrad bullish on CPC     Amstrad stays Sugar sweet, The Guardian (London), October 4, 1984, Byline: By MAGGIE BROWN Commodore prepping 128     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-25/mode/1up?view=theater Sinclair denies rumors of expanded speccy     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-04/mode/1up?view=theater Sinclair announces Spectrum+     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-18/mode/1up?view=theater         https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-25/page/n17/mode/2up?view=theater Home computers have the price right, just not the power     Byte, October 1984, pg. 6     Final bonanza for home micros / Sales of cheap home computers, The Guardian (London), October 8, 1984, Byline: By PETER LARGE Games on cassette are dead     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-7/page/107/mode/1up?view=theater Bookware mania explodes!     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-7/mode/1up?view=theater         https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-11/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater     Toy & Hobby World, October 1984, pg. 8      Visi On sold to CDC     https://books.google.de/books?id=d-tPdHcBE9wC&pg=PAPA41&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Microsoft delays Windows... again     PERIPHERALS; SPECIAL INSURANCE COVERAGE COULD PREVENT COSTLY LOSSES, The New York Times, October 30, 1984, Tuesday, Late City Final Edition, Section: Section C; Page 6, Column 5; Science Desk Ensoniq plans ad campaign     No Headline In Original, ADWEEK, October 22, 1984, Eastern Edition, Section: ACCOUNT ACQUISITIONS; New England         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensoniq Crackers get organized     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-25/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater          https://csdb.dk/group/?id=3423      Playnet Launches nationwide     PLAYNET; Launches national access to its in-home, on-line network, Business Wire, October 30, 1984, Tuesday Comp-U-Card hits 1 million     COMP-U-CARD-INTL; Announces individual membership base exceeds one million, Business Wire, October 18, 1984, Thursday      Micronet to take on Compunet in the UK     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-18/mode/1up?view=theater         Futures (Micro Guardian): Search and you will find / The World Reporter full text news and current affairs database, The Guardian (London), October 18, 1984 Videotex or videotext?     Business World;Infant videotext industry has identity problems in pitching home information systems to consumer, United Press International, October 21, 1984, Sunday, BC cycle, Section: Domestic News, Byline: By SUSAN POSTLEWAITE, UPI Business Writer              Business World; Infant videotext industry has identity problems in pitching home information systems to consumer; First question: What does it do?; Second question: Why do I want it?; Third question: Can I afford it?, United Press International, October 21, 1984, Sunday, BC cycle, Section: Financial, Byline: By SUSAN POSTLEWAITE, UPI Business Writer Game creators get chatty     https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_4.5/page/n13/mode/2up     https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_4.5/page/n29/mode/2up      ISBN adds software     Byte, October 1984, pg. 10 Antic Reviews The Art of Computer Game Design     https://archive.org/details/artofcomputergam00chri/mode/2up?view=theater        https://archive.org/details/1984-10-anticmagazine/page/82/mode/2up      Nintendo beats Universal on appeal     "Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, May 23, 1984, Argued ; October 4, 1984, Decided, No. 84-7095     On the Light Side, The Associated Press, October 11, 1984, Thursday, PM cycle" MCA sues Atari     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-7/mode/1up     https://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/dune/dune.htm Commodore runs afoul of the FTC     Byte, October 1984, pg. 9      Learn to speculate - the Video Game!     INVESTMENT WATCH, The San Diego Union-Tribune, October 31, 1984 Wednesday, Section: BUSINESS; Pg. A-13, Byline: Janet Lowe, TRIBUNE FINANCIAL EDITOR          https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/comex-game-market-simulator-software-3764189470   Acorn dives into Laserdiscs     Venture in video discs,Financial Times (London,England), October 31, 1984, Wednesday, Section: SECTION I; Technology; Education; Pg. 15, Byline: EDITED BY ALAN CANE           https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=1661 RIP HESWare     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-11/mode/1up?view=theater           Jay Balakrishnan - HESWare, Radical, Dynamics, Solid State Software - https://www.patreon.com/posts/jay-balakrishnan-103071267     No Headline In Original, United Press International, October 8, 1984, Monday, BC cycle, Section: Financial, Dateline: EUGENE, Ore. Quote of the month: https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-25/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play. Copyright Karl Kuras

Atari axes Ray Kassar, Nintendo launches the Famicom & Commodore's Jack Tramiel delivers the killing blow to Texas Instruments These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 1983.  As always,  we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device: Android:  https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS:      https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on Mastodon @videogamenewsroomtimemachine@oldbytes.space Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Manic Miner     Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/87996985     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Miner     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassed_Off          Corrections:     June 1983 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-1983-85898642     Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/     When Nintendo Games Were on Atari | Gaming Historian  - Written by Ethan Johnson  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjRuV52Jk78      1963     Maloney sells Bally     https://archive.org/details/cashbox24unse_41/page/54/mode/1up?view=theater     http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/lion-and-bally-manufacturing/ Lasers featured in Popular Electronics     https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/60s/63/Pop-1963-07.pdf     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser 1973     Atari introduces Space Race     https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_3/page/39/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Race_(video_game) Bushnell goes to Europe     https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_3/page/39/mode/1up RCA announces mass production of LCDs     https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1973/Poptronics-1973-07.pdf  pg. 23 Motorola announces Dynatac     https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1973/Poptronics-1973-07.pdf     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_DynaTAC Associated Press uses lasers to transmit and computers to store images     https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1973/Poptronics-1973-07.pdf  pg. 23 Digital Watches are the latest male fashion statement    https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/21/archives/a-watch-that-takes-the-hard-time-out-of-telling-time.html Ira Bettleman graduates with psychology degree     https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_2/page/50/mode/1up     Noah Falstein - Lucasfilm https://www.patreon.com/posts/37807684 1983: Ray Kassar leaves Atari     https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-atari-inc-ray/62357592/       https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-resignation-of-ray-kassar-f/68994316/        https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/08/business/chief-is-replaced-at-troubled-atari.html     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/24/business/philip-morris-s-marlboro-man.html     Toys Hobbies and Crafts July 1983         https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/mode/1up     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/27/movies/shapiro-quits-at-warner-s.html      Atari distribution restructuring tanks     https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-atari-inc-deals-with-c/62356604/     The Video Game Crash 40th Anniversary - Part 1: Atari  https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-game-crash-75643983 Mattel, Atari, and TI announces even bigger losses     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/26/business/mattel-expects-to-post-large-loss.html      Toy and Hobby World July 1983     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/22/business/warner-posts-a-283.4-million-loss.html        https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/13/business/mattel-reshuffles-its-electronics-unit.html       https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/23/business/texas-instruments-lost-119.2-million-in-quarter.html        https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/19/business/rca-profits-rise-zenith-also-climbs.html     Playthings July 1983     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/25/business/earnings-up-sharply-in-quarter.html Williams profits down     Games People July 30, 1983, pg. 7 Mattel axes 260 in Electronics division     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/mode/1up TI lays off 750         https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/mode/1up Marketers brought in to take reigns of computer makers     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/27/business/selling-computers-like-soap.html        https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/13/business/mattel-reshuffles-its-electronics-unit.html UK tax authority preps for micro crash     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-21/mode/1up?view=theater      Rebates hit coinop     Replay July 1983 pg. 8 Gottlieb changes name     Replay July 1983 pg. 8     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb Sente has Videa     https://archive.org/details/joystik_magazine-1983-07/page/n11/mode/2up     Roger Hector - Atari, Disney, Sega, Namco, Sente  https://www.patreon.com/posts/72058794 New tech needed to revitalize arcades     https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee-arcade-game-difficulties/85528989/        Play Meter July 15, 1983, pg. 36     https://www.thebasementarcade.com/roadtrips31.htm Magnetic strips poised to replace coins     Play Meter July 15, 1983, pg. 32     https://www.sacoacard.com/ VCTER wants you to book flights at your arcade     Play Meter July 1, 1983 pg. 40 Digital poker goes after the older audience     Replay July 1983 pg. 8     Replay July 1983, pg. 32      Tex Critter bows out of pizza-arcade market     Games People July 30, 1983, pg. 1     https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Tex_Critter%27s_Pizza_Jamboree_(fictional) Nintendo's Tokyo stock debut dampened by lawsuit     Japan Economic Newswire  JULY 21, 1983, THURSDAY        https://www.mariowiki.com/Ikegami_Tsushinki     NINTENDO TO SPLIT STOCK, Copyright 1983 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji Press Ticker Service, JULY 22, 1983, FRIDAY Nintendo and Sega enter the programmable console market     https://archive.org/details/login-september-1983/page/n89/mode/2up?q=%E4%BB%BB%E5%A4%A9%E5%A0%82     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SG-1000 Sega's SC3000 sales estimates jump     Sharp attention on Sega product , The Japan Economic Journal July 19, 1983,      Tuesday  Business Japan, July 1983 Atari 2600 Adapter for the 5200 ships     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 57     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_5200 Atari drops price of 5200     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60      Vectrex drops to $100     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60 Gameline won't leave retailers in the lurch     Playthings July 1983        https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 55 Electra Concepts introduces a trigger button     Playthings July 1983        https://www.ebay.com/itm/224626441270 Second hand mail order game exchanges boom     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/07/garden/secondhand-games-for-video-buffs.html Supercharger gets first licensee     The Video Game Update July 1983, pg. 50 Frob makes console game design affordable     The Video Game Update July 1983, pg. 50         http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-frob-26_29983.html Coleco axes Super Game Module 3     The Video Game Update July 1983, pg. 53        https://cancelled-games.fandom.com/wiki/ColecoVision_Super_Game_Module Mattel axes Intellivision 3     The Video Game Update July 1983, pg. 53        https://cancelled-games.fandom.com/wiki/ColecoVision_Super_Game_Module MB goes blam-blam on VCS     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf   pg. 57 20th Century Fox wants you to make them a better game     https://archive.org/details/1983-07-compute-magazine/page/n33/mode/1up?view=theater Fox sees bright future for their games     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24/page/n6/mode/1up Fox halves price of MASH on VCS     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/page/n2/mode/1up Colecovision games coming to Spectravideo     https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_01_No_09_1983-07_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n7/mode/2up        https://www.msx.org/wiki/Spectravideo_SV-603 As action figures rise, consoles fall     Playthings July 1983      Activision opens UK subsidiary    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews019-20Jul1983/page/n11/mode/1up     Gregory Fischbach Part 1 - Activision - Acclaim  https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120 Atari drops the 1200XL     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf pg. 58'     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family#1200XL Atari introduces XL line     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf pg. 59        https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-28/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60 Atari gets Hawkeye to hawk their wares     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24/page/n3/mode/1up     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvNLr_AVTAM Atari reacts to Adam introduction with new 600XL bundle     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 54        https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-28/mode/1up Adam ditches wafers for "Data packs"     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf pg. 58     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam Tomy enters computer market with free home trial     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 63        https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24/page/n6/mode/1up       https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomy_Tutor Acorn to launch BBC in US     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-07/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro#Export_initiatives Electron won't be BBC Micro compatible     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews020-27Jul1983/page/n3/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Electron Sinclair's Microdrive arrives     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-28/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Microdrive Computer maker stocks tumble on Peanut rumors     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/28/business/computer-stocks-slide.html     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr Osborne 1 price crashes     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/29/business/osborne-cuts-computer-price.html Mini and mainframe makers jump into micro fray     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-07-rescan/page/n8/mode/1up Networking to come to IBM PC     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-07-rescan/page/n8/mode/1up     SNL Weekend Update - https://youtu.be/GYyur7EEqns Milton Bradley brings speech recognition to TI     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60         http://www.mainbyte.com/ti99/hardware/mbx/mbx.html         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04SecKb_ejA Apple ii software coming to the PC     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n25/page/n7/mode/2up     https://www.hackster.io/news/quapple-clones-a-card-that-turns-an-ibm-pc-xt-into-an-apple-ii-plus-clone-98c9b75ecfda The many faces of the mouse compete for dominance at NCC     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-07-rescan/page/n299/mode/1up?view=theater        http://www.le2.net/summa/     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Mouse TI signs up third parties     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60     https://www.mobygames.com/company/5680/texas-instruments-incorporated/games/ Romox  announces Gameport for TI     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 63       https://4apedia.com/index.php/Solid_State_Software_Command_Module     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews019-20Jul1983/page/n7/mode/2up Commodore declares software price war     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews019-20Jul1983/page/n3/mode/2up     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews020-27Jul1983/page/n4/mode/1up     Gary Carlston- Broderbund https://www.patreon.com/posts/50036733 bye bye Jelly Monsters, Hello Cosmic Cruncher!     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-07/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater     https://www.mobygames.com/game/138/pac-man/screenshots/vic-20/     https://www.mobygames.com/game/60882/cosmic-cruncher/      Commodore 64 and IBM conversions are coming     https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.4/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater     https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.4/page/n29/mode/1up?view=theater Softsync announces C64 games     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60 Parker Bros expands into computer games     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 54     Tom Dusenberry - Parker Brothers - Hasbro - Atari  https://www.patreon.com/posts/42807419     https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/octopussy-the-james-bond-videogame-that-never-was/     https://web.archive.org/web/20150302072400/https://atariage.com/catalog_page.html?CatalogID=15¤tPage=12 Spinnaker goes cartridge     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24/page/n3/mode/1up Sierra offers one-to-one return policy with retailers     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/mode/1up Soft Switch simplifies piracy     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-14     https://www.c64copyprotection.com/vic-20-cartridge-to-tape/     https://www.mobygames.com/company/966/microplay-software/ Datasoft launches budget line     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf pg. 59     https://www.mobygames.com/company/20696/gentry-software/ WH Smith stops taking new ZX81 software     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-14 Palace Software is looking for programmers     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews019-20Jul1983/page/n56/mode/1up     https://www.mobygames.com/company/1000/palace-software-ltd/ Dr. J and Larry Bird sign with EA     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 57       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gahan_Wilson        https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24/page/n1/mode/1up     https://www.mobygames.com/game/488/one-on-one/ First Star Software signs with Marvel     https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.4/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater     https://www.mobygames.com/company/166/first-star-software-inc/      Sydney Software gets Johnny Hart licenses     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 54     https://www.mobygames.com/company/1569/sydney-development-corp/ Crash mail order places ads    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews020-27Jul1983/page/n56/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_(magazine) Videotex brings hope of standardized networked information and fears of privacy concerns     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-07-rescan     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotex Canadian Pacific Air brings games to planes     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 56       https://docplayer.net/205275760-From-electronic-to-video-gaming-computing-in-canada-historical-assessment-update.html Dan Bunten extols the virtues of play testing     https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.4/page/n25/mode/1up?view=theater     https://www.mobygames.com/person/8515/danielle-berry/ UCLA holds conference on graphic design in games     https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_10_1983-07_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n69/mode/1up?view=theater First Video Game Conference held in San Fransisco     Toys Hobbies & Crafts July 1983. Supercade coming to Saturday mornings     Replay July 1983, pg. 18 Vid Kid column brings game reviews to newspapers     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-07/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater Julian Rignall is gaming champ     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-14/page/n4/mode/1up   Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play. Copyright Karl Kuras Find out on the VGNRTM These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM with @QuarterPast83's Dale! Atari axes Ray Kassar, Nintendo launches the Famicom & Commodore's Jack Tramiel delivers the killing blow to Texas Instruments These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 1983.  As always,  we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-1983-85898642     Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/     When Nintendo Games Were on Atari | Gaming Historian  - Written by Ethan Johnson  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjRuV52Jk78      1963     Maloney sells Bally     https://archive.org/details/cashbox24unse_41/page/54/mode/1up?view=theater     http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/lion-and-bally-manufacturing/ Lasers featured in Popular Electronics     https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/60s/63/Pop-1963-07.pdf     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser 1973     Atari introduces Space Race     https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_3/page/39/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Race_(video_game) Bushnell goes to Europe     https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_3/page/39/mode/1up RCA announces mass production of LCDs     https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1973/Poptronics-1973-07.pdf  pg. 23 Motorola announces Dynatac     https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1973/Poptronics-1973-07.pdf     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_DynaTAC Associated Press uses lasers to transmit and computers to store images     https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1973/Poptronics-1973-07.pdf  pg. 23 Digital Watches are the latest male fashion statement    https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/21/archives/a-watch-that-takes-the-hard-time-out-of-telling-time.html Ira Bettleman graduates with psychology degree     https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_2/page/50/mode/1up     Noah Falstein - Lucasfilm https://www.patreon.com/posts/37807684 1983: Ray Kassar leaves Atari     https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-atari-inc-ray/62357592/       https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-resignation-of-ray-kassar-f/68994316/        https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/08/business/chief-is-replaced-at-troubled-atari.html     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/24/business/philip-morris-s-marlboro-man.html     Toys Hobbies and Crafts July 1983         https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/mode/1up     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/27/movies/shapiro-quits-at-warner-s.html      Atari distribution restructuring tanks     https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-atari-inc-deals-with-c/62356604/     The Video Game Crash 40th Anniversary - Part 1: Atari  https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-game-crash-75643983 Mattel, Atari, and TI announces even bigger losses     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/26/business/mattel-expects-to-post-large-loss.html      Toy and Hobby World July 1983     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/22/business/warner-posts-a-283.4-million-loss.html        https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/13/business/mattel-reshuffles-its-electronics-unit.html       https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/23/business/texas-instruments-lost-119.2-million-in-quarter.html        https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/19/business/rca-profits-rise-zenith-also-climbs.html     Playthings July 1983     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/25/business/earnings-up-sharply-in-quarter.html Williams profits down     Games People July 30, 1983, pg. 7 Mattel axes 260 in Electronics division     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/mode/1up TI lays off 750         https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/mode/1up Marketers brought in to take reigns of computer makers     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/27/business/selling-computers-like-soap.html        https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/13/business/mattel-reshuffles-its-electronics-unit.html UK tax authority preps for micro crash     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-21/mode/1up?view=theater      Rebates hit coinop     Replay July 1983 pg. 8 Gottlieb changes name     Replay July 1983 pg. 8     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb Sente has Videa     https://archive.org/details/joystik_magazine-1983-07/page/n11/mode/2up     Roger Hector - Atari, Disney, Sega, Namco, Sente  https://www.patreon.com/posts/72058794 New tech needed to revitalize arcades     https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee-arcade-game-difficulties/85528989/        Play Meter July 15, 1983, pg. 36     https://www.thebasementarcade.com/roadtrips31.htm Magnetic strips poised to replace coins     Play Meter July 15, 1983, pg. 32     https://www.sacoacard.com/ VCTER wants you to book flights at your arcade     Play Meter July 1, 1983 pg. 40 Digital poker goes after the older audience     Replay July 1983 pg. 8     Replay July 1983, pg. 32      Tex Critter bows out of pizza-arcade market     Games People July 30, 1983, pg. 1     https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Tex_Critter%27s_Pizza_Jamboree_(fictional) Nintendo's Tokyo stock debut dampened by lawsuit     Japan Economic Newswire  JULY 21, 1983, THURSDAY        https://www.mariowiki.com/Ikegami_Tsushinki     NINTENDO TO SPLIT STOCK, Copyright 1983 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji Press Ticker Service, JULY 22, 1983, FRIDAY Nintendo and Sega enter the programmable console market     https://archive.org/details/login-september-1983/page/n89/mode/2up?q=%E4%BB%BB%E5%A4%A9%E5%A0%82     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SG-1000 Sega's SC3000 sales estimates jump     Sharp attention on Sega product , The Japan Economic Journal July 19, 1983,      Tuesday  Business Japan, July 1983 Atari 2600 Adapter for the 5200 ships     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 57     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_5200 Atari drops price of 5200     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60      Vectrex drops to $100     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60 Gameline won't leave retailers in the lurch     Playthings July 1983        https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 55 Electra Concepts introduces a trigger button     Playthings July 1983        https://www.ebay.com/itm/224626441270 Second hand mail order game exchanges boom     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/07/garden/secondhand-games-for-video-buffs.html Supercharger gets first licensee     The Video Game Update July 1983, pg. 50 Frob makes console game design affordable     The Video Game Update July 1983, pg. 50         http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-frob-26_29983.html Coleco axes Super Game Module 3     The Video Game Update July 1983, pg. 53        https://cancelled-games.fandom.com/wiki/ColecoVision_Super_Game_Module Mattel axes Intellivision 3     The Video Game Update July 1983, pg. 53        https://cancelled-games.fandom.com/wiki/ColecoVision_Super_Game_Module MB goes blam-blam on VCS     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf   pg. 57 20th Century Fox wants you to make them a better game     https://archive.org/details/1983-07-compute-magazine/page/n33/mode/1up?view=theater Fox sees bright future for their games     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24/page/n6/mode/1up Fox halves price of MASH on VCS     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/page/n2/mode/1up Colecovision games coming to Spectravideo     https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_01_No_09_1983-07_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n7/mode/2up        https://www.msx.org/wiki/Spectravideo_SV-603 As action figures rise, consoles fall     Playthings July 1983      Activision opens UK subsidiary    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews019-20Jul1983/page/n11/mode/1up     Gregory Fischbach Part 1 - Activision - Acclaim  https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120 Atari drops the 1200XL     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf pg. 58'     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family#1200XL Atari introduces XL line     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf pg. 59        https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-28/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60 Atari gets Hawkeye to hawk their wares     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24/page/n3/mode/1up     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvNLr_AVTAM Atari reacts to Adam introduction with new 600XL bundle     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 54        https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-28/mode/1up Adam ditches wafers for "Data packs"     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf pg. 58     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam Tomy enters computer market with free home trial     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 63        https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24/page/n6/mode/1up       https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomy_Tutor Acorn to launch BBC in US     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-07/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro#Export_initiatives Electron won't be BBC Micro compatible     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews020-27Jul1983/page/n3/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Electron Sinclair's Microdrive arrives     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-28/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Microdrive Computer maker stocks tumble on Peanut rumors     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/28/business/computer-stocks-slide.html     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr Osborne 1 price crashes     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/29/business/osborne-cuts-computer-price.html Mini and mainframe makers jump into micro fray     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-07-rescan/page/n8/mode/1up Networking to come to IBM PC     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-07-rescan/page/n8/mode/1up     SNL Weekend Update - https://youtu.be/GYyur7EEqns Milton Bradley brings speech recognition to TI     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60         http://www.mainbyte.com/ti99/hardware/mbx/mbx.html         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04SecKb_ejA Apple ii software coming to the PC     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n25/page/n7/mode/2up     https://www.hackster.io/news/quapple-clones-a-card-that-turns-an-ibm-pc-xt-into-an-apple-ii-plus-clone-98c9b75ecfda The many faces of the mouse compete for dominance at NCC     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-07-rescan/page/n299/mode/1up?view=theater        http://www.le2.net/summa/     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Mouse TI signs up third parties     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60     https://www.mobygames.com/company/5680/texas-instruments-incorporated/games/ Romox  announces Gameport for TI     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 63       https://4apedia.com/index.php/Solid_State_Software_Command_Module     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews019-20Jul1983/page/n7/mode/2up Commodore declares software price war     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews019-20Jul1983/page/n3/mode/2up     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews020-27Jul1983/page/n4/mode/1up     Gary Carlston- Broderbund https://www.patreon.com/posts/50036733 bye bye Jelly Monsters, Hello Cosmic Cruncher!     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-07/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater     https://www.mobygames.com/game/138/pac-man/screenshots/vic-20/     https://www.mobygames.com/game/60882/cosmic-cruncher/      Commodore 64 and IBM conversions are coming     https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.4/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater     https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.4/page/n29/mode/1up?view=theater Softsync announces C64 games     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 60 Parker Bros expands into computer games     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 54     Tom Dusenberry - Parker Brothers - Hasbro - Atari  https://www.patreon.com/posts/42807419     https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/octopussy-the-james-bond-videogame-that-never-was/     https://web.archive.org/web/20150302072400/https://atariage.com/catalog_page.html?CatalogID=15¤tPage=12 Spinnaker goes cartridge     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24/page/n3/mode/1up Sierra offers one-to-one return policy with retailers     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n26/mode/1up Soft Switch simplifies piracy     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-14     https://www.c64copyprotection.com/vic-20-cartridge-to-tape/     https://www.mobygames.com/company/966/microplay-software/ Datasoft launches budget line     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf pg. 59     https://www.mobygames.com/company/20696/gentry-software/ WH Smith stops taking new ZX81 software     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-14 Palace Software is looking for programmers     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews019-20Jul1983/page/n56/mode/1up     https://www.mobygames.com/company/1000/palace-software-ltd/ Dr. J and Larry Bird sign with EA     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 57       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gahan_Wilson        https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n24/page/n1/mode/1up     https://www.mobygames.com/game/488/one-on-one/ First Star Software signs with Marvel     https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.4/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater     https://www.mobygames.com/company/166/first-star-software-inc/      Sydney Software gets Johnny Hart licenses     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 54     https://www.mobygames.com/company/1569/sydney-development-corp/ Crash mail order places ads    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews020-27Jul1983/page/n56/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_(magazine) Videotex brings hope of standardized networked information and fears of privacy concerns     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-07-rescan     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotex Canadian Pacific Air brings games to planes     https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d0/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.2_04.pdf  pg. 56       https://docplayer.net/205275760-From-electronic-to-video-gaming-computing-in-canada-historical-assessment-update.html Dan Bunten extols the virtues of play testing     https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.4/page/n25/mode/1up?view=theater     https://www.mobygames.com/person/8515/danielle-berry/ UCLA holds conference on graphic design in games     https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_10_1983-07_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n69/mode/1up?view=theater First Video Game Conference held in San Fransisco     Toys Hobbies & Crafts July 1983. Supercade coming to Saturday mornings     Replay July 1983, pg. 18 Vid Kid column brings game reviews to newspapers     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-07/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater Julian Rignall is gaming champ     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-07-14/page/n4/mode/1up   Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play. 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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Nick Hehr about the fun ways to get started with micro controllers, writing JavaScript for hardware, and ideas for projects to build involving hardware and software. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome to Syntax 01:04 Introducing Nick Hehr Nick Hehr (@hipsterbrown) HipsterBrown (@hipsterbrown@toot.cafe) - Toot Café HipsterBrown HipsterBrown (Nick Hehr) Nick Hehr on CodePen 03:58 Running JavaScript on microcontrollers 06:20 What was your first project that got you into this? 12:12 Is the ESP32 the most popular controller? 14:12 Where do you buy hardware? Arduino - Home Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits AliExpress - Online Shopping for Popular Electronics, Fashion, Home & Garden, Toys & Sports, Automobiles and More products - AliExpress SparkFun Electronics Introduction

Atari announces mass layoffs, Time names the personal computer the man of the year & Nintendo launches the Game and Watch in North America These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February 1983.  As always,  we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device: Android:  https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS:      https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on Mastodon @videogamenewsroomtimemachine@oldbytes.space Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Spider-Man     Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/79440858     https://www.mobygames.com/game/9960/spider-man/     https://www.mobygames.com/game/1870/spider-man/     https://www.spidermancrawlspace.com/2018/06/podcast-512-interview-with-atari-2600-spider-man-game-designer-laura-nikolich/     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Nikolich      Corrections:     January 1983 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/january-1983-78434711     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Supercade     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Lair_(TV_series)     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax#Launch_and_early_models     https://joeclark.org/beta/BetterBetaList.html     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrm5VedvD2Q     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzdCyWY3GCI     http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/101_BASIC_Computer_Games_Mar75.pdf     https://www.mobygames.com/game/5050/jumping-flash/ 1973.02     Pong gets more notices         https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94010891/pong-noted-in-orange-mall-in-los-angeles/ Odyssey gets write up in Popular Electronics     https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1973/Poptronics-1973-02.pdf  pg. 64     https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnavox-Odyssey-Video-Cable.jpg 1983.01     Al Lowe enters gaming biz     https://books.google.com.au/books?id=AjAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA16&ots=7EFL48Dot0&dq=Bop-A-Bet%20computer%20game%20Al%20Lowe&pg=PA16#v=onepage&q=Bop-A-Bet%20computer%20game%20Al%20Lowe&f=false     https://www.mobygames.com/company/25974/sunnyside-soft/     Al Lowe - Sierra https://www.patreon.com/posts/29977733      1983.02     Atari profits nosedive as Coleco ascends     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/17/business/warner-s-profit-falls-by-56.5.html?searchResultPosition=10     Kevin Hayes - Atari - Namco htttps://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798     The Video Game Crash 40th Anniversary - Part 2: Everyone Else https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-game-crash-76259421     The Video Game Crash 40th Anniversary - Part 1: Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-game-crash-75643983 Atari lays off 1,700     https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62352386/atari-inc-mass-layoffs-begin/         https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/23/business/atari-moving-most-production.html?searchResultPosition=15 Editors plead not to give up on games     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update The Video Game Update Feb. 1983 pg. 1     Double Dragon C64 https://www.mobygames.com/game/1839/double-dragon/screenshots/c64/ Atari snags microchip Intel luminary     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/01/business/atari-hires-inventor-of-microprocessor-chip.html?searchResultPosition=1        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian_Hoff     Leonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari  https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153     Leonard Tramiel - Part 1 - Commodore  https://www.patreon.com/posts/leonard-tramiel-69195513     https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/ted-hoff-birth-microprocessor-and-beyond Showbiz turns Apple iis into coinops     Play Meter Feb. 1, 1983, pg.  54         https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2015/09/peek_through_time_showbiz_pizz.html         https://www.facebook.com/showbizpizzacom/photos/a.307884760553/10156663089730554/?type=3 Kiddie rides meet video games     Play Meter Feb. 15, 1983 pg. 68     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n15/page/n2/mode/1up     https://www.kiddieridesusa.com/ Atari announces "My First Computer"     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/10/business/atari-game-converter.html?searchResultPosition=2     https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue36/020_Ataris_New_Add-On_Computer_For_VCS_2600_Game_Machine.php Mattel shows off Intellivision 3 behind closed doors     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n14         https://history.blueskyrangers.com/hardware/intellivision3.html      Coleco announces Gemini     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update       The Video Game Update Feb. 1983 pg. 11     The Video Game Update Feb. 1983 pg. 14     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Gemini Add-ons are the new name of the game!     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update      The Video Game Update Feb. 1983 pg. 6, 10, 11        https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n15/page/n7/mode/1up     Toy & Hobby World Feb. 1983     http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-crash-that-almost-was/     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam Amiga's Joyboard brings motion controls to the VCS     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/13/business/what-s-new-in-the-toy-industry-exercising-with-video-games.html?searchResultPosition=9        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyboard        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation Atari goes after pre-schoolers     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/13/business/what-s-new-in-the-toy-industry-exercising-with-video-games.html?searchResultPosition=9        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTp_wBnSW9k     The Video Game Update Feb. 1983 pg. 5     https://www.mobygames.com/game/22900/alpha-beam-with-ernie/cover/group-97061/cover-265056/ Sega enters cartridge market     Leisure Time Electronics Feb. 1983 pg. 22        https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/company:8665/platform:atari-2600/sort:moby_score/page:0/        Playthings Feb. 1983      Fox announces MASH game     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update      The Video Game Update Feb. 1983 pg. 5     https://www.mobygames.com/game/19861/mash/     https://www.mobygames.com/game/22975/porkys/screenshots/ Video game rentals take off     https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_01_No_04_1983-02_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n89/mode/1up Toy retailers plan shift from consoles to computers     Playthings Feb. 1983      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHujs7ka_K0      Time crowns the computer Man of the Year     https://archive.org/details/TeleMatch.N02.1983.02-KCz.pdf/page/n9/mode/1up     https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19830103,00.html CES and Toy Fare see new computers galore     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update     Toys Hobbies and Crafts Feb. 1983     http://www.atarihq.com/museum/nonatari/ultravision.php     https://www.samdal.com/sv318.htm     https://www.samdal.com/svhistory.htm     http://www.atari-computermuseum.de/1200xl.htm     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel_Aquarius     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A#TI-99/4A_successors Byte looks at the Lisa     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-02-rescan/page/n34/mode/1up         ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-02-rescan/page/n87/mode/1up PC upgraders pose a problem for IBM     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-02-rescan/page/n430/mode/1up IBM goes abroad     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n15/page/n3/mode/1up     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-02-17/page/n9/mode/2up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer Intel begins work on 386     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-02-rescan/page/n433/mode/1up         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I386 Tandy cuts CoCo price     https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-02-rescan/page/n434/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer ZX Spectrum hits retail     https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-011/page/n14/mode/1up     https://youtu.be/-BLM1naCfME     https://youtu.be/kUSHiHmOdvE     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum TI 99 could go B-O-O-M     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/23/business/texas-instruments.html?searchResultPosition=1 Michael Katz moves to Epyx     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/28/business/business-people-a-new-chief-for-epyx-game-software-maker.html?searchResultPosition=2     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n14/page/n7/mode/1up     Michael Katz Part 1 - Coleco - Epyx - Mattel  https://www.patreon.com/posts/35169258     https://www.mobygames.com/game/10151/gi-joe-a-real-american-hero/ Cosmi announces Tri-compatible cassette     The Video Game Update Feb. 1983 pg. 16     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmi_Corporation Broderbund goes multiplatform     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n14/page/n2/mode/1up     Gary Carlston- Broderbund  https://www.patreon.com/posts/50036733 TSR gets into video games     https://archive.org/details/BlipMagazineCollection/Blip%2001%20%28Feb%201983%29%20TV%20Star%20Matthew%20Laborteaux/page/n34/mode/1up       https://www.mobygames.com/game/53549/theseus-and-the-minotaur/screenshots/        https://www.mobygames.com/game/93453/dawn-patrol/screenshots/         https://www.mobygames.com/game/99272/dungeon-computer-adventure-game/ Virgin gets into games     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-02-24/page/n4/mode/1up     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-02-03/page/n4/mode/1up Brian Fargo's first gets reviewed     https://archive.org/details/softalkv3n06feb1983/page/133/mode/1up     https://www.mobygames.com/game/1795/the-demons-forge/ Save money on "expensive adventure game dice"     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n15/page/n4/mode/1up     https://archive.org/details/syncmagazine-v3_n1/page/n97/mode/1up Nintendo launches Game and Watch in North America     Leisure Time electronics Feb. 1983 pg. 26     Replay Feb. 1983 pg.  75         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch     https://nintendo.fandom.com/de/wiki/Panorama   Massachusettes judge calls game content "inconsequential"     Games People Feb. 19, 1983  pg. 1     https://casetext.com/case/caswell-v-licensing-commission-for-brockton GCC seeks a piece of Pacman merch pie     https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_05_1983-02_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n97/mode/1up     https://pacman.fandom.com/wiki/History_of_Ms._Pac-Man_legal_issues     https://pacman.fandom.com/wiki/Ms._Pac-Man#Pac-Mom Ronnie Lamm on MacNeil/Lehrer     https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-507-6d5p844g0b Xrated games to feature in movie     Games People Feb. 19, 1983  pg. 1     http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2013/03/rare-games-more-1975-atari-photos-and.html     https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085764/?ref_=hm_rvi_tt_i_2 First US cases of video game induced seizures reported     Games People Feb. 19, 1983  pg. 1      Sega gets into robots     Play Meter Feb. 15, 1983 pg. 69     https://sega.fandom.com/wiki/Sega_Chan     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.O.B. Leisure Dynamics announces Crossbows and Catapults     Toy & Hobby World Feb. 1983 pg. 197     https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2129/crossbows-and-catapults     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Wars Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play. Copyright Karl Kuras Find out on the VGNRTM   commodore atari mattel vcs intellivision spectravision colecovision nintendo gamenwatch pacman dnd tsr spectrum ibm sega spiderman    

The Courier and Other Tall Tales by Tom BadgettMystery. Humor. Happy stories. Sad stories. The unusual. This little book of short stories covers it all. And overall, you meet a range of interesting, real-life people. You will identify with the residents of a small town, probably not unlike your own. You will laugh as you follow an elderly couple on an overnight getaway trip. You will empathize with a young girl who becomes a woman under some of the harshest circumstances you could imagine. You will follow another young mother who does what mothers do, anything to protect the safety of her daughter. You will think back on your own relationship with your father as you read a young man's memories of many fishing trips. There's a mystery in Boston and in a small southern lakeside town. If you never played outside as a child, you will learn how a kid's life used to be before cell phones and the Internet.This book offers a collection of people, places, and stories that will pique your interest, touch your memories, entertain, and surprise you.Tom Badgett began his career as a small-town radio announcer after high school. That experience led to a television and documentary film career. He worked as a residential childcare worker for delinquent boys, taught speech and theater, computer technology and programming, color photography and technical writing as a college teacher. He owned one of the first computer stores in the country, was a co-founder of an Internet service provider in the 1990's, and several other businesses in the 2000's. He served as a technical writer for national magazines, including PC, Popular Electronics, and Digital News. He published some 60 technical books and produced 30 computer-related video training courses. He edited and published Stan Brock's autobiography, "All the Cowboys Were Indians" in 2000 and his own autobiography through the StoryWorth Web site in 2021. Also in 2021 he published through Page Publishing a Stan Brock book, "Seed of the Assasai," a decades-long joint project with Brock. Then Badgett decided to re-invent himself as a fiction writer. One short story book, "The Courier and Other Tall Tales" was released in 2022. Soon to be released is an exciting historical novel with author David Thomas Stone. And Badgett and Stone have several other fiction projects in the works.Badgett holds a BA in English and Spanish and an MA in Documentary Film.https://www.amazon.com/Courier-Other-Tall-Tales/dp/1662456700/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OCMHVHN9NAJY&keywords=the+courier+and+other+tall+tales&qid=1657027211&sprefix=The+Courier+and+Other+Tall+Tales%2Caps%2C681&sr=8-1http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/7722gim.mp3   

Amazon has been one of the best and most popular e-commerce platforms on the internet. Amazon has revolutionized the way of shopping for each and every one. The e-commerce platforms like Amazon offer the most convenient and smooth shopping experience. Amazon offers everything from ordering groceries to watching movies online. If you are looking for an alternative to Amazon buying kinds of stuff, look no further than this guide, also have questions like what is the best alternative to Amazon? or which takes you through a lot of alternative online stores for shopping. There are several great Amazon alternatives available online for shopping. Here is everything you need to know about other popular alternatives or apps like Amazon that you can try out. Let's quickly dive into the list of the best Amazon alternatives to shop online: 1 Thrive Market – Groceries Marketplace App 2 AliExpress – Online Shopping for Popular Electronics, Fashion 3 Instacart | Grocery Delivery or Pickup from Local Stores 4 Walmart – Online Shopping & Grocery 5 eBay – Global Shipping Portal 6 Etsy – Marketplace Like Amazon 7 Target – E-commerce App 8 Overstock – Selling Primarily Furniture 9 Newegg – Electronic Selling App like Amazon 10 Chewy – E-Commerce Company How much would it cost to build an app like Amazon? It is quite challenging to estimate the exact cost of developing an app like Amazon. The app development cost varies depending on different factors. Still one can determine the closer estimation based on careful evaluation. So, let's have a look at some major factors responsible for overall app development cost. You may like: Mobile Application Development Trends To Consider in 2021 What Are Concierge Service Meaning, Types, Benefits? 25+ Guidelines for an Amazing Web Design --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/echo-innovate-it/message

Dorothy Siegel, Pioneer in Computer Music I'm Kay Savetz, and this is ANTIC: The Atari 8-bit podcast. This interview, however, is about events that happened before Atari released its first computers. This interview is with Dorothy Siegel, a pioneer in computer music. The music she created was on an IMSAI 8080 computer and a clarinet. The First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival was held August 25, 1978 as part of a show called Personal Computing '78 held at the Philadelphia Civic Center. In 1979, Creative Computing Magazine published a record album, also titled First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival. The 12" 33 RPM record was of music performed at the festival: 18 pieces, including Dorthy's. Dorothy was co-founder of Newtech, along with her husband Michael Abram and business partner Stuart Newfeld, a company that built add-on music cards for two S-100 bus computers: the IMSAI 8080 and the Southwest Technical Products Corporation 6800. The Newtech Music Cards cost $59.95 each. (Newtech was not the same company as NewTek, the company that sold the Video Toaster in the 1990s.) Dorothy performed Johann Wanhal's Rondo from Sonata in B-flat for Clarinet and Piano. The IMSAI, with three Newtech music boards, performed the piano part, and Dorothy accompanied it on clarinet. I'm going to play the song now. It's about four minutes long. Regarding Dorothy's song, the album notes read: "Newtech's music card for the S-100 bus is essentially a digital-to-analog converter controlled by an output port on the computer. The analog output is fed into amplifiers to be heard. This approach to computer music synthesis is extremely flexible since hypothetically any possible sound can be created. In actual practice the performance of the music circuitry is somewhat limited by the speed of the host computer. Each card can produce up to three voices output to one channel. Newtech's music software consists of a BASIC program which converts music into binary tables, and a machine-language interpreter to play the music with three voices and different envelopes. The piece on this record uses three cards each playing one voice." Check the show notes for an extensive list of links to people that we talk about and the articles that Dorothy wrote for ROM Magazine and Popular Electronics. You can hear the entire First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival at VintageComputerMusic.com or buy the album on a remastered audio CD directly from Dave Ahl of Creative Computing Magazine. This interview took place January 7, 2014, when I was doing research for a book about the first personal computer magazines. Although I've decided not to write the book, I am publishing the interviews that I did while doing the research. Personal Computing '78 flyer Popular Electronics magazine, January 1975 Edward Miller's Piece for Clarinet & Tape Stan Viet Electro-Harmonix ANTIC Interview 332 - Mike Matthews, founder of Electro-Harmonix ANTIC Interview 280 - David and Betsy Ahl, Creative Computing Magazine Samuel Abram, Dorothy's son ROM Magazine Issue 4: Scott Joplin on Your Sci-Fi Hi-Fi by Dorothy Siegel ROM Magazine Issue 5: Make Me More Music, Maestro Micro by Dorothy Siegel Popular Electronics November 1979: CP/M: The Standard Microcomputer Software Interface by Dorothy Siegel Listen to/download First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival album Buy the album on a remastered audio CD from Dave Ahl

Bob Sumption, W9RAS, was raised on Popular Electronics and Popular Mechanics magazines, learned how to fix anything from his father, and became a ham radio operator in the 1950s.  Bob was an electronics technician at Heathkit who assembled the prototype SS9000 synthesized HF amateur radio transceiver. Now a collector of everything Heathkit, he has restored one of the three original Heathkit SS8000 HF transceivers that never made it to market. Bob is a consummate long term, big project builder and radio restorer, who shares his success, knowledge, expertise, and history in this QSO Today.

Kevin Groves talks about the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley and the history of personal computing. Note: this is an extra large episode of Cross Cutting Concerns. This is a very broad, historical topic, so it could have easily gone a lot longer! Show Notes: Pirates of Silicon Valley is available on Amazon The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics. We couldn't find the issue rummaging through the basement: it may have been destroyed by flooding a few years ago Xerox PARC's Alto To drive home the point about GUI software, check out this video on the history of widgets from 1990. Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs at Macworld 1999 Obligatory Steve Ballmer clip Story from 1982 by Andy Hertzfeld about the interview with Steve Jobs depicted in the movie Steve Wozniak on the accuracy of Pirates of Silicon Valley Footage of Macworld 1997 in Boston, where Bill Gates appears on screen I could add a million more links, but instead why don't you leave a comment with your favorite quote, clip, or story about the events that transpired in the movie? Want to be on the next episode? You can! All you need is the willingness to talk about something technical. Theme music is "Crosscutting Concerns" by The Dirty Truckers, check out their music on Amazon or iTunes.

  Rare Frequency Podcast 29: Toned Down (opening music: Brian Hodgson, “Chumbley at Rest [Galaxy Four],” Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop- Volume 1: the Early Years 1963-1969 (BBC Worldwide) CD) 1 Kode9 & Space Ape, "Konfusion (vocal)" Konfusion EP (Hyperdub) 12” 2008 2 Skream, "Blue Eyez" Skream! (Tempa) CD 2007 3 Byetone, "Plastic Star (Dr. Walker remix)" Plastic Star EP (Raster-Noton) 12” 2008 4 Frank Bretschneider, "Expecting Someone Taller" Party of Two Parts EP. (Underscan) EP 2003 5 Abdel Hadi Halo & The El Gusto Orchestra Of Algiers, "Fatouma" Abdel Hadi Halo & The El Gusto Orchestra Of Algiers (Honest Jon’s) CD 2008 6 Jozef van Wissem, "The Soul Leaves the Body in Eternal Glory" A Priori (Incunabulum) CD 2008 7 Svyatoslav Lunyov, "Urbi et Orbi" Para Pacem Para Bellum (Quasi Pop) CD 2007 8 Tom Dissevelt, "Fantasy in Orbit" Popular Electronics (Basta) 4CD 2004 9 Joji Yuasa, "Projection Esemplastic For White Noise, 1964" OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (Ellipsis Arts) CD 2005 10 Pita, "CE3Get Out (Editions Mego) CD 2008 11 People Like Us, "Who CaresAbridged Too Far (Ubu) mp3 2004

  Rare Frequency Podcast 18: April Showers (opening music from Tom Dissevelt/Kid Baltan, “Repeating Pentatonic Figure 1 (Sound Material For “Drifting”)” Popular Electronics (Basta) 4CD) 1 Otomo Yoshihide, "Violin Bow With Handmade Needle" Multiple Otomo (Asphodel) DVD+CD 2007 2 Richard Francis and Nest, "The Wine Cellar" On Isolation (Room40) CD 2007 3 Bernard Parmegiani, "Energy" Chants Magnetiques(Fractal) CD 2007 4 Artur Nowak, "Untitled 31" Xerrox (EMD) CD 2007 5 Alex Monk, "Soyuz 1" s/t (self-releasesd) CDr 2007 6 Vladimir Ussachevsky, "Computer Piece No. 1 (1968)" Electronic and Acoustic Works (New World Records) CD 2007 7 Martin Denny, "Rot Au Prince (Stereo)" Forbidden Island (Rev-ola) CD 2006