ANTIC Episode 102 - Randy, You Used to be a Nice Guy!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… All the Atari 8-bit news for this month, Kay breaks his Atari mug, Brad impersonates Kay, Kay decides to start up a cable company, and Randy changes in retirement …

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Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kay's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we've been up to

• ICD Atari 8-Bit Info - https://archive.org/details/icd-atari-8-bit-info-flyer

• ICD Multi I/O Board Manual - https://archive.org/details/icd-multi-io-board-manual

• EPG Jr. thread on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/171349-prevue-guide-epg-jr-reverse-engineering/

• The Atari 8-Bit FujiNet N: device, in Perspective by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqz_AZgxaVY

• Atari 130XE Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner (Retro Reproductions) (sponsored link) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1789824338?tag=ataripodcast-20

• A8PicoCart - https://github.com/robinhedwards/A8PicoCart

• ABBUC Annual General Meeting 10/22 - http://abbuc.de

• Fastbasic install for Mac! - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger

Interviews

• Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman (video to come) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-435-cynthia-solomon-and-brian-silverman-logo

News

• GTIAdigitizer HDMI output, by c0pperdragon:

• https://www.tindie.com/products/c0pperdragon/gtiadigitizer/

• https://www.tindie.com/products/c0pperdragon/rgbtohdmi-mono-lumacode/

• New Fujinet resource (ABBUC) - tnfs://fujinet.atari.social

• FujiNet release 1.2 - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-platformio/releases/tag/v1.2.0

• FujiNet RAPID by massiverobot - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355710-rapid/

• 130XE keyboard replacement:

• https://x.com/mindthreat/status/1705197317551239289?s=20

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352558-decent-xe-mechanical-keyboard-for-atari-xe-computers-how-to-order-one/

• ultra-small DOS called uDOS - https://abbuc.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1130

• Super SpartaDOS X cartridges now available from COREi64:

• Announcement at AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355946-super-spartados-x-cartridges-now-available/

• Buy here - https://corei64.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=444

• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/how-to-make-almost-any-computer-a-modern-day-plato-terminal/

• Pro(c) Atari Issue 16 - https://proc-atari.de

• Pitfall II's Secret Sequel - https://www.ign.com/articles/pitfall-iis-secret-sequel

• SDrive mini at Lotharek - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=375

• Starring the Computer - https://www.starringthecomputer.com/

• Revive 800XL Update (requires Twitter account) - https://twitter.com/rm_800xl?fbclid=IwAR2VhqAhUSnp3HwbcIOcTY7M7UvfKsDhC8PWKG9czYigmmXNVaE53z7CVC0

Upcoming Shows (Remaining in 2023 and first half of 2024)

• Atari Party 2023! - Saturday, December 2, 2023, 1pm to 4pm - Quakertown Train Station, Quakertown, PA - https://quakertowntrainstation.org

• Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/

• VCF East - April 5-7, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org

• Indy Classic Computer & Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Indianapolis, IN - http://www.indyclassic.org

• VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/

• not a show, but an Atari user group meeting - There's one at the National Videogame History Museum in Frisco, TX (DFW area) every quarter - Texas Atari 8-bit Computer Owners (T. A. C. O.)

YouTube Videos

• Darren Doyle's Unofficial Atari: A Visual History - Vintage Gaming Memories (Chris in the IVCC) - https://youtu.be/alWojz4e3QU?si=gq49YDfPb0DpEiol

• Final results of the 3rd ATASCII Compo 2023 for Atari 8 Bit computers revealed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTgYwAaLklU

• Wozman for Atari 8-bit - freetz - https://youtu.be/3MdVf_60dfo

• FujiNet Game Alert System by Andrew Diller:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D-QOtfR1fQ

• https://www.atariorbit.org/2023/10/15/game-alerts/

• The Atari 800XL (as seen in Terry Stewart's computer collection) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E47q5dNXiOg

• Atari 8-bit SIO Midi Player - Lotharek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTha3Ebepyc

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/dynacomp-catalog-33

• https://archive.org/details/stx_Home_Computing_Journal_Volume_1_1986

• https://archive.org/details/Popular_Computing/

• https://archive.org/details/computer-kurs

• EOR #$FF: 6502 Ponderables and Befuddlements - https://archive.org/details/eor6502

• https://archive.org/details/youtube-aGfwHcHQiO0

• BRE 1991 800/XL/XE Software Catalog - https://archive.org/details/atari-800-xl-xe-bre-1991-software-catalog

• Computer Shopper Magazine, March, 1988, Volume 8, Number 3, Atari Articles Computer Shopper Magazine, April, 1989, Volume 9, Number 4, Atari Articles

• Computer Shopper Magazine, October, 1987, Volume 7, Number 10, Atari Articles

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-sept-1987-vol-7-num-9-atari-articles/page/n7/mode/2up

Feedback

• https://ghidra-sre.org/