ANTIC Episode 119 - Special Guest Joe Decuir

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Joe Decuir, one of the fathers of the Atari 400/800, joins us for a super-interesting discussion of what he’s working on and the current Atari news… 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 

What we’ve been up to

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._Decuir 

• Fluxxing Robert Moore Hybrid Arts disks, getting them to https://www.a8preservation.com 

• Best Electronics - https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/ 

• Scan of JACG Newsletter Volume 5, No. 12 (Aug. 1986) - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-aug-vol-5-no-12 

• Scan of JACG Newsletter Volume 6, No. 1 (Sep. 1986) - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-sep-vol-6-no-1 

• ABBUC - https://www.abbuc.de 

News

• Compute’s Gazette relaunch - https://www.computesgazette.com/ 

• C64 Ultimate - https://www.commodore.net/ 

• Adding Fujinet support to Atari800MacX - Paulo Garcia - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382899-adding-fujinet-support-to-atari800macx/ 

• FastBasic Debugger Extension for VSCode - Eric Carr - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351055-fastbasic-debugger-extension-for-vscode/#findComment-5684231 

• DecentCart - Screaming at the Radio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-sEndb4mEI 

• Atari SIO Peripheral Emulator for Flipper Zero:

• https://lab.flipper.net/apps/sio2flip 

• https://flipperzero.one/ 

• 1090XL remake housing - fokaszalot:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318373-1090xl-remake/page/41/#findComment-5619125 

• https://makerworld.com/en/models/1084156 

• Chat64 for Atari 800XL:

• https://www.etsy.com/listing/1834140388/chat64-for-atari-800xl 

• http://www.chat64.nl 

• August AtariBasics newsletter from John Zielke - https://ataribasics.com/ 

• Can you help get clean disassemblies to get more FujiNet HighScoreEnabled games? - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383141-can-you-help-get-clean-disassemblies-to-get-more-fujinet-highscoreenabled-games 

Upcoming Shows

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se 

• VCF West - August 1-2 - Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/2025/03/05/vcf-west-2025-save-the-date/ 

• Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ 

• VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ 

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - 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 on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ 

• Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub 

YouTube Videos

• Atari Expo at CCCL25 - CmosGames - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwgK88ztkDA 

• Ultimate 1MB 2K25 Revised and XEGS modding missteps - FlashJazzCat:

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wB1ejADl84 

  • A close look at the 'U1MB 2K5 Revised' - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=56 

• 1980s stock footage of ATARI at Silicon Valley - KinoLibrary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ9KgWlaHe8 

• The Atari User’s Encyclopedia by Jerry White and Gary Phillips - Vintage Gaming Memories:

  • Short - https://youtube.com/shorts/DaJix7v65vY?si=U-6UZfcexgLLhE8L 

  • Full video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5CBwgg836s&t=205s&pp=ygUJYXRhcmkgODAw 

• Atari800MacX with FujiNet PC - Atari BBS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIjw1pTJ_HU