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ANTIC Episode 120 - AI Non Grata
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Kay discusses a big Atari haul, we get an Atari report from VCF West, we discuss a new Atari 8-bit emulator, and Kay bans AI-generated content from the podcast …
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
Spring/Summer 1992 Toad Computers Catalog - https://archive.org/details/toad-computers-spring-summer-1992-catalog
Sector Copy program - https://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-scopy-810_44379.html
News
Report from Rob McMullen about Ataris at VCF West [4:37] - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5qq0k7y5d25ymq87mlx3s/rob-vcf-west-review-1450-antic-podcast.wav?rlkey=30oilrbgfstazfrk4t6wh7cqm&dl=0
Shadows of Dimensions - New Atari game from SV 2025 SE:
YouTube game video - https://youtu.be/3jn_zhk_vq0
Game download - https://forums.atariage.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=1252592&key=f30bcb01978d9a735303f5b16fde2994
VBXE Demo Show Part II SillyVenture 2025 - 25th anniversary Edition - andymanone
AtariAge thread - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383550-atari-8-bit-xlxe-vbxe-demo-show-part-ii-sillyventure-2025-25th-anniversary-edition/
Demozoo - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit
Pouet - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit
Youtube - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit
FastBASIC Debugger Extension for VSCode - Eric Carr:
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351055-fastbasic-debugger-extension-for-vscode/
https://github.com/EricCarrGH/vscode-fastbasic-debugger/blob/master/readme.md#custom-emulator
Adding Fujinet support to Atari800MacX - Paulo Garcia - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382899-adding-fujinet-support-to-atari800macx/
New Atari 8-bit emulator Fujisan by Paulo Garcia:
source code is here - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan
TCP server for automation - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/blob/main/TCP_SERVER_API.md
YouTube video - https://youtu.be/jFZfG9ah-9A
AIAD (AI-aided Design) for 130XE board remake - Peter Kaczorowski:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGTjjxJcUks
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383379-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-xe-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/
Timberman - a new game:
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383557-timberman-a-new-game/
https://github.com/Pecusx/Young-lumberjack/blob/main/Timberman.xex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86FLcqFdQMA
August issue of the new Compute’s Gazette Magazine - https://www.computesgazette.com
XE Desktop with 3.5 Inch Disk Drive Hat render - Simon Daniel - https://www.facebook.com/groups/181644898539691/user/625793361
Eyeroll of the month - 9 Telengard boxes, sealed:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/406093458386
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-telengard_5309.html
Was the Atari computer 8-bit or 4-bit? - https://cyberpost.co/was-atari-8-bit-or-4-bit/
Building Dandy from source - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/276387-heres-the-source-code-for-dandy/#findComment-5705579
https://intotheverticalblank.com/2025/08/10/atari-8bit-archeology-top-20-shooters-and-shmups-1979-1981/
Total Reprint (Apple II Print Shop update) - https://youtu.be/DAoXIsNP6jg
Upcoming Shows
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
The (Insufferable) Decline of Atari | When the Industry Crashes on Your Watch - History in the Dark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeoAsUjz72s
PS5 Pad in Atari 400 Mini? Checking It Out! [Controller Test] - Grzesiek Opowiada - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrNQESbZmM
Unboxing the Atari ST124 monochrome monitor, pt. 2 - John Zielke (Atari Basics newsletter) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6m-w5LDYedc
New at Archive.org
Allan Bushman is on FIRE:
https://archive.org/details/@allan52
https://archive.org/details/easmd-oss/
https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-july-1986-vol-6-num-6-atari-articles/
And new entrant in the scanning scene Ted Skrecky:
https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky
https://archive.org/details/wire-taps-vol.-4-no.-6-june-1986
https://archive.org/details/xio-3-garden-city-atari-computer-enthusiasts-newsletter-june-july-1989
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ANTIC Episode 120 - AI Non Grata
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Kay discusses a big Atari haul, we get an Atari report from VCF West, we discuss a new Atari 8-bit emulator, and Kay bans AI-generated content from the podcast …
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
Spring/Summer 1992 Toad Computers Catalog - https://archive.org/details/toad-computers-spring-summer-1992-catalog
Sector Copy program - https://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-scopy-810_44379.html
News
Report from Rob McMullen about Ataris at VCF West [4:37] - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5qq0k7y5d25ymq87mlx3s/rob-vcf-west-review-1450-antic-podcast.wav?rlkey=30oilrbgfstazfrk4t6wh7cqm&dl=0
Shadows of Dimensions - New Atari game from SV 2025 SE:
YouTube game video - https://youtu.be/3jn_zhk_vq0
Game download - https://forums.atariage.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=1252592&key=f30bcb01978d9a735303f5b16fde2994
VBXE Demo Show Part II SillyVenture 2025 - 25th anniversary Edition - andymanone
AtariAge thread - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383550-atari-8-bit-xlxe-vbxe-demo-show-part-ii-sillyventure-2025-25th-anniversary-edition/
Demozoo - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit
Pouet - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit
Youtube - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit
FastBASIC Debugger Extension for VSCode - Eric Carr:
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351055-fastbasic-debugger-extension-for-vscode/
https://github.com/EricCarrGH/vscode-fastbasic-debugger/blob/master/readme.md#custom-emulator
Adding Fujinet support to Atari800MacX - Paulo Garcia - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382899-adding-fujinet-support-to-atari800macx/
New Atari 8-bit emulator Fujisan by Paulo Garcia:
source code is here - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan
TCP server for automation - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/blob/main/TCP_SERVER_API.md
YouTube video - https://youtu.be/jFZfG9ah-9A
AIAD (AI-aided Design) for 130XE board remake - Peter Kaczorowski:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGTjjxJcUks
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383379-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-xe-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/
Timberman - a new game:
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383557-timberman-a-new-game/
https://github.com/Pecusx/Young-lumberjack/blob/main/Timberman.xex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86FLcqFdQMA
August issue of the new Compute’s Gazette Magazine - https://www.computesgazette.com
XE Desktop with 3.5 Inch Disk Drive Hat render - Simon Daniel - https://www.facebook.com/groups/181644898539691/user/625793361
Eyeroll of the month - 9 Telengard boxes, sealed:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/406093458386
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-telengard_5309.html
Was the Atari computer 8-bit or 4-bit? - https://cyberpost.co/was-atari-8-bit-or-4-bit/
Building Dandy from source - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/276387-heres-the-source-code-for-dandy/#findComment-5705579
https://intotheverticalblank.com/2025/08/10/atari-8bit-archeology-top-20-shooters-and-shmups-1979-1981/
Total Reprint (Apple II Print Shop update) - https://youtu.be/DAoXIsNP6jg
Upcoming Shows
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
The (Insufferable) Decline of Atari | When the Industry Crashes on Your Watch - History in the Dark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeoAsUjz72s
PS5 Pad in Atari 400 Mini? Checking It Out! [Controller Test] - Grzesiek Opowiada - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrNQESbZmM
Unboxing the Atari ST124 monochrome monitor, pt. 2 - John Zielke (Atari Basics newsletter) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6m-w5LDYedc
New at Archive.org
Allan Bushman is on FIRE:
https://archive.org/details/@allan52
https://archive.org/details/easmd-oss/
https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-july-1986-vol-6-num-6-atari-articles/
And new entrant in the scanning scene Ted Skrecky:
https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky
https://archive.org/details/wire-taps-vol.-4-no.-6-june-1986
https://archive.org/details/xio-3-garden-city-atari-computer-enthusiasts-newsletter-june-july-1989
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