ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

ANTIC Episode 23 - Dorsett, Veronica, BASIC XL


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On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast:

  • We discuss new atari archive sites.

  • Randy tells us all about BASIC XL

  • Kevin delves into the sordid history of DorsETT Educational Systems

  • Bill Kendrick fills us in on  a panoply of stuff, including a brain transplant for your 8-bit.

     

    Recurring Links

    Floppy Days Podcast

    AtariArchives.org

    AtariMagazines.com

    Kevins Book “Terrible Nerd”

    New Atari books scans at archive.org

    ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

     

    What we’ve been up to

    Jewel-encrusted Atari XL

    Alan Watson’s Gold Mine game at AtariMania

    New Computing Pioneers Interview Transcript Site

    Bob Kahn digitized material at Archive.org

    Atari PILOT II

    "Inside Atari DOS" by Bill Wilkinson and Compute! Books

    "Atari Player/Missile Graphics in BASIC" by Philip C. Seyer

    “The VisiCalc Book, Atari Edition” by Donald H. Beil

    Podcast Episode of Inverse Atascii about VisiCalc for the Atari

    Floppy Days episode on the Atari 400/800, part 3 of 3

    SIO2SD

     

    Interview Discussion

    Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

     

    News

    How To Turn Your Whole Car Into A Video Game Simulator by Jason Torchinsky

    Pix from Atari Party 2015

    Classic Gamefest July 25, 26 Austin, TX

    VCF Midwest 10 August 29-30, 2015, Elk Grove Village, IL

    Portland Retro Gaming expo October 17-18 in Portland OR

    Maury Markowitz Wikipedia article on the Atari Sierra

    New issue of Pro(c) magazine - issue #6

    Ft. Apocalypse on GitHub

    Ft. Apocalypse Twitter

    Steve Hales Twitter

    AtariAge Thread on Modified Version of Silent Service

    Download: SILENT SERVICE mod

    Delta Space Arena on cartridge

    More on Delta Space Arena

    Project to Port Prince of Persia to Atari

    Atari 8-bit software preservation project

    Atari XL Basic Listings  - in german - collection of type-in listings from magazines and books

    New podcast on the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer - The CoCo Crew Podcast

     

    New at Archive.org

    Newsletters

    Compuserve Computer Room Operations Training Manual

    a javascript based Apple //GS emulator

    Stuff Kevin has uploaded from Bob Kahn and other sources

     

    Feature [K] Dorsett Educational Systems and Lloyd Dorsett

    Dorsett’s letter in Antic

    Dorsett’s letter in A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing

    Thomas Cherryhomes’ demonstration of his edutape creation tool

     

    Bill’s Modern Segment

    "Project Veronica" thread at AtariAge Forums

    Post at "Vintage is the New Old" (based on a post at the Spanish "Atariteca" blog), including a side-by-side demo of "rotator"

    Altirra website

    Lotharek's Lair: SIO2PC

    Atari Party 2015

    "World 1-1" documentary film

    Sal "kjmann" Esquivel (ANTIC interview ep. 17)

    Mike Albaugh (ANTIC ep. 6)

    Dan Trak-ball man Kramer (5200 Super Podcast ep. 3)

    Jerry Jessop (ANTIC interview ep. 30)

    "Transform the Gotek Floppy Emulator into an Amiga Floppy emulator"

    "ACA 500 Accelerator" for Amiga 500 (Sal Esquivel)

    "Tank" in Action!

    atr2unix by Preston Crow

    Internet Archive's Software Library: Atari Computer

    atr_txt_dump extractor for Kevin Savetz / Internet Archive

    Rob McMullen's "ATRCopy" on github

    "Space Wall" Work-in-Progress video

    The Atari 5200 Super Podcast ep. 1: "The Pac(k) Ins!"

    Atari 2600 Game by Game podcast, ep. 100: "AX-018 Pitfall!"

     

    Hardware of the Month - IDE Plus 2, Rev.D HDD Interface for Atari XL/XE computers

    eBay listing

    Description at Atari8

    ideplus manual

     

    Software/Website of the Month - SpartaDOS X

    SpartaDOS X Upgrade Project

    AtariAge thread

     

    Programming Languages - BASIC A+, BASIC XL & BASIC XE

    Wikipedia

    BASIC A+ at AtariMania

    BASIC XL at AtariMania

    BASIC XL Toolkit at AtariMania

    BASIC XE at AtariMania

    BASIC XE Extension Disk at AtariMania

    BASIC XE Article ANTIC VOL. 4, NO. 9 / JANUARY 1986

     

    Feedback

    Ed Rotberg, wrote a magazine article

    YouTube video showing a demo program that Rotberg created

     

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