In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast:  In this five-year anniversary episode of ANTIC, we reminisce back to show #1 all those years ago, our friend Nir Dary tells us all about Atari Invasion, Jeff Fulton of the Into the Vertical Blank Podcast gives us a game review of Star Island, plus all the Atari 8-bit news that we could find.  Happy 5-Year Anniversary to us!

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Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin’s Book “Terrible Nerd”

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue  

Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz

TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com

What We’ve Been Up To

• Dorsett paperwork https://archive.org/details/DorsettLessonQA
• Charlie Kulas sent and were scanned
• • https://archive.org/details/UpNDown_source
  • https://archive.org/details/BuckRogers_source
• How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation by Steve S. Thomas - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/984539495268696065  
• How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation by Jamie Lendino -  https://amzn.to/2MdWLCC
• Someone Stole My Entire Book (and My Job) and Is Selling It On Amazon - https://www.extremetech.com/internet/267446-someone-stole-my-entire-book-and-my-job-and-is-selling-it-on-amazon
• Update On My Stolen Book (and Job) on Amazon - https://www.extremetech.com/internet/268109-an-update-on-my-stolen-book-and-job-on-amazon
• Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming by Jamie Lendino - https://amzn.to/2xZlYO1
• E.R.I.C. laserdisc project - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/265316-eric-cart-electronic-retail-information-center/page-2#entry4036420
• Sofia Video Upgrade - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258702-new-development-gtia-in-cpld/

Interview Discussion

• Interview index:  here
• Alan Alda on Id10T podcast: https://www.acast.com/thenerdist/alan-alda
• Video: Eric and Robert Anschuetz Talk About Programming Atari 8Bit Computer Games in the 1980s
• updated PDF document that describes games - https://archive.org/details/AnschuetzWesigerberAnschuetzDevelopmentNotes
• Original interview: ANTIC Interview 297 - Robert Anschuetz, Eric Anschuetz, John Weisgberber, Antic magazine games

News

• Ted Dabney died - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/obituaries/ted-dabney-dead-atari-pong.html
• 2010 Retrogaming Roundup interview with Ted - http://www.retrogamingroundup.com/shownotes/2010/roundup024_2010.10.php
• Time Pilot released - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/278834-time-pilot-final-release/
• Time Pilot Website - http://timepilot.atari.pl/
• SAM (Software Automatic Mouth) -  https://github.com/s-macke/SAM
• VCF East article at Hackaday -  https://hackaday.com/2018/05/30/vcf-east-the-mail-order-app-store/
• VCF East article at Ars Technica - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/09/a-trip-down-memory-lane-and-beyond-at-vintage-computer-fest/
• ALibPC - https://www.facebook.com/ALibPc.Atari/
• Rob at Player/Missile found a reverse engineering of the Atari 8-bit M.U.L.E from 2009 - http://bringerp.free.fr/RE/Mule/mule_document.html
• Atariteca on hiatus? - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/
• Retro Roundup - https://retroroundup.com
• Into the Vertical Blank — new general Atari podcast - Jeff Fulton
• • http://www.8bitrocket.com/category/podcasts/into-the-vertical-blank/
  • https://twitter.com/Atari_VB_Pod
• Jonathan Halliday’s website - https://atari8.co.uk
• MacRorie’s website The Brewing Academy - http://www.thebrewingacademy.com
• Restoring an Atari 800 XL that’s Beyond Restoring | Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2018/06/09/restoring-an-atari-800-xl-thats-beyond-restoring/
• AtariInside seems to be trying to catalog Atari 8-bit software - https://atarinside.dyndns.org/blog/
• Atari Software Pack - Dean Garraghty (Scotland) - DGS Software - DGS-Atari on AtariAge - http://www.dgs.clara.net/
• Pete Meyer’s Delta Space Arena -  http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/3782-delta-space-arena-deluxe-edition/
• Atari Force comics reprint - https://amzn.to/2xDaL5y
• Jurgen van Radecke (tf_hh on AtariAge) makes all sorts of Atari 8-bit upgrades - http://www.van-radecke.de/STUFF/tfhh_HW_info.pdf
• Wap-Niak is a Polish event dedicated to Atari 8-bit computers. All the releases from this year's edition are now on Demozoo - https://demozoo.org/parties/3569/
• Silly Venture 2017 8-bit Results Pack - JAC! - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/279559-sillypack-2k17-released/
• Season 7 Episode 9 of the Comic Book Men (Atari Dump Dig) - https://www.amc.com/shows/comic-book-men/season-7/episode-09-power-man-vs-counter-man
• BASIC Ten-Liners - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/274782-basic-ten-liners-are-back-for-2018/page-4
• IEC cables - http://iec.net/?s=atari&post_type=product
• Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
• • Southern Fried June 8-10 http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com
  • KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ , July 17-22, 2018, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Atari Fujiama 2018 - from Thursday, July 26 to Sunday, July 29 in Lengenfeld (Vogtland) Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2018/
  • VCF West - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ , August 4-5, 2018 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA
  • VCF Midwest - http://www.vcfmw.org/ - September 15-16, 2018, Elk Grove Village, IL
  • Portland Retro Gaming Expo - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ - Oregon Convention Center on October 19-21, 2018
  • International Atari Shows (Nir Dary) - https://calendar.google.com/calendar/[email protected]&pli=1

YouTube videos this month

• YouTube videos this month - using the search term “Atari 800”
• • Nir Dary (The Modern Atari 8-bit Computer)
  • • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rrc2zptsbU - A simple way to connect the Atari computer to HDMI TV using mini Av to Hdmi adapter
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxmhfTRr-PM - Playing Time Pilot on the Atari 8-bit computer
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A40-57v-tu8&t=45s - Time Pilot cartridge in Rapidus Mode
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19VG1BJ3zG4 - Atari Party in Warsaw, Poland
  • Others
  • • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlQESoROic - Sio2Arduino project with Atari 800 XL via Arduino Uno - Murat Özdemir
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9HkRe7tgis - The Pulse Rifle Plays - Gyruss (Atari 800) (World Record run 2018-05-20) - New world record: 308800 - Redfeyer
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2nj73mNgAE - qbertaddict1 - How to setup Atari 5200 using lr-atari800 and RetroPie - This tutorial works on the pi 3, pi 3b+, and the odroid but it should work on any system that has RetroPie Installed.
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyXBSMzZ3E4 - Atari Bluetooth - connecting a Wiimote to an Atari 800XL via Bluetooth

New at Archive.Org

• Academy On Computers Hands On Atari 400/800 Beginner's Manual
• Atari CP/M Machine Preliminary Requirements Specification and Feasibility Study
• https://archive.org/details/AtariCPMMachineStudy
• Atari DOS 3 Disk Cleanup Utility FRS
• Atari Speech Handler External Reference Specification
• Draper Pascal Manual
• Kyan Pascal v1 Manual
• Kyan Pascal v2 Manual
• Presenting The Atari 1200XL
• Hollywood Squares - Atari PILOT Demo Program
• https://archive.org/details/AtariPOWERGermanAtariClubDuesseldorf
• Ultra Steve Green:
• • Atari Soccer 6 1983 Flyer
  • Atari Soccer 6 1983 Programme
• Allan:
• • APX Stereo 3-D Graphics Package manual
  • APX Keypad Controller Rev. 2 manual
  • MMG BASIC Commander manual
• Bill Lange:
• • Print Shop Atari 1020 Printer Driver
  • The Newsroom In Detail - The Complete Guide To Creating A Newspaper

Nir’s Segment - Atari Invasion Party Netherlands 2018

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

Jeff Fulton’s Segment - Star Island Game Review

• http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-star-island_4984.html

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