ANTIC Episode 64 - Living in the Future

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: We talk about our Atari-related resolutions for the new year, how 2020 sounds like we’re living in the future, and bring you news and feedback from across the Atari 8-bit landscape.

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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

• Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution by Jamie Lendino -  https://amzn.to/2v5823V 
• Kevin’s annual computer history work post mortem article - https://www.patreon.com/posts/2019-post-mortem-33065636 
• Punctuation Put-On -  https://archive.org/details/PunctuationPutOn4amCrack https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1217869228939862023 
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo panel “Atari 800 series computers: 40 years” that Kevin did with Joe Decuir and David Crane, is now on youtube - https://youtube.com/watch?v=lIaxXumt1zY 
• Kevin’s Poker Machine and Blackjack games for 10-line BASIC contest - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1210786683135725571 
• Dneiper River Line & Tanktics - http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-dnieper-river-line_1651.html 
• Atari Visual History book - https://www.greyfoxbooks.com/ 
• SDrive Max 1050 Case - Steve Boswell (A8bit) - https://atari8bit.net/sdrive-max-cases/ 
• SDrive Max 810 (labeled) - Vintage Computer Center - Gavin Haubelt - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/atari-810-sdrive-max 
• Incognito for Atari 800 - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=275 

Interviews

• Interview index:  here 

Atari News 

• High Score Club Season 17 - https://atariage.com/forums/messenger/447762/?tab=comments#comment-1667618 
• Rescue Expedition - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-rescue-expedition-para-computadoras.html#more 
• Allan Bushman antic disks 1-9 https://archive.org/details/@allan52?and[]=creator%3A%22antic+magazine%22 
• Atari article in Fast Company by Benj Edwards - https://www.fastcompany.com/90432140/how-atari-took-on-apple-in-the-1980s-home-pc-wars 
• Fandal’s monthly update http://a8.fandal.cz/ and Monty On The Run - http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7774 
• Runner Bear, first game of 2020 for Atari - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2020/01/runner-bear-primer-juego-del-2020-para.html 
• Atari Retro-pen: mass storage device for Atari 8-bits - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2019/12/atari-retro-pen-dispositivo-de.html 
• Great website to download game XEXs is Homesoft 
• SIO2Midi 3D-printed Case - https://ataribits.weebly.com/midi-3d-printed-cases.html 
• Thanks to Mr Robot (Steve Boswell) of AtariAge there is now a 3D printed enclosure design available to protect your SIO2MIDI board (https://ataribits.weebly.com/midi.html) 
• Atari800 emulator new version 4.2.0 - https://github.com/atari800/atari800/releases/tag/ATARI800_4_2_0 

Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers

• March 21 & 22, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest, Living Computers:Museum+Labs in Seattle,Washington - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest  
• March 21, Indy Vintage Computer Club Expo 2020, Camby, IN - https://www.facebook.com/events/188334755647918/ 
• April 24-26, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east 
• Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8 
• Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ 
• New event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/ 

YouTube Videos

• Debugging With the Altirra Atari 8-bit Emulator by Jonathan Halliday (flashjazzcat) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4sS_xv7oBs 
• Sprites using Assembly language on the Atari with Joystick control by 8-bit and more - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYc1cdB-mY 
• Atari 800XL MiSTer Core Available on DE10-Standard and Arrow SoCKit FPGA by ModernHackers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ7lcWp3B0k 
• Atari 8 Bit - Sphere Demo Benchmark in Fast BASIC by Atari 800XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRr94ZxaOLw 
• Lesson S4 - Bitmap Drawing on the Atari 800 / 5200 by ChibiAkumas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogt1WFoHTvk 
• Second Life Syndrome Demo by Lamers group in SillyVenture 2k19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2fzv3-mXKs 
• Far Away By Agensa group Demo at SillyVenture Atari Party Poland - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYDLX1-c8NI 

New at Archive.org

• Issues of Hardcopy newsletter (Lehigh Valley, PA) - https://archive.org/details/@allan52?and%5B%5D=hardcopy 
• McDonnell Douglas Recreational Computer Club's Atari Syncalc Demo - https://archive.org/details/syncalcdemojune1985mcdonnelldouglasrecreationalcomputerclub/ 
• Elfin Magic's Super 3D Plotter II manual - https://archive.org/details/super3dplotter2elfinmagic/ 

Feedback

• Incognito firmware from FJC (Jonathan Halliday) - https://atari8.co.uk/firmware/incognito/ 

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