ANTIC Episode 67 - Still Socially Distant

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast...Randy forgets to call the artist, formerly known as Kevin, as Kay about 100 times, we continue discussion on AtariFests and World of Atari, we help you with your free time by telling you about papercraft computers and RetroPie, and help you navigate what’s happening with vintage computer shows; plus a whole lot more Atari news!

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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 

Interview index: here 

ANTIC Facebook Page 

AHCS 

Eaten By a Grue  

What We’ve Been Up To

• Carol Shaw’s Colleen Calculator - View the pages or download the images - https://archive.org/details/ColleenCalculator9K/mode/2up 

• Carol also sent the printout of Rev. A of Atari VCS Checkers - https://archive.org/details/VCScheckersA/mode/2up 
• A community member has digitized the listing - https://github.com/white-flame/vcs-checkers 

• Kay’s 10-line contest entries 2014-2020 on GitHub - https://github.com/savetz?tab=repositories 

• Bankster 
• • http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-bankster_35883.html
  • https://atariage.com/forums/topic/236768-the-atari-interview-discussion-thread/?do=findComment&comment=4506193 
  • Video of Bankster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0cAf8ydvQc 

• Kay’s 10-line videos
  • 256 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Qh-JVKaBM 
  • 120 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2CmDYKIU6s 
  • 80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awNkk8yNkDU
• 2020 Atari 10-liners on one disk, by vitoco - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/301250-2020-basic-10liner-contest/?do=findComment&comment=4502763 
• AtariFest/World of Atari thread on AtariAge - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/304554-atarifest-and-world-of-atari 
• ABBUC (Atari Bit Byter User Club) - http://www.abbuc.de/ 

Recent Interviews

• http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-378-gabriel-baum-atari-conversational-french-and-spanish 
• http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-380-atari-speed-reading-karlyn-kamm-and-brad-oltrogge 

News 

•  Jason Moore - Atari Projects on HackaDay
  • https://hackaday.com/2020/04/29/classic-8-bit-computing-the-atari-way/
  • http://atariprojects.org/ 
• PaperCraft models - http://rockybergen.com/ Atari 800, and NeXT Cube are on the short short list 
• MidiMax at Best Electronics - http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/laser_printers.htm#MidiMax 
• RetroPie 4.6 released with Raspberry Pi 4 support - https://retropie.org.uk/2020/04/retropie-4-6-released-with-raspberry-pi-4-support/ 
• RetroMagazine - https://www.retromagazine.net/ 

 

• Jonathan Halliday has updated his Incognito, Ultimate 1MB, etc. to 3.1 - https://atari8.co.uk/ 

 

Shows

• Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
• • July 10 - 12, VCF Southeast, in conjunction with Southern Fried Gaming Expo in Atlanta, GA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/ 
  • July 24-25, KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ (virtual) cost $20, opened registration on April 30th
  • August 1-2, VCF West, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ 
  • Fri, Aug 14, 2020 – Sun, Aug 16, 2020, Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Portland OR - https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ CANCELLED
  • Aug. 20 - Aug. 23, 2020, Fujiama, Lengenfeld, Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2020/ 
  • September 12-13, VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ 
  • October 10 - 12, VCF 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/ 
• Event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/ 

YouTube videos this month

• 20MHz Atari 800XL: Rapidus, U1MB, and Sophia DVI: Part Two - Flashjazzcat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnfjxNqoZ7Y 
• 800XL with Rapidus and Ultimate 1MB: What Have We Learned? - Flashjazzcat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2go2VU7xyYU 
• How to flash Ultimate 1MB and SIDE/SIDE2 with new firmware - flashjazzcat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SLyjhLba6c 
• New Games for your Atari 8 bit Part 12 - The New Retro Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIrZHksTKIM - Time Pilot (2018) and Runner Bear (2020)
• SpartaDos X Cartridge - 8-bit and more - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkvIyj6-lMQ 
• • Bits of the past - Super Sparta DOS PCB - https://www.bitsofthepast.com 
  • iCore64 - Atari ICD R-Time 8 Cartridge Case, XL/XE cart extender - https://corei64.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=62_87&product_id=67

New at Github

• https://github.com/A-Fitz/Atari-8bit-Pac-Man-Port 
• https://github.com/jtsom/AnalogSourceCode 

New at Archive.org

• Current Notes Volume 10 Number 9 - https://archive.org/details/current-notes-volume-10-number-9-november-1990/mode/2up 
• Many issues of Atari Interface magazine: https://archive.org/details/@scottithgames 
• Steve Boswell many issues of Atari User: https://archive.org/details/@choccyhobnob 

Feedback

• Rare Atari software found: Atamon DXG 5724 V1.3 is an Atari Germany title - https://www.atarinside.com/blog/index.php/atamon-dxg-5724/ 
• https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ATA%20MON%20DXG%205724 
• German version of Sky Writer was the last puzzle of the series: Spielend lernen mit Atari-Programmen- https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Articles#section-Articles-GermanyAtariDeutschlandGmbH 
• From CSS, we have the BUG/65 manual Rev. 1.0 missing page - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Bug65 
• Tanktics bits and piece to play this hybrid game. These are available at https://www.mobygames.com/game/tanktics_/cover-art/gameCoverId,349600/. 
• The parts for Dnieper River Line  are there as well - https://www.mobygames.com/game/dnieper-river-line/cover-art/gameCoverId,348252/ 

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