Rik Dickinson, Encore Video Productions  Rik Dickinson is founder of Encore Video Productions, a company that rented Atari 8-bit computers to hotels for use as character generators. The computers would show information about the hotel on channel 2 of guests' televisions. This was part of a service that Encore offered to provide in-room movies that ran off videotapes. The tape machines ran on a timer, and when the movie ended, the video feed switched back to the text information displayed by the Atari.  This interview took place on April 20, 2020.   Forum about Encore Video Productions Display System  Encore Video Productions

ANTIC Interview 382 - Rik Dickinson, Encore Video Productions

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ANTIC Episode 107 - 4 Times! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…we realize there are 4 times as many interview episodes as regular episodes and what that might say, Kay visits the Strong Museum, Randy attends the Indy Classic Expo, and Brad drools over a keyboard for the 400 Mini… 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  Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to   Strong Museum - https://www.museumofplay.org/      Atari BASIC Tutorial book - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-atari-basic-tutorial    Indy Classic Expo, April 16 & 17 - http://indyclassic.org    80-column card for 1090XL - Brian Reifsnyder -  https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/80-column-rpp-board-for-the-atari-1090xl1091xl/    Disk archiving setup, using FujiNet - new project by Randy at Jason Moore’s Atari Projects -  https://atariprojects.org/2024/04/06/archive-atari-8-bit-computer-disks-from-a-real-floppy-to-a-virtual-disk-using-fujinet-15-30-minutes/    News   Andy Diller’s tnfs server for FujiNet - tnfs.Atari8bit.net or FujiNet.Atari8bit.net    Other FujiNet goodness from Andy - https://atari8bit.net/projects/software/fujinet-server-status/    Tim Lapetino Interview -  https://www.creativebloq.com/features/atari-creative-director-tim-lapetino-interview    BASIC 10-Liner Contest winners announced! - https://www.homeputerium.de/    Vitoco has bundled Atari 8 Bit computer games competing in the BASIC 10 Liners Contest 2024 into a single disk - https://www.vitoco.cl/atari/10liner/NOMAM2024.atr    New Game! Missile Command Arcade (VBXE) -  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/365388-new-game-missile-command-arcade-vbxe/    VCF East update by Thom Cherryhomes -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/atari8bitcomputers/permalink/7361112970592812/    FujiNet RAPID #6 from Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/rapid/    Atari XF 351 floppy drive clone - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/64292    Atari 8-bit machines comparison table - MrFish -  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/289798-atari-8-bit-machines-comparison-table/?do=findComment&comment;=5453949    keyboard for the 400Mini - ScreamingAtTheRadio -  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363964-i-made-a-keyboard-for-my-400mini/    RastaConverter - Jakub "Ilmenit" Dębski:     https://forums.atariage.com/topic/200118-images-generated-by-rastaconverter/     https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/04/rastaconverter-beta-9-renuevan-el.html     PAS 6502 - added Atari 8-bit support -  https://syntaxerrorsoftware.itch.io/pas6502/devlog/717309/new-machine-support-and-some-fixes    Upcoming Shows   VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/    Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info    Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21,  2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/    KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 16-21 (in-person), July 27-28 (virtual) - University of Illinois in Springfield, IL - https://www.kansasfest.org/    Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/     Vintage Computer Festival West - August 2-3 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/    Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-18 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se     VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/     Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/    Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we     YouTube Videos   Let's install a monitor jack and upgrade the RAM on a US Atari 600XL - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyWtzC96kZo    Simius Sophia 2 : Atari 800XL Install - Vintage Gaming Memories:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOD4ifpz0S8     https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/sophia-2-dvi-output-gtia-replacement     ATARI XL / XE += GUNNER =+ BASIC 10LINER CONTEST 2024 - Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR2RkDt__3s    Atari XL/XE -=Tetris=- BASIC 10 Liner Contest 2024 - Saberman RetroNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjh_k55Hjeo    Every Atari 8-Bit Game in the BASIC 10 Liner Contest 2024 - ZeroPage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaBBVvFsBX8    New at Archive.org     https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-november-1986-vol-6-num-11-atari-articles     https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-september-1986-vol-6-num-9-atari-articles   https://archive.org/details/solo-flight-microprose  

ANTIC Episode 107 - 4 Times!

ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, do you ever sleep!? In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we cover all the recent contests involving new Atari software development, bring you all the other Atari news we could find, and marvel at the stamina of Thom Cherryhomes… 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  Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to   Atari’s 1986 prospectus and form S-1 - https://archive.org/details/atari-corp    Titan game -  https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-titan_6337.html     https://archive.org/details/tbace-thunder-bay-atari-computer-enthusiasts/TBACE-1985-01%20Minutes/    2.4A power supply for XL/XE from 8bitclassics.com -  https://www.8bitclassics.com/product/atari-xl-xe-2-4a-amp-power-adapter/ (affiliate link)    80-column card for 1090XL - Brian Reifsnyder -  https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/80-column-rpp-board-for-the-atari-1090xl1091xl/    News   Custom floppy disk envelopes - https://ataricovers.com/    Atari 400 mini started shipping! (3/28) - https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1    BASIC 10-Liner Contest - https://www.homeputerium.de/    Vitoco has bundled Atari 8 Bit computer games competing in the BASIC 10 Liners Contest 2024 into a single disk - https://www.vitoco.cl/atari/10liner/NOMAM2024.atr     https://hackaday.com/2024/03/21/video-poker-takes-your-money-in-10-lines-of-basic/    6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards -  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/356719-6th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-voting-information-discussion/    Atari in a suitcase -  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2142412709436907&set;=gm.7187337001303744&idorvanity;=181644898539691    Anode chat - you can use Anode chat and talk on the Fujinet discord to the anode channel - TNFS://fujinet.pl/anode/anode.xex  and search in it for "chat" - you'll need to register with the anode server first   Including ACTION! code from GitHub - Thom Cherryhomes:     https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363311-including-action-code-from-github-yes/    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W49Uxf-UDk     FujiNet Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/fujinet/    ABBUC Software Competition 2024 opened:     https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363297-abbuc-software-competition-2024-opened/   You can find all the rules here - https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/software-competition/     ABBUC hardware contest 2024 starts now:     https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363122-abbuc-hardware-contest-2024-starts-now/    You can find the rules here - Rules AHC 2024    YAIL (Yet Another Image Loader) - YouTube video by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o54Ds-DwGJI&t;=6s    https://www.southernamis.com/baudday    Best Old School Tech Super Bowl Commercials, Ranked (Gizmodo) -  https://gizmodo.com/best-vintage-tech-super-bowl-commercials-ranked-1851235860    Atari computer commercial (Atari: Get Started, 1984, with Alan Alda) #7 on the list -  https://gizmodo.com/best-vintage-tech-super-bowl-commercials-ranked-1851235860/slides/5    Upcoming Shows   Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/    VCF East - April 12-14, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org    Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/    VCF Europa - April 27-28, 2024 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/    VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/    Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info    Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21,  2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/    KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 16-21 - University of Illinois in Springfield, IL - https://www.kansasfest.org/    Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/     Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-18 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se     VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/     Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/    Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we     YouTube Videos   The end of the road for the Atari 800XL - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNmzdcSbn2U    Saving Archer Maclean's Atari 8-bit Arcade Experiments - Games That Weren’t - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmry_CG_l8I    FujiNet: Demoing the atari 8-bit Compuserve VIDTEX Terminal Emulator - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpeaYuWS94o    More about Videotex here -  https://tandyvideotex.com    A version of the demo server is here on GitHub -  https://github.com/tlindner/VideoTexD…    A bootable copy of the Atari Compuserve VIDTEX 4.0 terminal is here via TNFS and HTTPS -  https://apps.irata.online/Atari_8-bit…    Writing the FujiNet User's Guide for ATARI 8-bit Users - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqeQP_jVGQ    A look at my new Encrypt Decrypt Basic Program for The Hardball Game on Atari 8 Bit - Red Rock Video Productions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOsE4LjJbEU    New at Archive.org    https://archive.org/details/@atariware_doc    https://archive.org/details/multieditor-manual-de-uso    https://archive.org/details/multificha-manual-de-uso     https://archive.org/details/atari-410-schematic-a-skematiks/Atari_410_Schematic_A_Skematiks/    Allan:     https://archive.org/details/visi-calc-programming-no-experience-necessary-daniel-shaffer    https://archive.org/details/french-i-ibm-pc-acorn/French_I_Atari_Acorn/    https://archive.org/details/how-to-operate-the-atari-600-xl-800-xl-learning-express    https://archive.org/details/personal-finance-version-one-computari    https://archive.org/details/german-i-ibm-acorn/German_I_Atari_Acorn/   https://archive.org/details/c.-r.-i.-s.-adventure-international   Portland Atari Club newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@allan52?query=portland+atari+club     Lending:    https://archive.org/details/spellbound0000stin    https://archive.org/details/advancedprogramm0000schr    https://archive.org/details/31newataricomput0000nort    https://archive.org/details/letslearnbasicki0000shne_k4c8    https://archive.org/details/isbn_0942386086     Github   https://github.com/drunkeneye/MAFIA.A8    https://github.com/gladir/ATARITOOLS (French)    https://github.com/tebe6502/Mad-Pascal    Feedback   Peter Dell -  installer which makes the installation of his WUDSN IDE for the Atari 8-bits (https://github.com/wudsn/wudsn-ide-install) just two clicks on Windows, macOS and Linux.   Peter Dell interview on ANTIC (2015) -  https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-27-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-peter-dell-wudsn    Chris Lorenzo - Mozzwald's Atari USB-C Power Adapter - Video - https://youtu.be/wLnZ4dyMJ-s?si=tY1CH_q8HJukVJQC    https://www.youtube.com/@VintageGamingMemories    Mozzwald’s USB-C Adapter - https://mozzwald.com/product-category/atari/     

ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, Do you ever sleep?

ANTIC Episode 105 - Secret Club Meeting with Andy Diller In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we pull together our secret club of Atari hackers, including special guest Andy Diller, and talk FujiNet, archiving disks, VCF SoCal, VCF East, listener feedback and more in an extra-long episode. 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  Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to   FujiNet Updates    FujiNet has a cheatsheet- on the wiki - a wealth of info    Wiki: https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-firmware/wiki    FujiNet GPT: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-QRB9PLLB4-fujinet     Virtual FujiNet in a File - virtual machine created for virtual box or vmware    https://fujinet-vm.readthedocs.io/     FujiNet board for 1090XL     https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350518-fujinet-on-the-1090xl-expansion-system/?do=findComment&comment;=5368425     Atari Classroom at VCF East 2024 in April     https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-computer-classroom/    SWAG: FujiNet, Signed BREAKOUT, VCF bag, Classroom T Shirt     https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/celebrating-the-atari-800-and-its-games     Classes: FujiNet, ACTION!, BASIC, Assembly - info on http://www.vcfed.org     NOS updates- help and binary saves, read from SD card, XEP80 support    https://github.com/michaelsternberg/fujinet-nhandler/releases     FujiNet on 2600 - JeffP is actively working on this    Al_Nafuur on discord playing with a 2600 version of 5 Card Stud? -  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359421-fujinet-for-atari-2600/?do=fi     1090XL expansion unit and 320K RAM board - reifsnyderb     Discussion -  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/333084-swutils-simcheck-simtest-osdump/    Purchase -  https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/1090xl-modernized-reproduction-main-board/     Jersey Atari Computer Group newsletter and PD library archiving:    JACG newsletter and PD disks discussion -  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/313036-jersey-atari-computer-group-jacg-disk-archive/    Some archived PD disks - https://archive.org/details/jacg-disks1     VCF SoCal - http://www.vcfsocal.com     Jason Moore - https://atariprojects.org/    Rob Sherman - AtariBBS - ​​https://www.southernamis.com/    The VintNerd - https://thevintnerd.com/index.html    Thom Cherryhomes - FujiNet - https://fujinet.online/    Steve & Jeff Fulton - https://intotheverticalblank.com/      Atari Demo Compilation tape     ANTIC Interview 413 - Valerie (Atkinson) Manfull, Atari Game Research Group (2021 interview)    Computer History Museum    Lee Pappas Interview -  ANTIC Interview 19 - The Atari 8-bit Podcast - Lee Pappas, ANALOG (2015)    News   Atari 400 Mini!!! - https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1    Other “Company that calls itself Atari” shenanigans —     https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tourism/plans-for-atari-themed-hotel-in-las-vegas-not-dead-yet-2983080     https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atari-spins-limited-series-documentary-191500837.html     https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/01/atari-goes-celestial-in-new-lunar-lander-beyond-narrative-trailer     https://boingboing.net/2024/01/19/atari-files-for-trademark-on-rogue-a-44-year-old-game-it-did-not-make-and-does-not-appear-to-own.html     https://www.anbmedia.com/news/2024/02/atari-sets-celebrity-game-show-in-motion/    https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/atari-celebrity-game-show/     AtariAge High Score Club - therealbountybob -  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/360206-hsc21-round-1-super-pacman-new-season-jan-2024-join-in/    CHIP-8 interpreter updates:     https://forums.atariage.com/topic/82003-chip8-emulator-version-10/page/3/#comment-5398586    https://github.com/pkali/Chip-8/releases/tag/v2.2     BASIC 10-Liner Contest on! - https://www.homeputerium.de/    Nancy Taitt has died:    https://www.adamsfuneralchapel.com/obituary/Nancy-Taitt     Henry and Nancy Taitt, Creative Learning Association (2020 interview)     Making new 1020 plotter pens - FieroDoug5 and RetroHax:      https://retrohax.net/atari-1020-plotter-plotting-pens-replacement/    Discussion on AtariAge -  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361837-atari-1020-plotter-diy-replacement-pensretrohaxnet/     6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards:      https://forums.atariage.com/topic/356719-6th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-voting-information-discussion/    Awards Show - ZeroPage Homebrew Twitch Stream     Thorn EMI's Wargames "inspired" Computer War is now HighScoreEnabled - Full list at  http://apps.irata.online/Atari_8-bit/Games/High%20Score%20Enabled/    Linejewels 0.5 (public beta) - cross platform basic game (c64,atarixl,ms-dos(gw), amstrad, micro bbc) - la1n - https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=83997    KARAI -  https://github.com/dcerisano/karai    Atari 8 Bit USB-C Power Adapter - Mozzwald - https://mozzwald.com/product/atari-8-bit-usb-c-power-adapter/    next Texas Atari 8-bit Computer Owners (T.A.C.O.) meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 9th at the National Videogame Museum -  https://www.facebook.com/events/7127872797260111/permalink/7127872823926775/    RM 800XL - https://x.com/rm_800xl/status/1757070239672488338    Upcoming Shows   Interim Computer Festival SPRING - March 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/    Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/    VCF East - April 12-14, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org    Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/    VCF Europa - April 27-28, 2024 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/    VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/    Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info    Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21,  2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/    Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/     Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-28 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se     VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - NEW VENUE TBD - http://vcfmw.org/    Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/    Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we     Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html    Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/    YouTube Videos   25 FPS and 3D Action Games to Rock Your Atari400 Mini and Atari8bit - Into the Vertical Blank (the Fulton brothers) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkYhQLx1tqE    All *25* Atari 400 Mini Games!!! Hidden Gems and Classics!!! - Greg’s Game Room - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9vlGMKNvLc    Let's install $800 of upgrades into an Atari 800XL - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_XhKtQoLUE    Upgraded Atari 800XL comes back butchered - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BBkx4Rw6Mk    Yorky Memory Expansion - Atari 800XL - RetroAndGaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLsNzeZyaKw    New at Archive.org    Allen:     https://archive.org/details/creation-story-from-genesis-ziza-presents-inc    https://archive.org/details/christian-signs-and-symbols-ziza-presents-inc   https://archive.org/details/microrec-compumax    https://archive.org/details/lawrence-atari-computer-club-newsletter-june-1986    https://archive.org/details/milwaukee-area-atari-users-group-newsletter-june-1986/    https://archive.org/details/modesto-atari-computer-club-newsletter-june-1986    https://archive.org/details/soundn_202402   https://archive.org/details/1987-07-08-mil-atari-newsletter   https://archive.org/details/1984-05-mil-atari-newsletter    https://archive.org/details/atari-news-primavera-1983/page/n3/mode/2up   Neponset NiteLite Atari BBS Listing 1985 https://archive.org/details/scn-0001_202401    Feedback   Chris LaBuda - http://vintagegamingmemories.com/    "That Atari Show 63: "Frantic For ANTIC!" ( w/ Special Guest, Bally Alley), Newsline & Kay Savetz" today - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxpyfkx9_RU    Atari Wiki - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/    Adam-Tree genealogy program     

ANTIC Episode 105 - Secret Club Meeting with Andy Diller

ANTIC Episode 104 - You’re Gonna Label Me a Failure In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Kay plays with Pokey the AI chatbot some more, Kay’s cat tries to smack Randy in the head, we discuss what happens if we don’t meet our interview goals (hint: Randy will be labeled a failure), and we bring you all the Atari 8-bit news from the last month of 2023 READY! 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ANTIC Episode 104 - You’re Gonna Label Me a Failure

Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile   Rodrigo Castro was one of the organizers of an Atari Expo that took place July 22, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. He told me it was probably the largest Atari show in that country to date, with an estimated 300 attendees. Panelists included Robert Jaeger, creator of Montezuma's Revenge, who attended via videoconference.   Rod and I talked about that event, as well as Atari's popularity in Chile, in this interview that took place on December 15, 2023.   Video from Expo Atari Chile 2023    Chilean Atari magazine and newsletter scans   ANTIC Interview 320 - Robert Jaeger, Montezuma's Revenge    Kay's XC-11 Program Recorder

ANTIC Interview 382 - Rik Dickinson, Encore Video Productions

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