ANTIC Episode 124

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We have lots of game news and emulator updates, Brad imitates a pirate, and Kay tells us that the Atari 8-bit is the "Computer of Love"!

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

What we've been up to

• Kay's 2025 Wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2025-147182056

• Support Kay's Patreon and support ANTIC! - https://www.patreon.com/savetz

• Annual posting of older articles:

• https://archive.org/details/savetz_articles?sort=-addeddate

• https://archive.org/details/savetzarticle_reverend-apple

• https://archive.org/details/savetzarticle_finding-randy

• https://archive.org/details/savetzarticle_the-making-of-antic

• Interim Computer Museum - https://icm.museum

• Events at https://icm.museum/?events

• Repairing The Atari 8 Bit Astra Big D Disk Drive! by Paul Westphal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIZPgYxfrAU

• Fujisan:

• https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/releases/tag/v1.1.0

• Fujinet Lobby games - http://fujinet.online:8080/

• FastBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic

• Video from Paul Garcia showing Fujinet-PC integration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwd0wwFohso

• Indy Vintage Computer Club -

• XF551 drive - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_XF551

• Commodore 64 Ultimate - https://www.commodore.net

• RM 800XL - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html

• Stan Veit Podcast:

• David Greelish and Randy read Chapter 13 ("The Atari Story") - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLCoJ-oA_V0

• Stan Veit @ wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Veit

New and Updated Games

• Ultimate Atari Games Database by Philippe Lafortune:

• https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JaKMQio82/?mibextid=wwXIfr

• Invite link - https://airtable.com/invite/r/rhutWb7a

• Atari Party Panic v1.2 by Andy Diller:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386758-atari-party-panic-v12/

• https://massiverobot.itch.io/panic

• New game: Carcer from h4plo:

• You can get it from here - https://h4plo.itch.io/carcer

• Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386514-new-game-carcer/

• Overflow Santa - New Christmas game from A/W/A:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386809-overflow-santa-new-christmas-game-from-awa/

• Overflow Santa 8bit.xex(Atari 8-bit binary file)

• Overflow Santa 8bit.rom(Atari 8-bit cartridge)

• KillZone: First Real-Time Multiplayer Gaming - https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/12/13/killzone-v-1-2/

• Street Fighter II Released!:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381129-street-fighter-2-for-atari-xexl/page/25/#findComment-5759887

• https://vega.atari.pl/

• https://vega.atari.pl/main-page/street-fighter-ii/

• Pole Position Now Saves Tracks Over FujiNet (Thom Cherryhomes):

• Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387116-sharing-pole-position-race-designer-tracks-over-fujinet/

• Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI0sgh9DGaw

• Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew Games Released/Completed/WIP in 2025 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378311-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-games-releasedcompletedwip-in-2025/

New and Updated Software

• News Years Disk 2026 - https://demozoo.org/productions/384184/

• Altirra 4.40 released from Phaeron:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387055-altirra-440-released/

• https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html

• New version 7.0 of ASAP, Another Slight Atari Player, the most accurate Atari 8-bit computers tunes player for modern computers and mobile devices - https://asap.sourceforge.net

Publications

• December, 2025 Compute's Gazette with ANTIC article written by Brian Cox - https://shop.computesgazette.com/product/computes-gazette-issue-6-digital-edition/

• AtariProjects - https://atariprojects.org/

• Atari Insights January 2026:

• Newsletters - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/

• YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@AtariBasics

New and Updated Hardware

• Atari SX212 WiFi Retromodem - https://tempestfpga.com/sx212/

• XL-Expander, a prototype add-on for Atari 800XL machines - https://bsky.app/profile/philsan.bsky.social/post/3ma6ybpxd6s2j

• Custom Casing for the 130XE Pixel Perfect Motherboard - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383379-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-xe-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/page/10/#comment-5772225

• 3D printed joystick Atari XL computers style - https://makerworld.com/en/models/2108894-atari-xl-style-joystick#profileId-2281361

• Atari 400 mini at Atari.com - https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1

Other

• The Magic Room film ebay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/116928122102

• A 'Playable' Atari-Themed Hotel Is Coming - https://people.com/atari-hotel-planned-for-phoenix-interactive-esports-venue-photos-11871760

• Stewart Cheifet died:

• https://obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-cheifet

• https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles

Upcoming Shows

• Vintage Computer Festival Montreal - Jan. 24-25, 2026 - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC - https://vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/

• Vintage Electronics Expo - Jan. 31, 2026 - Oakland Expo Center, Waterford, MI - https://www.thevee.org/

• Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 14-15, 2026 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-22 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/

• VCF East - April 17-19 2026 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 24-26 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/

• VCF Europe - May 1-3 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/

• Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest 2026 - May 2-3 - Tukwila Community Center, South Tukwila, WA - https://vcfpnw.org

• VCF Southwest - May 29-31, 2026 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https://www.vcfsw.org/

• Retrofest 2026 - May 30-31 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/

YouTube Videos

• FujiNet Battleship now for Atari 8-bit, Apple II, CoCo, and MS-DOS - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3BQc3zVl8qk

• How I made an Atari 130XE Laptop Using Original Hardware - Sideburn Studios - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAKrEe_ttOE

• The Atari 8-Bit Second Maturity (A 2025 Deep Dive) - AtariBasics with John Zielke - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d3JgZMFZIo

• FujiNet-RetroMate: Online Chess with Atari 8-bit Computers - Greg Gallardo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H53JR2-PBQE

New at Github

• https://github.com/mozzwald/pokeystream

• https://github.com/mozzwald/udp-pokey-sample

• https://github.com/rickcollette/atariforge

• https://github.com/fredlcore/ATASCOIID

• https://youtu.be/g4ffy4TXI-c?si=fihGVG0pGeuSOQqg

• https://github.com/rachel-multiverse/rachel-atari-800

Listener Feedback

• https://github.com/gitGalu/8bitworkshop-mcp

ANTIC Episode 123 - Steampunk Atari

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Lots of Holiday Buyer's Guide action, news of recovered software, FujiNet news galore, and Brad does steampunk Atari…

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

• Nexon Computer Museum (Maplestory) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexon_Computer_Museum

• Air Navigation RNAV for Atari 8-bit manual and source code:

• https://archive.org/details/tims_Air_Navigation_RNAV_for_Atari_8-bit

• HP versions and detailed notes - https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Robert+A.+Tims%22

• JACG Newsletters:

• https://archive.org/details/jerseyataricomputergroup scanned via Mark Knutsen

• here's what else we need in a spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing)

• https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1989-03

• https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1985-01

• https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1985-02

• https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-10

• https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-12

• http://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-09

• http://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-08

• http://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-07

• Amiga 40 Celebration in Atlanta - https://www.facebook.com/events/1961071527788068/

• Invitation to Programming cassette - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-invitation-to-programming-1-an_11651.html

• Atlanta Historical Computing Society - https://www.atlhcs.org/

• Smith-Corona Electric typewriter module and typewriter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTcWEU2UPgM

News

• Battleship for Atari with FujiNet:

• https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/11/30/battleship-docks-for-atari/

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386230-fujinet-battleship-for-atari-8-bit-now-in-fujinet-game-lobby/

• Atari 8-bit games part of the Namco Legendary Pack for Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration for Steam, XBox, Playstation - https://atari.com/products/atari-50th-the-anniversary-celebration

• FujiNet-PC build for Mac - Andy Diller:

• Blog post - https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/11/02/fujinet-pc-build-for-osx-download/

• download it here - https://www.atariorbit.org/shared-files/1165/?fn-pc-atari-v151.zip

• Running multiple Atari800/FujiNet - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/11/10/build-your-own-atari800/

• Ivop ported BBC BASIC to the Atari XL/XE - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385621-bbc-basic-for-the-atari-xlxe/

• FiSh - Fujinet Interface Shell - bocianu - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386043-fish-fujinet-interface-shell/

• Apple II Holiday Collection & Special Edition transferred to Atari Print Shop disks by Michael Sternberg - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/324752-print-shop-atari-related-graphics/#findComment-5757049

• Atari CAS Player by Krystone:

• AtariAge thread - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381594-abbuc-hardware-contest-2025/#comment-5745407

• You can try it directly here - https://krystone.pl/atari/casplay

• updated FujiNet AI SAM chatbot by Mozzwald:

• The disk is up at https://tnfs.fujinet.online/ATARI/FujiNet-Apps/ai-sam-v3.xex which uses fujinet.online for the server

• Source code for the app and server is up at https://github.com/mozzwald/fujinet-ai-sam/

• November and December issues of Atari Insights Newsletter - https://www.ataribasics.com

• http://www.atariprotos.com has 2 new 8-bit things

• Midi Maze custom maze thread on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386262-hidden-loading-of-mazes-from-disk-in-midi-maze/

• November issue of Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com

• Type-in apps for modern computers - https://boingboing.net/2025/11/24/doctype-magazine-type-in-apps-for-modern-computers.html

• "It May Be The First Video Game About The Beatles" - Before Rock Band, There Was Beat the Beatles - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/random-it-may-be-the-first-video-game-about-the-beatles-before-rock-band-there-was-beat-the-beatles

• tech keyboard for XL/XE - Shawn Johnson - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16U5Pbpr28/

• RM800XL loading a game from tape - https://youtube.com/shorts/3t7LCWEjIY4?si=7dpulvMhsxSzPsII

• RM800XL running Pac-Man cartridge - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TAs9-kRL3L4

• Amiga clone coming? - https://retrogames.biz/products/thea1200/

• https://plaionreplai.com/collections/consoles

• https://amzn.to/4a6TeTJ

• Atari 400 mini package on sale at Atari - https://www.atari.com

• ZeroPage Homebrew played all the ABBUC Software Contest 2025 entries on Twitch! - https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/

• Silly Venture 2025 WE Atari XL/XE 16KB Intro competition (20th - 23rd November 2025, Gdańsk, Pomerania, Poland)

• We Like to Party (16KB Intro) - https://demozoo.org/productions/380592/

• Silly Venture 2025 WE: "The biggest ATARI-multi party!" - https://www.sillyventure.eu

• Vintage Computer Christmas Challenge:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386316-vintage-computer-christmas-challenge-2025-just-for-fun/

• https://logiker.com/Vintage-Computing-Christmas-Challenge-2025

Upcoming Shows

• Vintage Computer Festival Montreal - Jan. 24-25, 2026 - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC - https://vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/

• Vintage Electronics Expo - Jan. 31, 2026 - Oakland Expo Center, Waterford, MI - https://www.thevee.org/

• Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 14-15, 2026 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-22 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/

• VCF East - April 17-19 2026 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 24-26 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/

• VCF Southwest - May 29-31, 2026 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https://www.vcfsw.org/

• Retrofest 2026 - May 30-31 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo & VCF SE - July 31-Aug 2, 2026 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/

• Fujiama - August 26-30 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2026

YouTube Videos

• Immaculate NOS Atari 600XL gets PokeyMAX 4, VBXE and U1MB - FlashJazzCat - https://youtu.be/ybFpYF4R2mY

• My Mom Bought an Atari 800XL - Can I Fix It?! - Sayaka's Digital Attic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZZ6nhgwEDI

• ATARI XL / XE += FIRST AI SHOOTER =+ NEW GAME 2025:

• Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KLy0fX0JtY

• Atari Online PL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJie46jwuRA

• Galaxian (800 and 2600) and Galaga (2600) gameplay - Atari - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nmXIqaTCHMo

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky

• https://archive.org/details/vantari-newsletter-july-1989/

• https://archive.org/details/@retroarchiv

• https://archive.org/details/rearc_rem-das-computermagazin-in-maschinencode-1989-03-schulfunk-radio-ddr-de/mode/2up

• https://archive.org/details/rearc_user-mag-hauptkatalog-1993-94-1993-11-01-user-mag-de

• https://archive.org/details/rearc_preisliste-4-87-zum-atari-katalog-86-87-1987-04-compy-shop-de

New at GitHub

• https://github.com/gitGalu/8bitworkshop-mcp

• https://github.com/Cathodeo/xmonka_atari

Feedback

• PRGE's YouTube channel posted the video of Joe Decuir and Hunter Patchett - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhIrTlDkRrM

• video of a "game test day" that Joe's students were part of - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDYVURUe_7Q

• Link to "proof of concept demonstration" of SuperBug - https://github.com/Atari-Super-Bug-Plus/SuperBug

ANTIC Episode 122 - Atypical Kay

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we introduce a new format for the news, there's lots of archiving going on, new software and hardware for our favorite 8-bits, and we find out Kay is atypical…

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

What we've been up to

• Via Mark Knudsen: 2" binder of "August 1987":

• Atari newsletter time capsule 1987-08 - https://archive.org/details/antc_Atari_newsletter_time_capsule_1987-08/

• And individual newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@savetz?query=identifier%3Aantc_*1987-08

• scanning Harry Stewart material:

• Here's his obit - https://www.mercurynews.com/obituaries/harry-stewart-san-jose-ca/

• https://archive.org/details/stx_MicroTec_6500_Relocatable_Macro_Assembler_Manual

• https://archive.org/details/Bruce_Sherwood_Articles_about_Speech_Synthesis

• https://archive.org/details/Atari_Speech_Handler_Preliminary_Specification_1983-03-31

• https://archive.org/details/Steve_Bristow_memo_on_Atari_810_drive_manual_1981-02-22

• https://archive.org/details/atari-810-model-810-rear-board-schematic

• https://archive.org/details/Atari_810_disk_controller_firmware_memo_1980-12-22

• https://archive.org/details/Atari_810_Disk_Drive_Peripheral_Device_Description_preliminary_release

• https://archive.org/details/Atari_810_Disk_Drive_Controller_Program_Report_1980-11-18

• Atari Usenet groups on IA (so far, more to come):

• https://archive.org/details/net_micro_atari

• https://archive.org/details/net_micro_atari8

• https://archive.org/details/net_micro_atari16

• https://archive.org/details/comp_sys_atari

• https://archive.org/details/comp_sys_atari_announce

• https://archive.org/details/comp_sources_atari_st

• Allan and Kay continuing work to archive all APX programs. Still need:

• Missing (any version) manuals:

• Algicalc

• Basic Arithmetic

• Basic Renumber Utility (Renum)

• Character Set Editor

• Database/Report System

• Deep Blue C

• Disk Menu

• Dragons Quest or a twist in the tail

• Geography

• Gossip. (?)

• Home Loan Analysis

• Market Place

• Reversi

• Missing programs (some have other versions other than APX):

• Basic Utility for Renumbering Programs BURP

• Calculator

• Earth Science

• Geography (both lists)

• Home Loan Analysis (both lists)

• Instructional Computing Demonstration

• Market Place (both lists)

• Variable Changer

• Spreadsheet of APX archiving progress

• Atari poster - https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/BASIC-Programmers-Guide-from-1981-by-ChoccyHobNob/39504539.LVTDI?asc=u&c=1128814-wall-art&ref=work_collections_grid

• Tricky Tutorial #7 from Kevin Lund - https://www.atarimania.com/documents/Tricky-Tutorial-7-Disk-Utilities.pdf

News

• New and Updated Games:

• FujiLlama:

• https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/09/26/fujilama-is-a-new-multiplayer-game/

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/384764-a-new-fuji-net-game-fuji-llama-coming-soon/

• https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266083/llama

• New Italian text adventures for the Atari 8-bit:

• https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/10/nuevas-aventuras-de-texto-italianas.html

• Wild West - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385434-wild-west-text-adventure-released/

• Tin Star - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385435-tin-star-text-adventure-released/

• Desperados - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385436-desperados-text-adventure-released/

• New & Updated Software:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/page/113/#findComment-5735315

• Atari OS ROM collection - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/201133-os-source-code-all-revisions/page/6/#findComment-5730231

• Mark "atarimac" Grebe updated Atari800MacX to 6.1.0 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385276-atari800macx-61-released/

• Paulo Garcia continues his fantastic work on the FujiSan emulator (based on Atari800 emulator with emphasis on UI). - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/releases/tag/v1.0.5

• Eric Carr updates the VSCode Extension for FastBASIC - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351055-fastbasic-debugger-extension-for-vscode/

• Publications

• Atari Insights October issue - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/

• Compute's Gazette October issue - https://www.computesgazette.com

• ABBUC Magazine Special Mag 56 available in English (downloadable) for members - https://abbuc.de/download/abbuc-sondermagazin-56-papierbeilage-englisch/

• Old School Gamer #48 - https://shop.oldschoolgamer.com/products/osg-issue-48-september-2025

• New & Updated Hardware

• Atari 1027 printer belt by Jeri Ellsworth - https://bsky.app/profile/jeriellsworth.bsky.social/post/3m3ojeg7x6c2e

• New 1:1 1000dpi Replica of Atari XE Motherboard in production - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383379-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-xe-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/page/7/

• New 1:1 1000dpi Replica of Atari 600XL Motherboard – Interest Check - Piotr D. Kaczorowski - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/384709-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-600xl-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/

• Contests

• ABBUC Software Competition:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381593-abbuc-software-contest-2025

• Video of the 13 games from the contest run on real hardware (Philsan) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381593-abbuc-software-contest-2025/page/5/#findComment-5735942

• ABBUC Hardware Competition - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381594-abbuc-hardware-contest-2025/

• ATASCII Compo 2025:

• https://atariscne.org/news/index.php/atascii-compo-2025-is-running

• https://logiker.com/ATASCII

• Other

• https://tedium.co/2025/10/20/computers-fcc-rf-interference-history/

• Atari 8-bit calendar (from Atariteca on Facebook):

• Article - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17NVFQ4pA8/

• Ordering - https://www.facebook.com/martin.grundy.94

Upcoming Shows

2025

• Atari Party 2025 - Nov. 22, 2025 (noon to 4) - Quakertown, PA Train Station - http://atariparty.org/

2026

• Vintage Computer Festival Montreal - Jan. 24-25, 2026 - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC - https://vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/

• Vintage Electronics Expo - Jan. 31, 2026 - Oakland Expo Center, Waterford, MI - https://www.thevee.org/

• Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 14-15, 2026 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-22 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/

• VCF East - April 17-19 2026 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 24-26 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/

• VCF Southwest - May 29-31, 2026 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https://www.vcfsw.org/

• Retrofest 2026 - May 30-31 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo - July 31-Aug 2, 2026 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/

• Fujiama - August 26-30 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2026

• Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub

YouTube Videos

• A Brilliant Failure: The Atari 400 & 800 Story - Little Car - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcUt0GCk-YI

• Atari Now! October 2025 News and Home brew for all Atari systems - Steve & Jeff Fulton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMhNSFx6gyg

New at Archive.org

• Allan: https://archive.org/details/@allan52 :

• https://archive.org/details/math-mission-apx-ver-3

• https://www.oconnormortuary.com/obituaries/david-paul-kosmal/

• https://archive.org/details/wordgo-apx-ver-3

• https://archive.org/details/atari-xl-product-line-fact-sheets

• https://archive.org/details/@archivingisimportant :

• I Heart Atari newsletters french - https://archive.org/details/atarinews_1

• https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky

New at GitHub

• https://github.com/illuminated-g/atari_asm_moon

Feedback

• https://oldbytes.space/@fluidlogic/115248639418865349

ANTIC Episode 121 - Dongle Disaster

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Special guest Brent Carroll joins as we bring you the Atari news and narrowly avoid disaster with our dongle talk …

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

What we've been up to

• CX40+ Wireless Joystick:

• https://atari.com/products/wireless-cx40-joystick-atari

• https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Silver-Wireless-Joystick-Atari-2600/dp/B0DDR68ZXR

• Harry Stewart died:

• his daughter sent me documents https://bsky.app/profile/savetz.bsky.social/post/3lyj77tjtns2j

• Kay's 2017 interview with Harry - ANTIC Interview 295 - Harry Stewart, Pilot and WSFN

• VCFMW - https://www.vcfwm.org

• Video interview of Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman - https://youtu.be/lWmXPEyl9T8

• FujiNet-enabled Atari800Macx:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382899-adding-fujinet-support-to-atari800macx/page/3/#findComment-5709456

• https://github.com/atarimacosx/Atari800MacX/releases/tag/Release_6.1.0Beta1

News

• Nick DiMasi (SCAT) passed way:

• Interview with Nick at VCFMW 13 - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-episode-5-connect-your-atari-to-a-pc (Nick's interview is near the end of the show)

• SCAT - http://www.scatarians.org/

• Rare sighting of a working 1027 printer at latest TACO meeting - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16vmTRRzHD/

• Modified Atari 800 with a custom cpu board and a hp 1611a logic analyzer would plug into the external port - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fv8FM9yxz/

• RM800XL update on X - https://x.com/rm_800xl/status/1964665547821637818

• Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself:

• https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/microsoft_open_sources_6502_basic/

• https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502

• Atari XL/XE -=Elite=- beta version:

• From AtariTeca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/09/inesperado-beta-jugable-de-elite.html

• Saberman Retronews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi8Fr9XFxKQ

• Download - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-elite_44548.html

• 5.25" Floppy Envelope Generator from Pawel "Lexx" Kawka:

• From Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/09/nuevo-generador-de-fundas.html

• online tool for designing covers - https://ataricovers.com/generator-kopert/?lang=en

• Cassette Cover Generator

Newsletter News

• September, 2025 issue of Atari Insights - https://www.ataribasics.com

• ABBUC magazines 162 and special mag 56 - https://www.abbuc.de

Upcoming Shows

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/

• Vintage Computer Festival Montreal - Jan. 24-25, 2026 - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC - https://vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/

• Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 14-15, 2026 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-22 2026 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/

• VCF East - April 17-19 2026 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo - July 31-Aug 2 2026 - Atlanta, Ga - https://gameatl.com/

• Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html

• Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/

• Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub

YouTube Videos

• How did the Atari beat the Commodore 64 in Chile thanks to Coelsa? - Frognum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NW2ZkWQ-nw

• Atari Now! News and Homebrews, September 2025 - Into the Vertical Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKlmVrEHhhI

• Atari 800XL FujiNet and Sega Genesis Retro.Link Networking Test - Greg Gallardo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdYFlnNGm9o

New at Archive.org

• Ted Skrecky continues uploading XIO3 newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky

• https://archive.org/details/de-re-atari-spanish_202508

Listener Feedback

• O'Shea limestone cave - http://www.oshealtd.com/atari.htm

• Long Island Gaming Expo in NY - https://liretro.com/

ANTIC Episode 120 - AI Non Grata

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Kay discusses a big Atari haul, we get an Atari report from VCF West, we discuss a new Atari 8-bit emulator, and Kay bans AI-generated content from the podcast …

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

What we've been up to

• Spring/Summer 1992 Toad Computers Catalog - https://archive.org/details/toad-computers-spring-summer-1992-catalog

• Sector Copy program - https://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-scopy-810_44379.html

News

• Report from Rob McMullen about Ataris at VCF West [4:37] - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5qq0k7y5d25ymq87mlx3s/rob-vcf-west-review-1450-antic-podcast.wav?rlkey=30oilrbgfstazfrk4t6wh7cqm&dl=0

• Shadows of Dimensions - New Atari game from SV 2025 SE:

• YouTube game video - https://youtu.be/3jn_zhk_vq0

• Game download - https://forums.atariage.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=1252592&key=f30bcb01978d9a735303f5b16fde2994

• VBXE Demo Show Part II SillyVenture 2025 - 25th anniversary Edition - andymanone

• AtariAge thread - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383550-atari-8-bit-xlxe-vbxe-demo-show-part-ii-sillyventure-2025-25th-anniversary-edition/

• Demozoo - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit

• Pouet - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit

• Youtube - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit

• FastBASIC Debugger Extension for VSCode - Eric Carr:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351055-fastbasic-debugger-extension-for-vscode/

• https://github.com/EricCarrGH/vscode-fastbasic-debugger/blob/master/readme.md#custom-emulator

• Adding Fujinet support to Atari800MacX - Paulo Garcia - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382899-adding-fujinet-support-to-atari800macx/

• New Atari 8-bit emulator Fujisan by Paulo Garcia:

• source code is here - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan

• TCP server for automation - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/blob/main/TCP_SERVER_API.md

• YouTube video - https://youtu.be/jFZfG9ah-9A

• AIAD (AI-aided Design) for 130XE board remake - Peter Kaczorowski:

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

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383379-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-xe-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/

• Timberman - a new game:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383557-timberman-a-new-game/

• https://github.com/Pecusx/Young-lumberjack/blob/main/Timberman.xex

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86FLcqFdQMA

• August issue of the new Compute's Gazette Magazine - https://www.computesgazette.com

• XE Desktop with 3.5 Inch Disk Drive Hat render - Simon Daniel - https://www.facebook.com/groups/181644898539691/user/625793361

• Eyeroll of the month - 9 Telengard boxes, sealed:

• https://www.ebay.com/itm/406093458386

• https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-telengard_5309.html

• Was the Atari computer 8-bit or 4-bit? - https://cyberpost.co/was-atari-8-bit-or-4-bit/

• Building Dandy from source - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/276387-heres-the-source-code-for-dandy/#findComment-5705579

• https://intotheverticalblank.com/2025/08/10/atari-8bit-archeology-top-20-shooters-and-shmups-1979-1981/

• Total Reprint (Apple II Print Shop update) - https://youtu.be/DAoXIsNP6jg

Upcoming Shows

• VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/

• Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html

• Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/

• Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub

YouTube Videos

• The (Insufferable) Decline of Atari | When the Industry Crashes on Your Watch - History in the Dark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeoAsUjz72s

• PS5 Pad in Atari 400 Mini? Checking It Out! [Controller Test] - Grzesiek Opowiada - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrNQESbZmM

• Unboxing the Atari ST124 monochrome monitor, pt. 2 - John Zielke (Atari Basics newsletter) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6m-w5LDYedc

New at Archive.org

• Allan Bushman is on FIRE:

• https://archive.org/details/@allan52

• https://archive.org/details/easmd-oss/

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-july-1986-vol-6-num-6-atari-articles/

• And new entrant in the scanning scene Ted Skrecky:

• https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky

• https://archive.org/details/wire-taps-vol.-4-no.-6-june-1986

• https://archive.org/details/xio-3-garden-city-atari-computer-enthusiasts-newsletter-june-july-1989

Listener Feedback

• Dropcheck redesigned Atari 1450XL (1250XL) motherboard - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/357529-building-testing-the-re-imaged-atari-1450xl/

ANTIC Episode 119 - Special Guest Joe Decuir

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Joe Decuir, one of the fathers of the Atari 400/800, joins us for a super-interesting discussion of what he's working on and the current Atari news… 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

What we've been up to

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._Decuir

• Fluxxing Robert Moore Hybrid Arts disks, getting them to https://www.a8preservation.com

• Best Electronics - https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/

• Scan of JACG Newsletter Volume 5, No. 12 (Aug. 1986) - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-aug-vol-5-no-12

• Scan of JACG Newsletter Volume 6, No. 1 (Sep. 1986) - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-sep-vol-6-no-1

• ABBUC - https://www.abbuc.de

News

• Compute's Gazette relaunch - https://www.computesgazette.com/

• C64 Ultimate - https://www.commodore.net/

• Adding Fujinet support to Atari800MacX - Paulo Garcia - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382899-adding-fujinet-support-to-atari800macx/

• FastBasic Debugger Extension for VSCode - Eric Carr - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351055-fastbasic-debugger-extension-for-vscode/#findComment-5684231

• DecentCart - Screaming at the Radio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-sEndb4mEI

• Atari SIO Peripheral Emulator for Flipper Zero:

• https://lab.flipper.net/apps/sio2flip

• https://flipperzero.one/

• 1090XL remake housing - fokaszalot:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318373-1090xl-remake/page/41/#findComment-5619125

• https://makerworld.com/en/models/1084156

• Chat64 for Atari 800XL:

• https://www.etsy.com/listing/1834140388/chat64-for-atari-800xl

• http://www.chat64.nl

• August AtariBasics newsletter from John Zielke - https://ataribasics.com/

• Can you help get clean disassemblies to get more FujiNet HighScoreEnabled games? - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383141-can-you-help-get-clean-disassemblies-to-get-more-fujinet-highscoreenabled-games

Upcoming Shows

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se

• VCF West - August 1-2 - Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/2025/03/05/vcf-west-2025-save-the-date/

• Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/

• VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/

• Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html

• Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/

• Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub

YouTube Videos

• Atari Expo at CCCL25 - CmosGames - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwgK88ztkDA

• Ultimate 1MB 2K25 Revised and XEGS modding missteps - FlashJazzCat:

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wB1ejADl84

  • A close look at the 'U1MB 2K5 Revised' - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=56

• 1980s stock footage of ATARI at Silicon Valley - KinoLibrary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ9KgWlaHe8

• The Atari User's Encyclopedia by Jerry White and Gary Phillips - Vintage Gaming Memories:

  • Short - https://youtube.com/shorts/DaJix7v65vY?si=U-6UZfcexgLLhE8L

  • Full video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5CBwgg836s&t=205s&pp=ygUJYXRhcmkgODAw

• Atari800MacX with FujiNet PC - Atari BBS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIjw1pTJ_HU

ANTIC Episode 118 - Trigger Warning

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…we have lots of user feedback and user projects to report on, we talk about a postage stamp-sized Atari computer, and (trigger warning!) there are a couple of Commodore references…

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

• Photos from the Capital Children's Museum Communications Exhibit which opened November 1981 - https://archive.org/details/ccm-communications

• Narrascope 2025 - https://narrascope.org/

• Learning about print shop font and border formats with Michael Sternberg - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/324752-print-shop-atari-related-graphics/#findComment-5667327

• "Unofficial Atari: a Visual History" by Darren Doyle - https://www.greyfoxbooks.com/shop/books/the-atari-a-visual-history/

• Interview with Darren Doyle on ANTIC - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-episode-10-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-darren-doyle-michael-current

• Atari800 emulator and FujiNet on Mac - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/06/19/fujinet-and-atari800-emulation/

News

• The Retroist Podcast covers the Atari XEGS - https://www.retroist.com/p/retroist-atari-xegs-podcast

• Atari 800 red keyboard - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15fZrXoP24/

• Atari 800 drum scanner project (Dave Porter) - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15rS9dcyzr/?mibextid=wwXIfr

• Atari home automation (Mike Hogan) - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16rNS2AZnv/?mibextid=wwXIfr

• Paper - https://www.academia.edu/13353149/Playing_and_copying_social_practices_of_home_computer_users_in_Poland_during_the_1980s

• Polish engineer creates postage stamp-sized 1980s Atari computer - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/polish-engineer-creates-postage-stamp-sized-1980s-atari-computer/

• Antonia2 interest post by Simius - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382122-antonia2-interest/

• Thomas Cherryhomes will be writing a monthly FujiNet column for the upcoming Compute!'s Gazette reboot - https://fujinews.substack.com/p/thomas-cherryhomes-named-monthly

• New game (news comes from Atariteca) - "Quadbination" for Atari 8-bit - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/06/reflejos-estrategia-y-paddles.html

• The story of how Boulder Dash was created:

• https://spillhistorie.no/2025/06/06/how-boulder-dash-was-created/

• Kay Interviewed Peter Liepa in 2015 - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-66-peter-liepa-boulder-dash

• June Atari Insights Newsletter - https://ataribasics.com

• Trigger Warning: Commodore news

• https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-acquired-for-a-low-seven-figure-price-new-acting-ceo-comes-from-the-retro-community

• https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/06/this-man-is-buying-commodore

Upcoming Shows

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se

• VCF West - August 1-2 - Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/2025/03/05/vcf-west-2025-save-the-date/

• Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/

• VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/

YouTube Videos

• Fixing bad key switches all at once (Atari 800XL AWC Type 2) - Adrian's Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsSiEtSomQI

• Fixing a dead and dirty Atari 800XL - Adrian's Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljBofLMPIeA

• Repairing a smashed-up Atari 400 computer - Adrian's Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H4v-LVztk0

• Atari 8-Bit Reborn Smaller Than a Quarter—It Actually Works! + More Retro News! - Bit By Bit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT3kTi-hX_o

• Connecting a 15KHz CRT monitor to a Sophia 2 Atari 8-bit via the DVI-I jack - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaFCzydsUTI

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/clevatari-newsletter-issue-77-dec-1987

• https://archive.org/details/clevatari-newsletter-oct-1987

• https://archive.org/details/gtia-demonstration-diskette-apx

• https://archive.org/details/transdisk-iv-version-4-2-manual-page-6-software/

• Dutch "Atari Users Foundation" - https://archive.org/details/escape2_202506/

New at Github

• CP/M on the Atari 8-bit - https://github.com/davidgiven/cpm65/blob/master/README.md

• https://github.com/nwah/fn-printer-examples

• https://github.com/itaych/Ice-T

• https://github.com/Cap-14/Atari-Cold-War

• https://github.com/seban-slt/antyajek

Feedback

• (Kevin Lund) VCF-W exhibit page with Atari entry write up - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-exhibits/

• Dropcheck's 1450XL Replica PCB - https://www.bitsofthepast.com/1450XL_Replica.html

• B & C ComputerVisions - Atari Sales & Service - https://www.myatari.com/

• Best Electronics - https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/

• Video61 and Atari Sales - http://www.atarisales.com/main.html

• Eight Bit Fix (Paul Westphal) - https://www.eightbitfix.com/

ANTIC Episode 117

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… lots of scanning talk, more new games for the Atari than you can shake a stick at, and how to win a kiss on the forehead…

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

What we've been up to

• New scans for documents sent by Aaron Spurlock:

• https://archive.org/details/Mad_Scientist_Software_Hospital_ACLS_Teaching_Series_manual

• https://archive.org/details/Mad_Scientist_Software_Cardiac_Arrest_ACLS_Teaching_Series_manual/

• New scan - https://archive.org/details/donnie-iris-do-you-compute

• New scan - https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-poster

• Wade Ripkowski's site - https://unfinishedbitness.info/

• In-progress quick reference book by Randy, with Atari 800 complete (for comment) - https://floppydaysqr.my.canva.site/

• Atari 8-bit development episode of Next Without For with Earl Evans and Randy Kindig - https://www.nextwithoutfor.org/2025/05/show-015-atari-8-bit-programming.html

• Artistic disk envelopes and cassette covers - https://ataricovers.com/

News

• Source Code for Atari's Editor/Assembler and Program/Text Editor RELEASED! - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381770-source-code-for-editorassembler-and-programtext-editor-released/

• ugBASIC 1.17.2 RELEASED - https://ugbasic.iwashere.eu/

• Jerry White's TV Theme Songs - https://www.atarimania.com/demo-atari-400-800-xl-xe-tv-theme-songs_44160.html

• Indus GT Mini (Piotr Bugaj) - https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=9725048287561907&set=gm.1671261500183510&idorvanity=484741565502182

• The FourZeroZero keyboard series - http://www.norths.de/category/a400-design-tastatur/

• new Album called "Power of Myth" by Poison6502 - https://poison6502.bandcamp.com/album/power-of-myth

• New Game Mazy 2 - ​​https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/05/mazy-2-mas-laberintos-y-estrategia-para.html

• Mikie for Atari XL/XE - physical edition - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381444-mikie-for-atari-xlxe-physical-edition/

• The Best of Grawitacja 2025 for Atari 8-bit:

• https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/05/lo-mejor-del-grawitacja-2025-para-atari.html

• Kara T-Rex - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myIQFTLGw28

• Dinodrab - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiIDqf2Kl5g

• Jurassic Spark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0dGyjIkDMY

• ABBUC Software Contest - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381593-abbuc-software-contest-2025/

• ABBUC Hardware Contest - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381594-abbuc-hardware-contest-2025/

Upcoming Shows

• Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 14 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html

• VCF Southwest - June 20-22, 2025 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - June 20-22, 2025 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se

• VCF West - August 1-2 - Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/2025/03/05/vcf-west-2025-save-the-date/

• Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/

• VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/

• Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html

• Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/

• Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub

YouTube Videos

• FlashJazzCat AVG Cart/Sub Cart review video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQo1kXX0OBA

• Atari's death...by the books - Power of Vintage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXUqBL4JHHQ

• Luckyman (new Atari XL/XE game!):

• Atari Online PL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fBNeMkT--o

• ZeroPage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA2QtP8ssWs

• The author shares his journey of creating games using Advan Basic (Polish) - Spowiedź autora #14: LukLab i gry w Advan ...

New at Archive.org

• Computer Shopper full issue scans - https://archive.org/details/@tenten10

• https://archive.org/details/the-action-toolkit-reference-manual

• https://archive.org/details/polycalc-apx

• Other The Soft Warehouse math software manuals - https://archive.org/details/TheSoftWarehouseMathSoftwareManuals/AlgicalcManual/

• https://archive.org/details/reference-card-for-the-atari-400-800-microcomputers-nanos-systems-corp

• https://archive.org/details/ace-pocket-reference-card-atari/ACE_Pocket_Reference_Card_Atari/

• Allan Bushman's scans of Magatar:

• https://archive.org/details/magatar-vol-1-num-7

• https://archive.org/details/magatar-vol-1-num-10

• https://archive.org/details/magatar-vol-1-num-8

• Atari newsletters at Internet Archive: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing

Feedback

• Critical Connection source code https://github.com/savetz/critical-connection

ANTIC Episode 116

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk about all the Atari things we did this month and discuss all the "AI-generated nonsense" going on in the Atari world…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

• https://github.com/savetz/critical-connection

• Fujinet update:

• Brian Cox - https://www.FVResearch.com

• Mozzwald (Joe) https://mozzwald.com/product-category/fujinet/

• Problem was https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-hardware/tree/master/ATARI/Old-Versions/FN32ROV-1.3-Q24#important-bugfixes

• https://www.eightbitfix.com/

• Archived 2 JACG Newsletters - March & April, 1986:

• https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-march-vol-5-no-7

• https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-april-vol-5-no-8

• Indy Classic Expo - https://www.indyclassic.org

• Vintage Computer Center - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com

• OmniView 80 card - https://archive.org/details/Atari_OMNIVIEW_manual

• ATR8000 manual - https://archive.org/details/atr-8000-owners-manual

• Astra 1620 manual and video - Chris Lorenzo:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZ_-Ig7rro

• https://archive.org/details/astra-1620-dual-disk-drive-user-manual

News

• BASIC 10-Liners -

• Video showing every entry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27fHeOmV9es

• Compilation disk of all Atari entries - https://bunsen.itch.io/compilation-disk-2025-atari-8-bit-by-vitoco

• Atariteca: "BASIC 10 Liner 2025: Atari 8-bit games dominated major categories" - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/04/basic-10-liner-2025-carr-y-parada.html

• 14x New Atari 8-Bit Games from the 2025 BASIC 10 Liner Contest! - Zero Page Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63E0Jz9H7q0

• https://fujinet.online/2025/04/02/fujinet-firmware-1-5-released

• AI Retro-computer starter kits - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BpCukKuwD/

• Revive Machines update - https://x.com/rm_800xl/status/1912740178013085726

• Atari XL 10.1 inch monitor housing - https://makerworld.com/en/models/1217900-atari-xl-10-1-inch-monitor-housing

• Rare Atari documents - Laurent Delsarte - https://www.atari800xl.eu/docs/rare/atari-rare-documents-by-document-type.html

• DungeonLords - Adam Trionfo and Chris Federico - https://www.orphanedgames.com/articles/DungeonLords/dungeonlords.html

• ABBUC Magazine 160 and Special Magazine 55 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381058-abbuc-magazine-160-and-special-magazine-55/

• New Atari Home Computer Cartridge guide book - scooter83 (Jason Philis) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/380917-new-atari-home-computer-cartridge-guide-book/

• https://atari.com/collections/star-raiders-45th-anniversary

• Apple II emulator on the Atari - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/04/charla-inedita-sobre-emulador-de-apple.html

• Ripduski (Wade Ripkowski) - https://unfinishedbitness.info/2025/04/02/crossing-over/

• April 2025 Issue of Atari Insights - John Zielke - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/

• Atari 800XL Replacement case Project Update - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/380857-atari-800xl-replacement-case-project-update/

• GPB Board - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379274-gpb-the-atari-800-personality-ramoscf-board-no-mods-required/page/3/

• (from our friend Bill Kendrick) SpartaDOS X ver. 4.50 - User Guide book (English) - https://retronics.eu/?a=item&id=360&l=en

• Compute's Gazette reboot - https://www.computesgazette.com/iconic-computes-gazette-magazine-returns-after-35-years-expanding-focus-to-entire-retro-computing-community/

• https://forums.atari.io/topic/7577-vbxe-is-this-upgrade-for-you/

• https://www.emulationonline.com/systems/chiplab/6502-lab-available/

• https://www.ebay.com/itm/306172208391

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/380768-superware-basic-magic-programming-pamplets/

• (from Bill Kendrick) Benj Edwards article about Salmon Run and Bill Williams on ArsTechnica - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/how-a-1980s-atari-creator-with-cystic-fibrosis-crafted-a-story-of-salmon-survival

• Another Salmon Run article - https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-astorian/169125250/

• Best Electronics article at Tom's Hardware:

• https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/u-s-atari-parts-store-still-open-after-41-years-has-spent-usd100k-designing-new-parts-last-original-atari-hardware-launched-32-years-ago

• https://boingboing.net/2025/03/26/atari-parts-store-still-operating-after-41-years.html

• Atari Repair Parts - https://atarirepairparts.com/

• mozzwald — AI chat bot that speaks to you with SAM - https://tnfs.fujinet.online/ATARI/FujiNet-Apps/ai-sam.xex

Upcoming Shows

• VCF Europe - May 3-4 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/

• Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 14 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html

• VCF Southwest - June 20-22, 2025 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - June 20-22, 2025 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se

• VCF West - August 1-2 - Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/2025/03/05/vcf-west-2025-save-the-date/

• Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/

• VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/

• Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html

• Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub

YouTube Videos

• Installing SimpleStereo v4 for the 8-bit Atari - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NoaaXBlRUE

• Atari XL/XE Demo: Lost World by Desire. 2025 - heaven6502 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzaecJf1m3Q

• The Atari Computer Commercial That Changed Everything: A Blast from the Past! - Retro Video Central - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcKbGUzQ7Sw

New at Github

• https://github.com/zbyso23/finalbyte

• https://github.com/BartGo/forth-atari

• https://github.com/cepetr/sio2flip

Stanley Trost, Electronic Arts Financial Cookbook Stanley R. Trost wrote several books about early microcomputers, including Atari BASIC Programs in Minutes, Doing Business with VisiCalc, Multiplan on the Commodore 64, Useful Basic Programs the for IBM PC, VisiCalc for Science and Engineering, and others. He was also the creator of Financial Cookbook, which was published by Electronic Arts in 1984 (and one of only two "home management" titles released by EA, the other being Cut and Paste, "the Remarkably Simple Word Processor"). Financial Cookbook provided 32 financial calculators and decision-making tools, including understanding your marginal tax rate, living on your savings, how much life insurance you need, variable rate mortgages, and so on. Versions of the program were sold for Atari 8-bit and ST, Apple II, Commodore 64, Macintosh, and perhaps other platforms. This interview took place on March 24, 2025. Atari BASIC Programs in Minutes Doing Business with VisiCalc Financial Cookbook at AtariMania Inverse ATASCII podcast about Financial Cookbook, including many screenshots Video version of this interview Support Kay's interviews on Patreon