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May 03, 2020 ANTIC Interview 381 - Youth Advisory Board: Tracey Cullinan
Youth Advisory Board: Tracey Cullinan This is the seventh in a series of episodes featuring the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board. In 1983, Atari formed a Youth Advisory Board, selecting teenagers from around the United States to share their opinions about computers and video games, test software, and promote Atari's computers at events. The group consisted of kids aged 14 through 18, including Tracey Cullinan. Tracey worked as a salesperson at the ComputerLand store in Los Altos, California — starting at the age of 12. He started a software company, Superior Software, which produced custom software for local businesses, as well as a couple of games for the Apple II computer. At 14, Tracey was invited to be a member of the Youth Advisory Board. As part of that job, he went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago to demonstrate Atari computers. The next year, as a 15-year-old, Tracey was interviewed on the "Today" show as a young entrepreneur. There's a chapter about Tracey in the 1984 book "Computer Kids" by George Sullivan. (His picture in on the back cover of the book.) I'm going to read several passages from that book, quotes from Tracey.
...A Computerland store opened in a mall near my home. I made friends with the people who worked in the store, and they let me use the computers there. The store happened to be within walking distance of where I live, and I'd go there after school and on week- ends, or almost anytime I had free time. I often wrote game programs on the computers, and I bought a disk on which to store the programs. They let me keep the disk at the store. When customers came into the store, I'd sometimes help out by showing them what a computer could do. They'd be amazed. "What's this nine-year-old kid doing showing me how a computer works?" I'm now working at the store. I started as an employee when I was twelve. I was in sales at first but later I shifted over to computer repair... I now know five or six computer languages — BASIC, Pascal, LOGO, plus three machine languages: 6502, the one that's used on the Apple and Atari and the one I use the most, Z-80. I'm starting to learn 8086, the language for the IBM Personal Computer... The company that I operate is called Superior Software. I prepare custom programs for businesses in the area. One program involves inventorying and invoicing for a company that sells charcoal fire starters. I've got another program that gathers stock market prices from a computer, and then correlates them and prints them out for a local stockbroker. A third program I wrote for the Los Altos Little League. It's a mailing list program. They use it in sending out notices about tryouts, practices, and things like that. I became a member of the Atari Youth Advisory Board because someone at the consulting firm that was getting the names of kids together for Atari happened to know my dad. When the consulting firm found out that I was into computers, they put my name on the list. Then the people at Atari picked me. We've been giving Atari advice mostly on their home computers. Later, I think they're going to ask us for advice on their video games and arcade games... I also use the computer to write game programs once in a while. One that I've written is called Glutton [for the Apple II.] You, the shooter, are armed with little missiles and positioned on the right side of the screen. You can move up and down only. You shoot to the left. The glutton moves back and forth across the screen. The glutton likes to eat. Different kinds of food fall from the top of the screen. Some of it is good food, like apples, carrots, and chicken drumsticks. But some of the food is junk food, like cupcakes and soda pop. The object of the game is to keep the glutton well fed, but healthy, You try to eliminate the pieces of junk food by blasting them with your missiles. I've tried to sell Glutton to some of the companies that market game software to computer owners, to companies such as Broderbund and Sirius. But I haven't been successful yet. ...As far as the future is concerned, I plan to go to college. I'd like to go to a good private university, a technical one, like MIT, Cal Tech, or Stanford... After that, I think I'd like to be a game programmer, and maybe work for Atari, Imagic, or Activision, or some company like that.
Tracey didn't go to any of those colleges. He died 1986 of brain cancer. He had just turned 18. I talked with Tracey's mother, Leola Wooldridge; and his younger brother, Cory Cullinan, about their memories of Tracey. This interview took place on April 17, 2020. In it, we discuss John Dickerson, whom I previously interviewed. Tracey in Computer Kids book Demystifying Excellence by Cory Cullinan John Dickerson interview

Tracey Cullinan On Today Show on Youtube or Internet Archive
43 min
April 26, 2020 ANTIC Interview 380 - Atari Speed Reading: Karlyn Kamm and Brad Oltrogge
Atari Speed Reading: Karlyn Kamm and Brad Oltrogge The Atari Speed Reading software package was released by Atari in 1981. It was a self-paced program, for use with the Atari computer and a cassette drive, that promised to teach you to increase reading speed and comprehension with 30 days of practice. The package contained a workbook and five cassette tapes. This is an interview with two of the people who created the Atari Speed Reading package. Karlyn Kamm created the speed reading educational material at the University of Wisconsin with Dr. Wayne Otto. In 1975, she and Dr. Otto published a book titled "Speedway, the Action Way to Read." Dr. Otto died in 2017. Brad Oltrogge is president of Learning Multi-Systems, the software publisher that was contracted by Atari to turn Kamm and Otto's speed reading material into a product for the Atari home computer. This interview took place on April 16, 2020. Atari Speed Reading Workbook Atari Speed Reading at AtariWiki Dr. Otto obituary Speedway: The action way to speed read The Study Skills Component of the Wisconsin Design Learning Multi-Systems
1983 purchase order, letter, and check from Atari to Learning Multi-Systems
56 min
April 17, 2020 ANTIC Interview 379 - Gabriel Baum, Atari Conversational French and Spanish
Gabriel Baum: Atari Conversational French and Spanish Gabriel Baum worked at Thorn EMI, where he managed the project to create two early language learning programs that were published by Atari: Conversational French and Conversational Spanish. (Atari's language learning series would also include Conversational German — Gabriel started that, but left Thorn EMI before that project was finished — and Conversational Italian.) After Thorn EMI, Gabriel moved to Mattel where he became one of the "Blue Sky Rangers," creating Intellivision games. If you'd like to hear more about that, Paul Nurminen interviewed him about that time in episode 37 of The Intellivisionaries podcast. For a deep dive into the Atari Conversational French software, listen to season 5, episode 1 of the Inverse ATASCII podcast. You can download the software and audio for all of the conversational language series from AtariWiki. This interview took place on March 31, 2020. In it, Gabriel mis-remembers a bit of the technical capabilities of the Atari cassette drive, which was a lot less sophisticated than he recalls. If you'd like to read the technical details of how the Atari 410 and 1010 program recorders worked, check out Appendix C of De Re Atari. Conversational language series at AtariWiki Inverse ATASCII podcast covers Atari Conversational French Gabriel interview on the Intellivisionaries podcast De Re Atari on the Atari cassette capabilities
40 min
April 08, 2020ANTIC Episode 66 - Socially Distant
ANTIC Episode 66 - Socially Distant

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: We talk about what we're doing Atari-wise in these socially distant times and we bring you all the Atari news from around the world.

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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

Bill Lange points us to Atari 1020 plotter pen refill / restoration video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdVHkZwGZhk

Thornton's Luxury Goods Premium Fountain Pen Ink Bottle 30ml - https://amzn.to/2RcNtL6

5 Pack 5ML/CC Premium Ink Filling Syringe - https://amzn.to/34gxctN

Supercard Pro and Atari 8-bit Software Preservation Initiative - http://a8preservation.com/

AtariFest/World of Atari thread on AtariAge - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/304554-atarifest-and-world-of-atari

Home Computer Course and Home Computer Advanced Course magazines

https://archive.org/details/The_Home_Computer_Course

https://archive.org/details/The_Home_Computer_Advanced_Course_01/

News

Rare Atari software found: Atamon - https://www.atarinside.com/blog/index.php/atamon-dxg-5724/

German Sky Writer:

https://twitter.com/Atarinside_fr/status/1245701156183162883

https://www.atarinside.com/blog/index.php/himmelschreiber-aka-himmelsschreiber-dxg-5704/

Bill Lange Exploring Kyan Pascal blog:

https://exploringkyanpascal.blogspot.com/p/table-of-contents.html

https://twitter.com/BillLange1968/status/1246150884603711491

1200XL - An Atari 8 Bit Gaming Podcast - https://anchor.fm/1200xl

BASIC 10-liners contest winners:

https://youtu.be/XxSSgHi81b4

https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/kopie-von-results-2018

Atari Disk Image Studio project on FB - Mike Fulton - https://www.facebook.com/Atari-Disk-Image-Studio-112460410404811/?pageid=112460410404811&ftentidentifier=112493333734852&padding=0

Dropcheck (Lenore, bitsofthepast.com) donations voted project - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/301569-donation-voted-projects-proposed/

ABBUC software competition 2020:

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/304677-abbuc-software-competition-2020/

http://www.abbuc.de/atari/software-ressort/81-software/softwarewettbewerbe/1846-software-wettbewerb-2020

Six Atari games on epidemics and diseases (Atariteca) - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2020/03/seis-juegos-de-atari-sobre-epidemias-y.html

Shows

Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):

CANCELLED Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Fri, Aug 14, 2020 – Sun, Aug 16, 2020, Portland OR

POSTPONED TO Oct 10-12, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east

VCF Southeast July 10-12 2020, in cooperation with SFGE - http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/

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 One - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r42zsEc6pUo

Joystick Reading on the Atari 800 / 5200 - 6502 Lesson S13 - ChibiAkumas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CAbqfu_1jI

Backing up 5 1/4" disks to ATR images using Atari 800XE, Atari 1050 disk drive and Sio2sd - Marek Chorvat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Am3zbWSZ0

Commercial

Skit from Selling the Atari 400/800 Computers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKxN59fuXsg

New at Archive.org

Online Computer Centers Inc. Pro Card reference card - https://archive.org/details/procardonlinecomputercentersinc/mode/2up

Atari Camp newsletters scanned by https://archive.org/details/@david_gaxiola:

https://archive.org/details/ataricomputercampsnewsletterv2n1fall1983/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/ataricomputercampsoldwestnewsletter19830805/mode/2up

new torrent release zip for easy downloading of Atari software archive - https://archive.org/details/a8sp_archives

Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.
1 hr 15 min
February 20, 2020ANTIC Episode 65 - Cats with umbrellas and dogs!
ANTIC Episode 65 - Cats with umbrellas and dogs!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: Kevin's dogs do their best to be a part of the podcast, we tell you all about a very busy month of personal Atari stuff, all the programming contests going on, and all the other news we could find.

READY!

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

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

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

What We've Been Up To

Kevin's Atari workbench set up! - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1220554086593904644

AVG cart. Moon Patrol, and Redux - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/297535-moon-patrol-redux/

XC-11 cassette drive from Rodrigo Castro Sage - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1223696069302706176

https://github.com/savetz/Renderific updates

Charlie Kulas disks - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/287589-leafer-madness-by-charlie-kulas/?do=findComment&comment=4458986

Supercard Pro and Atari 8-bit Software Preservation Initiative - http://a8preservation.com/

Astra 1620 dual disk drive - http://gury.atari8.info/hardware/162.php

SDrive Max (810) - Gavin at Vintage Computer Center - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/atari-810-sdrive-max

Incognito for Atari 800 - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=275

Tricky Tutorials - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-tricky-tutorials-1-6/mode/2up

Recent Interviews

http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-378-craig-hickman-atari-photography-software-and-security-system

News

Thunderdome the Atari Site - https://atari.fox-1.nl/ - games, tools, demos, emulation

Atari hotels - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/business/atari-hotel-phoenix.html

10-line BASIC contest

https://gkanold.server.deerpower.de/

https://twitter.com/Basic10L/

AtariAge discussion - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/301250-2020-basic-10liner-contest/

https://atariaction.tumblr.com/post/190760859977/10-line-poker-machine

https://atariaction.tumblr.com/post/190761401187/10-line-blackjack

12th Kaz Compo announces the best Atari games released in 2019 - https://vintageisthenewold.com/12th-kaz-compo-announces-the-best-atari-games-released-in-2019/

Atariage Thread - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/300855-kaz-kompo-2019-vote-for-the-best-game-of-2019/#comments

Adventure II XE – New game for the Atari 8-bit demo released - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/213695-adventure-ii-xe-demo-and-testing

Fandal's game updates - http://a8.fandal.cz/news.php?news_id=1685

Spotify client for Atari 8-bit - https://github.com/possan/atari-spotify-app ,

https://twitter.com/possan/status/1225530633621032961

Magazine type-in work - http://forum.atarimania.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18619,

http://forum.atarimania.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18847

ZX-Uno FPGA - http://www.zxuno.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=2814 , http://zxuno.speccy.org/faq.shtml

Shows

Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):

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

Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Fri, Aug 14, 2020 – Sun, Aug 16, 2020, Portland OR

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

UAV Atari 800XL still has poor video - Jonathan Halliday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh1YQ8oU7LU

A First Look at the SIDE3 SD card multicart for the Atari 8-bit - Jonathan Halliday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oayRUtTFVDE

Display List Programming Introduction on the Atari Computer - 8-bit and More - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io4AZmT9Bnw

#FujiNet - Simple Terminal program for N: Device in 10 lines of BASIC. - Thomas Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6PhXULdFE

Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.
1 hr 13 min
February 01, 2020 ANTIC Interview 378 - Craig Hickman, Atari Photography Software and Security System
Craig Hickman, Atari Photography Software and Security System Craig Hickman was featured in the June 1982 edition of Atari Connection magazine for his photography software tools. "Craig has developed two programs written in Atari BASIC for use in his darkroom. One of the programs times the negative's development, and the other monitors and times enlargements and the making of the positive prints." His Developing program could store up to 30 film processing combinations. "Once the film is developed into a negative, you are ready to use Craig's Enlarger/Timer program to make a positive print." The Atari 400 was connected to the enlarger with relays: the computer would turn the enlarger on and off at precise intervals for making photographic prints. Craig also rigged up an apartment security system using his Atari 400, which he wrote about in an article on his web site. He wrote: "I designed a home surveillance system for our apartment in Seattle that used little magnetic switches from Radio Shack. It displayed a representation of our apartment on the screen and showed when a door or window was open. It worked so well I expanded the system to include little tilt switches placed on bushes outside the windows. This also worked fine until one windy night when I was away from home and it set off the alarm every few minutes. The next day my wife told me to dismantle it." Later, Craig created the popular program Kid Pix for the early Macintosh computer. This interview took place on January 29, 2020. See the show notes for links to Craig's web site and YouTube channel, and the Atari Connection magazine article. Craig's web site Craig's darkroom timer in Atari Connection Magazine Craig's YouTube channel
33 min
January 26, 2020ANTIC Episode 64 - Living in the Future
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.

READY!

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/

Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.
1 hr 13 min
December 20, 2019 ANTIC Interview 377 - James Hugard, Neanderthal Computer Things
James Hugard, Neanderthal Computer Things James Hugard was co-founder of Neanderthal Computer Things, a company that created just one product. "810 Turbo" was a hardware conversion board for the Atari 810 disk drive that promised true double density storage, and faster data reading and writing. The device, released in 1983, could be installed inside your 810 disk drive with "no jumpers, no soldering, no extra box." It cost $295. James wrote the firmware for the device. Check the show notes for links to the 810 Turbo Manual and advertisement, photos of the board, and a lively discussion on AtariAge (in which James has answered some questions and added more commentary.) This interview took place on June 7, 2019. 810 Turbo ad 810 Turbo Manual 810 Photos and software NCT Letter to Atari users groups Discussion on AtariAge
24 min
December 15, 2019ANTIC Episode 63 - SillyVenture and FujiNet!
SillyVenture and FujiNet

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: In the tradition of bringing you the latest Atari 8-bit news, we have a couple of very special guests in this episode. First of all, Bart comes to us literally direct from the fabulous SillyVenture show to give us a rundown, and then Thomas Cherryhomes tells us all about the amazing work going on with FujiNet!

READY!

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

SDrive Max from Vintage Computer Center -

https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product-category/atari

Atari: A Visual History by Darren Doyle - https://www.greyfoxbooks.com/product/the-atari-a-visual-history/

Guests

Thomas Cherryhomes

FujiNet - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/298720-fujinet-a-wip-sio-network-adapter-for-the-atari-8-bit/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=8255002

Bart (SillyVenture) - http://www.sillyventure.eu/en/

Interviews

Interview index: here

Atari News

A Crash Course on Advanced DLIs https://playermissile.com/dli_tutorial/

Galaga for the 8-bits - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/296152-another-galaga-thread/ - playsoft

Into the Vertical Blank Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-vertical-blank-generation-atari/id1376995635

Prince of Persia WIP Demo has surfaced http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2019/12/primer-demo-jugable-de-prince-of-persia.html#more

Nolan Bushnell interviewed At Computer History Museum from August - https://youtu.be/FyHbzhtrP0w

ABBUC Software Contest - http://www.abbuc.de/atari/software-ressort and http://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=nowinki&ucat=1&subaction=showfull&id=1572114881

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

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 at Archive.org

MANUS Manual — Music Notation Software for Atari 8-bit computers - https://archive.org/details/MANUS/

Atari Karateka Development Disks - https://archive.org/details/AtariKaratekaDevelopmentDisks

Magic Castle — unreleased game for Atari 8-bit computer - https://archive.org/details/magiccastle_atari

Atari Telephone Directory - https://archive.org/details/ataritelephonedirectory

Atari Office Supply Catalog and Office Administration Handbook - https://archive.org/details/atariofficesupplycatalog

B.A.S.I.C. Bulletin disk newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@allan52?and%5B%5D=bulletin

Silent Butler 80 - https://archive.org/details/SilentButler80

Atari 400 800 ROM Wizard - https://archive.org/details/romwizardsummary/page/n7

Success Magazine Feb 83 - https://archive.org/details/successfeb83

Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.
1 hr 36 min
November 30, 2019 ANTIC Interview 376 - Dennis Zander: Artworx, Hazard Run, Strip Poker
Dennis Zander: Artworx, Hazard Run, Strip Poker Dennis Zander was one of the founding partners of the software publishing company Artworx. He programmed a number of games and educational titles, including Hazard Run, Rings of the Empire, Monkeymath, Giant Slalom, Intruder Alert!, Monkeynews, and others. He collaborated with Roger Harnish on Artworx popular Strip Poker game. This interview took place on June 13, 2019. In it, we discuss Art Walsh, whom I previously interviewed. Atarimania's list of Dennis' games Dennis' software at Archive.org ANTIC Interview 284 - Art Walsh, Dynacomp and Artworx Z-Stuff for Trains
54 min