ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Roy Goldman, Daisy-Dot Roy Goldman was the creator of Daisy-Dot, a typesetting program for the Atari 8-bit computers which he published from about 1987-1990. There were three versions of Daisy-Dot, the original plus Daisy-Dot II and Daisy-Dot III. The earliest version was freeware, and later versions asked for payment for access to special features. This interview took place on May 11, 2019. After we talked, Roy sent me scans of memorabilia from that time, see the links below for those. Roy's Daisy-Dot Memorabilia scans Roy's Software on AtariMania Compactor Detector Roy's (old) site describing Daisy-Dot Inverse ATASCII podcast review and screenshots Daisy-Dot II review in Antic magazine Daisy-Dot III review in Antic magazine Programming with Daisy-Dot fonts in Atari Classics magazine

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: Kevin regales us with his exploits in the 10-Line BASIC Contest, we discuss the renewed efforts to show off Midi-Maze on the Atari 8-bits, and the entire staff prepares to be involved in several great shows this year ...

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Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

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Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

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What We've Been Up To

• Renderific is an SVG renderer for Atari 8-bit computers, written in Turbo-BASIC XL. It tries to parse SVG Tiny files and draw them on screen and/or on an Atari 1020 plotter. - http://github.com/savetz/Renderific. It was featured on Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2019/03/08/svg-rendering-comes-to-8-bit-atari-computers/
• Xformer 10 emulator running on MacOS under PlayonMac. Video showing how: https://youtu.be/uoJOfhaGX4g , AtariAge forum discussion: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/289510-xformer-emulator-running-on-macos/
• "Endless Loop: The History of the BASIC Programming Language" - https://amzn.to/2HMb0zn
• "Gaming the Iron Curtain: How Teenagers and Amateurs in Communist Czechoslovakia Claimed the Medium of Computer Games" - https://amzn.to/2UCCU6N
• MultiJoy8 - Steve Boswell (Mr Robot, @A8bit on twitter). List of Multijoy games: http://a8.fandal.cz/search.php?search=multijoy&butt_details_x=x
• Atari 800 5-pin DIN to S-video cable - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=198 , https://www.8bitclassics.com/shop/av-cables/atari-xlxe-5-pin-din-to-s-video-composite-av-cable/

Atari News

• Dropcheck is taking pre-orders on Midi-Maze XE Super Cart 128K PCB - https://www.bitsofthepast.com/?p=1591
• Dragon Ethernet Cartridge - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/287229-new-dragon-ethernet-cartridge-interest-check/. There's a talk on atari.area forum http://www.atari.org...=246635#p246635 about producing new Dragon Ethernet cartridge http://www.atari8ethernet.com. Duddie from http://retronics.eu/ said, that he can start making them after he get customers for 50 cartridges.
• Manual for Edit 6502 from LJK Enterprises. ROM-based assembler, disassembler, editor. - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Edit%206502
• ABBUC Issue #136 is out - Atari Bit Byter User Club. It's always a joy to receive new issues of magazine of ABBUC, the German club with 460 members.
• BASIC 10-line contest - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/287756-2019-basic-ten-liners-contest
• New SRAM module from Lotharek - https://lotharek.pl/...tail.php?id=232
• Type-In Task Force http://ataribasiclistings.mygamesonline.org/. All users, who are listening to your podcast, are invited to help with the missing programs in red. [email protected]
• New Atari book - "We Love Atari" by Karl Morris, Volume 1, 1972-1983 - www.zafinnbooks.com
• Vintage Atari becomes modern USB keyboard - https://hackaday.com/2019/03/17/vintage-atari-becomes-modern-keyboard/ , https://camper-assistant.com/atrkb.html

Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers

• The Great Oz Retro-Fest, (GORF) April 24-28, 2019 - Melbourne, Australia. GORF is a multi-day event celebrating the personal computing platforms of the 1970s, 80s and 90s including the Apple, Microbee, Commodore, Atari, Sinclair and other 8- and 16-bit computer lines. Similar to KansasFest there is bunk-style accommodation provided on-site and participants are encouraged to live-in for the duration of the event. https://www.reddit.com/r/retrocomputing/comments/ar4uvw/gorf_the_great_oz_retrotechnology_festival/
• VCF Southeast April 27 & 28, Roswell, GA http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/
• VCF East May 3-5, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/
• KansasFest July 16 – 21 in Kansas City, Missouri. https://www.kansasfest.org
• Fujiama 2019 - Monday, August 26, 2019 to Sunday Sep. 1, 2019 (ONE WHOLE WEEK. Fujiama 2019 will be held at the Schützenhaus, Schützenhausweg 11, 08485 Lengenfeld, Germany. Visit atarixle's Fujiama page, Krupkaj's parties photos or mathy meetings page.
• VCF Midwest, Elk Grove Village, IL - Sep. 14-15, 2019 - http://vcfmw.org/
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 18-20 http://www.retrogamingexpo.com

YouTube Videos Since Last Show

• 3D Visualization of the Atari 800XL and peripherals - Edyta Ka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHeYgxdADYU
• Connecting to BBS using Atari 800XL, ICD P:R: Connection, wifimodem and ICE-T - Marek Chorvat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1X9LkEKsIg
• Five NEW games for the Atari 8 bit games, some of which ported from existing systems. Time Pilot, Total Eclipse, Ziggy, Drudarium and Jack The Nipper are the games, all running on my Atari 65 XE. - ChinnyVision - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNdEDxq3GoA
• Atari 400 is talking over a DECtalk DTC01 speech synthesizer, using serial ports. The Atari 850 is being used - Michael Wessel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb6WQOGmtZs&t=91s

New at Archive.org

• Allan: Cin'Tari - Atari Computer Enthusiasts Newsletter, April, 1983, Vol 1, Issue 4 - https://archive.org/details/CinTariAtariComputerEnthusiastsNewsletterApril1983Vol1Issue4
• https://archive.org/details/AmericanTechnaVisionCatalog1991 - American Techna-Vision Catalog 1991
• https://archive.org/details/@allan52?and%5B%5D=computer+shopper+atari - Atari articles in Computer Shopper

Commercial

• tweet from Andrew Borman, Digital Games Curator at the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, NY: "We're underway with our U-Matic digitization project at @museumofplay. Check out this clip from Atari's First Decade celebration! We are dialing in some settings and comparing to some of the previously digitized footage" - https://twitter.com/Borman18/status/1100143648476487680

Feedback

• Adam Trionfo - Atari keyboard stickets
• • https://www.4keyboard.com/commodore-keyboard-stickers/591-2840-commodore-atari-non-transparent-keyboard-stickers.html
  • http://atariage.com/forums/topic/225142-atari-8-bit-sticker-for-sale/
  • http://atariage.com/forums/topic/184504-atari-keyboard-stickers/

End of Show Music

• The Czech composer Adam J. Sporka published this week "For Ember", album with 18 chiptune songs composed using an Atari 800XL computer.

The album is available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Deezer, Amazon and SoundCloud. More information on the official page of For Ember - http://kcdsoundtrack.com/for-ember.html

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In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: Bill Lange joins us as a special guest, and he has lots of Atari Pascal news; we have all the Atari news fit to print, and more shows coming in 2019 than you can shake a stick at ...

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Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

ANTIC Facebook Page

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Eaten By a Grue

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

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What We've Been Up To

• VCF East XIII -- Bill Lange -- Atari 8 Bit Maintenance and Repair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWkzZr-ZOdo
• Bill Lange fixed Atari 822 Thermal Printer -

https://www.facebook.com/groups/181644898539691/permalink/1963165623720934/

• MagFest: A four day/24 hours a day celebration of (M)usic (A)nd (G)ames -National Harbor, MD near Washington D.C. - https://www.magfest.org/
• Old School Gamer - Bill Lange Star Raiders Article - https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/magazine/
• SDrive Max - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/275629-sdrive-max-atx-support/page-23
• Bill Lange notes on SDrive Max: - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HATTyf5TrxwfdCmRVrT1gOl-XPtCRmzqt9Ulp52C2jg/edit?usp=sharing
• Computer Animation Primer by David Fox https://www.atariarchives.org/cap/
• PASCAL Primer by David Fox https://amzn.to/2Guizdl
• Bill Lange's new blog about Pascal: https://insideataripascal.blogspot.com/
• Atari Pascal research: https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/magazineosg/osg08/
• Kevin's twitter thread about Atari Pascal documentation: https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1074036786190401536
• Steve Boswell (Mr Robot, @A8bit on twitter) MultiJoy8. The hub was designed by Jan Křupka, he came 5th in the ABBUC hardware contest in 2014 with it. Sails of Doom http://atariage.com/forums/topic/283993-sails-of-doom-new-multijoy-game/ — list of Multijoy games: http://a8.fandal.cz/search.php?search=multijoy&butt_details_x=x
• Charlie Kulas' Leafer Madness - code https://archive.org/details/LeaferMadness and discussion http://atariage.com/forums/topic/287589-leafer-madness-by-charlie-kulas/
• RespeQT - https://github.com/jzatarski/RespeQt

Interviews

• Philip Bouchard - MECC, The Oregon Trail - http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-369-philip-bouchard-the-oregon-trail

Atari News

• New season of gameplay on AtariAge - 8-bit High Score Club Season 16 - The Real Bounty Bob - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/
• Atari XL/XE -=Space Fortress Omega=- - Jason Kendall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CMgWsLjqx8
• Space Fortress Omega is a great new vertically scrolling shoot 'em up for the Atari 8-bit computers by Kendallsoft - http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7659
• New Atari news web site: https://atari8bit.net by Steve Boswell (Mr Robot, @A8bit on twitter)
• LiteDOS 2.0 released https://atari8bit.net/litedos2-0-released/
• New game Animal Keeper - www.atarisales.com
• Mytek's 1088XLD project - Thread on AA: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/280918-1088xld-custom-a8-computer-in-1050-drive-case/
• 10-line BASIC contest is underway http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/kopie-von-games-list-2019-2
• 6502 competition http://6502.atari.org.pl (deadline was January 31, 2019)
• ANTIC now on TuneIn - http://tun.in/pjiJE - You can listen to ANTIC on your Echo Dot or Spot!
• Everyone's favorite Atari emulator for Mac AtariMacX has been updated to 5.0.1 http://www.atarimac.com/ (update 2019-01) (Mojave Dark Mode and minor fixes), Altirra's current version is 3.10 http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html (Updated 2018-08) Atari800 emulator is at 4.0 https://atari800.github.io/index.html (Updated 2018-05) Rainbow v1.5.8 https://www.bannister.org/software/rainbow.htm
• AKI - Atari Keyboard Interface - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=228 AVAILABLE END OF FEBRUARY
• Sio SPLITTER https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=158
• RetroChallenge 2019/03 is now open. Anyone doing Atari projects out there? - http://www.retrochallenge.org/

Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers

• VCF Pacific Northwest 2019 will take place March 23-24, 2019 at Living Computers: Museum+Labs in Seattle, Washington. Details can be found at http://www.vcfed.org/vcf-pnw.
• Midwest Gaming Classic - Milwaukee, WI - April 12-14, 2019 - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/
• The Great Oz Retro-Fest, (GORF) April 24-28, 2019 - Melbourne, Australia. GORF is a multi-day event celebrating the personal computing platforms of the 1970s, 80s and 90s including the Apple, Microbee, Commodore, Atari, Sinclair and other 8- and 16-bit computer lines. Similar to KansasFest there is bunk-style accommodation provided on-site and participants are encouraged to live-in for the duration of the event. https://www.reddit.com/r/retrocomputing/comments/ar4uvw/gorf_the_great_oz_retrotechnology_festival/
• VCFSE 7.0 is scheduled for April 27&28, 2019 in Roswell, GA at the new Computer Museum of America.
• VCF East May 3-5, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/
• Fujiama 2019 - Monday, August 26, 2019 to Sunday Sep. 1, 2019 (ONE WHOLE WEEK. Fujiama 2019 will be held at the Schützenhaus, Schützenhausweg 11, 08485 Lengenfeld, Germany. Visit atarixle's Fujiama page, Krupkaj's parties photos or mathy meetings page.
• VCF Midwest, Elk Grove Village, IL - Sep. 14-15, 2019 - http://vcfmw.org/
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 18-20 http://www.retrogamingexpo.com

YouTube Videos Since Last Show

• Atari 800XL NTSC to PAL Conversion - FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwGtzZzoO0Q
• Restoring an Atari 800 XL - Atomo Workshop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QLfS8mqsuI
• Atari 800XL Extreme Refurb: Revisited new surprise ending! - Perifractic's Retro Recipes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8tCd0-b4k
• Animal Keeper for Atari 5200 and 8-bit Computers! - Video61 (Lance Ringquist) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2DGnsuRbGc
• David Fox Book "Computer Animation Primer" examples video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJwCYsQSziWYUlDBNcWy80g/videos?view_as=subscriber

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/BASICXAAPXVer5/ allan
• https://archive.org/details/Atari800SecretWeapon
• https://archive.org/details/DasAtariSpielebuch
• https://archive.org/details/6502MachineCodeForBeginners by A. P. Stephenson
• https://archive.org/details/GettingMoreOutOfYourAtariCrawfordWinnerImages
• https://archive.org/details/AtariA600XLProductStatusMeetingHandout

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Philip Bouchard - MECC, The Oregon Trail

Philip Bouchard spent over 30 years designing computer software, 18 of which were focused on educational software. He was the principal designer for the Apple II games The Oregon Trail and Number Munchers.

The Oregon Trail is a computer game originally developed in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) in 1974. The original game was designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th-century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail. "The Oregon Trail" is the world's longest-running video game franchise.

This interview took place August 26, 2017.

Links:

• Philip's personal Web site - http://www.philipbouchard.com/
• The Philipendium, Insightful stories about science, nature, language, and education - https://medium.com/the-philipendium
• "How I Managed to Design the Most Successful Educational Computer Game of All Time" article by R. Philip Bouchard - https://medium.com/the-philipendium/how-i-managed-to-design-the-most-successful-educational-computer-game-of-all-time-4626ea09e184
• "You Have Died of Dysentery: The creation of The Oregon Trail – the iconic educational game of the 1980s" book by R. Philip Bouchard - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01B8JMKMC
• Oregon Trail game at archive.org - https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990
• Oregon Trail series at WikiPedia

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: late-breaking up-to-the-minute Atari news, Randy disappears mid-episode, and we hear what Atari was like in Chile...

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Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

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

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

What We've Been Up To

• Kevin's year-end blog - http://atariaction.tumblr.com/post/181930826652/kevins-2017-post-mortem
• Atari CX401: General Accounting System - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=The%20Atari%20Accountant%20Series
• Official start of BASIC 10-Liners 2019 edition is January 30 - http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/forum/_2019/official-start-of-2019-edition-is-january-the-30th
• Turban - TUrboBAsic Nifty - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/244686-turban-turbobasic-nifty/
• Christmas present from Nir Dary - Lost in Space by Mr. Atari - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/245323-my-second-game-lost-in-space-philips-space-rendezvous/page- , https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=r8rfAzmq_n8
• SDrive Max - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SDrive-MAX
• SIO2SD - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=58

Interviews

• Recent thread started by Ethan_GameResearch (@GameResearch_E) praising the interview efforts by this show - https://twitter.com/GameResearch_E/status/1082672051243094016

Atari News

• New Version of Atari800MacX Released - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/286777-new-version-of-atari800macx-released/
• Rainbow emulator - Chris Lam's old emulator. Richard Bannister updated of OS X - https://www.bannister.org/software/rainbow.htm
• Xformer demo video: http://www.emulators.com/Videos/XformerDemo2.mp4
• Presenting for the new year: 2600 Combat, ported to the 800 - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/286592-combat-for-the-8-bit/ - phaeron
• 2019 Atari new year disk - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-year-disc-2019-con-juegos-y-demos.html
• Adventures in Atari BASIC: By Mikey Walters - Space Assault in ANALOG Computing #13 - https://wearethemutants.com/2016/09/06/adventures-in-atari-basic-lesson-one-programmer-kids-and-plotting-stars/
• http://atariprojects.org/2019/01/12/watch-episodes-of-the-bits-and-bytes-tv-show-1-2-hours/
• Rodman is a fun new Pac-Man inspired maze game that is being released for no less than 8 different 8-bit computers simultaneously! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9FyFbLGPnI
• You can check out Rodman screenshots and video, download demos and buy tapes here: https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/shop/games/rodman-special.html?fbclid=IwAR1vJeCVO4OcWcgsoK0plcBjy-AwJhcVqRscGh5OmqqFhkuUlpIrOhSaUbQ
• Hundreds of Atari 8-bit fonts, converted to TrueType for use on modern computers by @choccyhobnob https://github.com/ChoccyHobNob/EightBit-Atari-Fonts
• 8-bit Unity - THE ULTIMATE GAME SDK FOR 80S COMPUTERS - http://8bit-unity.com/?fbclid=IwAR112vDfmdwwovZTtEsztAqwYheDMhjteQZiXV8ccOK8G0UlvXZtbEdtqbg

Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers

• VCF Pacific Northwest 2019 will take place March 23-24, 2019 at Living Computers: Museum+Labs in Seattle, Washington. Details can be found at http://www.vcfed.org/vcf-pnw.
• Midwest Gaming Classic - Milwaukee, WI - April 12-14, 2019 - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/
• VCFSE 7.0 is scheduled for April 27&28.
• Fujiama 2019 - Monday, August 26, 2019 to Sunday Sep. 1, 2019 (ONE WHOLE WEEK.
• • As always, the Fujiama 2019 will be held at the Schützenhaus, Schützenhausweg 11, 08485 Lengenfeld, Germany. Visit atarixle's Fujiama page, Krupkaj's parties photos or mathy meetings page.
• VCF Midwest, Elk Grove Village, IL - Sep. 14-15, 2019 - http://vcfmw.org/
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 18-20 http://www.retrogamingexpo.com
• New event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8

YouTube videos since last show

• Atari 800XL VBXE Installation - Jonathan Halliday (FlashJazzCat) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKS5MJ0AdEU
• Fitting a DIN13 RGB Jack to an Atari 800XL - Jonathan Halliday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQUfsjq9SN8
• COMING SOON: PLATOTerm on an Atari 8-bit Cartridge! - Thomas Cherryhomes (tschak909) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z30YqJJHRA
• Top 100 Games for Atari 8-bit/Atari XL/Atari XE - CRT Chronicles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq6PZJAusFY

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/ColleenHardwareManualVersionA/
• https://archive.org/details/ColleenHardwareManualVersionB/
• https://archive.org/details/AtariA1200OperatingSystemManualSupplement/
• https://archive.org/details/LNBUG5
• https://archive.org/details/AtariOperatingSystemUsersManualAugust1980
• https://archive.org/details/EvaluationOfTheDeepBlueCCompiler
• Deep Blue C Compiler 1.1 Draft Manual - https://archive.org/details/DeepBlueCCompiler1.1DraftManual
• Atari Pascal Development Proposal - https://archive.org/details/AtariPascalDevelopmentProposal/
• Atari Pascal V 0.0 Documentation - https://archive.org/details/AtariPascalV0.0Documentation/page/n25
• Comparison Points Between UCSD Pascal And ATARI Pascal - https://archive.org/details/ComparisonPointsBetweenUCSDPascalAndATARIPascal
• Atari Pascal Functional Specification - https://archive.org/details/AtariPascalFunctionalSpecification/
• Atari Pascal Functional Specification - Harry Stewart Memo https://archive.org/details/AtariPascalFunctionalSpecificationStewartMemo
• Harry Stewart Pascal Meeting Notes - https://archive.org/details/HarryStewartPascalMeetingNotes
• https://archive.org/details/AtariPASCALExecutionMonitor version 1.0, March 1 1982, by W. Saville and M. Lehman — is another gift from Harry Stewart. "The final delivered version!!! Hooray"
• Kevin deep dive into the Pascal material https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1074036786190401536

Feedback

• Chilean Websites:
• • Retrogames.cl
  • Atariware.cl
  • Retronia.cl
• Facebook Groups:
• • Atari Chile (Every day content!) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/840633719349481/
  • RetroGames - https://www.facebook.com/groups/156206107736466

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.

Stan Gilbert, Tricky Tutorials

Hello, and welcome to an interview-only episode of Antic, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. Stan Gilbert worked for Educational Software (previously known as Santa Cruz Educational Software) in the early 80's and developed several products in the Tricky Tutorial series for the Atari 8-bit computer line. He later also worked for Apple.

This interview took place July 29, 2017.

Links:

• Antic Magazine August 1987 - Vol. 6 No. 4
• • LINKBAS.BAS, LINKBAS.EXE: Link BASIC (with compiled version), programming utility by Robin Alan Sherer and Stan Gilbert, 99 (BASIC, binary load)
• http://www.elisoftware.org/index.php?title=Tricky_Tutorial_No._9_GTIA_Graphics_(Atari_8-Bit,_5_1/4%22_Disk)_Educational_Software_-_1983_USA,_Canada_Release - Tricky Tutorial No. 9 GTIA Graphics (Atari 8-Bit, 5 1/4" Disk) Educational Software - 1983 USA, Canada Release
• The Adventures of Proto - http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-adventures-of-proto-_125.html
• Stan on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stan-gilbert-485b4b77/?ppe=1

In this special Holiday episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast:

Nir Dary regales us with stories about SilliVenture 2018. We share Atari gift ideas for yourself or others for Christmas. Plus, all the Atari 8-bit news we could find...

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Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

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

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

What We've Been Up To

• 1088XEL - https://ataribits.weebly.com/1088xel.html

• Atari CX401: General Accounting System - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=The%20Atari%20Accountant%20Series http://atari8bitads.blogspot.com/2017/12/atari-bean-counter.html
• SDrive Max - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SDrive-MAX

Atari News

• Pole Position Graphics hack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go2iQs8XkaY , http://atariage.com/forums/topic/284958-pole-position-modest-sprite-hack/page-7

• BAD APPLE demo by MadTeam won 2nd place in the Silly Venture 2018 Atari Rapidus / VBXE Demo competition - BAD APPLE VIDEO.

• Altirra on Mac issues resolved? Wade of Inverse ATASCII indicates he has resolved the Wine issues. - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/278822-altirra-30-mac-wine-port/?p=4170603

• Homesoft Atari XL/XE Disk Images - http://www.mushca.com/f/atari/

• Sidewriter Screen Sonics Keyboard - https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/60960870 , https://www.atarimagazines.com/v1n5/productreviews.html

• 1980's Atari 8-bit Platforming classic, now with 72 NEW rooms! - https://www.indieretronews.com/2018/09/montezuma-again-1980s-atari-8-bit.html

• Dungeon Hunt II - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/285702-dungeon-hunt-ii/ by Jacobus

• new digital book The A-Z of Atari 8-bit Games: Volume 3 is now available to buy on both Amazon and Kindle Store - Kieren Hawkin

UK Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Z-Atari-8-bit-Games-Gaming-ebook/…/

US Link: https://www.amazon.com/Z-Atari-8-bit-Games-Ga…/…/B07KYVVWDM/

YouTube videos since last show

• Amiga : The successor to the Atari 800 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-lzl54MOzk - Here is an excerpt from a talk by two of the Amiga designers: Ron Nicholson and Joe Decuir.
• SillyVenture 2018 - Atari Party in Gdansk Poland - published by Nir Dary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svD_K8ulgbs
• Atari800 Emulator on Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro runs "Drunk Chessboard" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1grm0DAzqM

New at Archive.org

• Hawkquest Game art and notes https://archive.org/details/HawkQuestGame and https://archive.org/details/HotCopter
• Ad Astra V2n1 The Journal of the Atari Microcomputer Net Amateur Radio Operator Users' Group https://archive.org/details/AdAstraV2n1/
• Ad Astra V2n2 https://archive.org/details/AdAstraV2n2/
• Atari Logo In The Classroom: A Teacher's Manual by Donna Bearden https://archive.org/details/AtariLogoInTheClassroom/
• Axlon Memory Upgrades Catalog https://archive.org/details/AxlonMemoryUpgradesCatalog/

Nir Dary - SilliVenture 2018

• SV 2K18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svD_K8ulgbs
• Sillventure Demos - https://demozoo.org/parties/3538/#competition_14740
• UltraSyd music party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXPD57D-oNI
• Paul Laughton greeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-iiCttMK8Y
• Flimoís quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGlwzFFeMAI
• Druidarium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRtTSJoZhz8

Atari Christmas Gifts

• Atari Touch Tablet at Best Electronics - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/274432-new-cx-77-atari-touch-tablets-at-best/
• Best Buy edition of Arcade1Up - Deluxe Edition 12-in-1 Arcade Cabinet with Riser - Atari Graphics $399 - https://www.bestbuy.com/site/arcade1up-deluxe-edition-12-in-1-arcade-cabinet-with-riser-atari-graphics/6288355.p?skuId=6288355&ref=212&loc=1&extStoreId=598&ds_rl=1266837&gclid=Cj0KCQiA8f_eBRDcARIsAEKwRGeAU8mBZa9kAVI9nOEn93PD8cLoGglqaadfKOGFlQAdqXiip0fZl9EaAqXPEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&fbclid=IwAR036TybxXU3qzgHMLqodTsHJ-4anZZx0TMbDosLA3zuYCRWDhgv-RY__t8
• WalMart edition of Asteroids Cabinet - https://www.walmart.com/ip/Arcade1Up-Asteroids-Machine-4ft/828150107?athcpid=828150107&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVAV&athieid=v0&athstid=CS020&athguid=ec68744a-ce4-1679429be03b74&athena=true
• Atari XEGS CIB Game Box - Clear Protective Box Protector Sleeve CASE - https://www.ebay.com/itm/153239747059
• KEYCON keyboard adapter for XL/XE - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/270312-new-tiny-project-keycon-keyboard-adapter-for-xlxe/?fbclid=IwAR0bEELfs4-9zyLnfjJTMXObKO8V4CMe9oNTNclxYmiCULSdZIvncFCSs8c
• Sophia Rev C for the 8-bits (Simius) - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/274004-sophia-revc-dvi-board/
• Joystick Breadboard Breakout https://www.ebay.com/itm/Joystick-Breadboard-Breakout-for-C64-VIC20-Atari-2600-VCS-Development/332904144456
• Allows our Ataris and other vintage computers to print to USB and network printers (laser and inkjet). - http://www.retroprinter.com/?fbclid=IwAR1OmXn1hXxSy4Sk7nFFg_MKb_9pnJ9oAoiclgoeZMHDKGX489bFUMNOPEk
• Mouse mat - https://www.rhayadercomputers.co.uk/atari_400/p4866955_17641956.aspx?fbclid=IwAR3Xwk7MRO8923VcdIvadA7Kv-Vho1ARZVAdEfSc8kJLizv49aYgbs8kRbM
• "GTIA or GTFO" t-shirt. - https://archive.org/details/20181130144157
• U1MB, VBXE, Rapidus - http://lotharek.pl

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In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast:

What we've been up to in the past month PLUS all the Atari 8-bit 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

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 ANTIC Interview Index - here

What We've Been Up To

• SDrive Max:
• • Atariwiki - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SDrive-MAX
  • Step-by-Step (German) - http://www.abbuc.de/~atarixle/readthread.php?f=15&t=9451&start=0
  • 1 half SIO cable - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=128
  • case - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2718842
• Tandy Assembly - http://www.tandyassembly.com
• Living Computer Museum - https://livingcomputers.org
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com
• http://www.Textfiles.com

Recent Interviews

• http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-367-george-morrison-alpha-systems-atari-software-protection-techniques-books

Atari News

• FastBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic/
• Rare Amdek Amdisk III 3" Disk Drive for Atari Computers on eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Amdek-Amdisk-III-3-Disk-Drive-for-Atari-Computers-working-/292781901516 and https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-AMDEK-AMDISK-III-3-INCH-DISK-DRIVE-/323275722802
• Michael Sternberg created an amazing Atari disk data visualizer:
• • An example disk: https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1054045176165855234
  • Visualizer code on github: https://github.com/michaelsternberg/atrviz
  • Michael Sternberg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/16kRAM
  • Discussion on AtariAge - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/284718-atari-disk-data-visualizer/
• PLATOTerm Release page - https://github.com/tschak909/platoterm64/releases/tag/PLATOTerm-1.0
• Irata.online Community For Retro-Computing Enthusiasts - https://www.irata.online
• Sails of Doom, new multijoy game - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/283993-sails-of-doom-new-multijoy-game/?fbclid=IwAR3cq09TVQro6cgXbLR7aDDhz6GIBy5eFDMKfo3U9HGmhpRA6BC7E0e2KAY , Game available at http://a8.fandal.cz
• Space Harrier - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/2018/10/actualizacion-de-space-harrier-para.html#more
• Total Eclipse 3d Adventure - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/2018/11/total-eclipse-juego-de-aventuras-3d.html
• FLOP 62 - New Issue of the Floppy Disk Magazine - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/283991-flop-62-new-issue-of-the-floppy-disk-magazine
• ABBUC Software Contest winners announced - http://www.abbuc.de/atari/software-ressort/81-software/softwarewettbewerbe/1836-software-wettbewerb-2018
• There is also a Millionaire Custom Game Builder available
• ABBUC games available at http://a8.fandal.cz
• The wait is over! XFORMER 10 is here! - http://www.emulators.com/?fbclid=IwAR1Xb2qnlijwYed0Z_gYIRM3NurayXPAYVP4vemL2qw10qd0Egmsu7A5_4g and http://www.emulators.com/xformer.htm
• Atari Projects web site: http://atariprojects.org by Jason Moore
• Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):

• http://wp.freeplayflorida.com/ Nov 9-11 orlando
• http://www.tandyassembly.com November 10th & 11th 2018 Springfield, OH

YouTube videos since last show

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T4RB0-UNMc&fbclid=IwAR2QQRNk7LrekhnkcaQTRBgrro7KGaza2Pzm6_1UG-VJ3ym-rHFQBFgUGAM - Sio2sd for ATARI XE/XL/400/800 with 16 GB SD CARD with DEMOS/FREE SOFTWARE UNBOXING and Review - Robbie Strike
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuwLbpr6yLo&fbclid=IwAR29Q1SO2xyHhY1EeZHtl2irMGjv1uoWkx9-hVUshFrpcMUdaKCucdHVlzM&app=desktop - Atari 1027 Printer. Printing Gettysburg Address - by clubvanderbilt
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3jML6x8yKU&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2GcHpYtT8BIx7VUWhhTzJnACBO2wIUIekQXE66xFCiJmQiOrlQJy7HXXw - IRATA.ONLINE: Getting Started with PLATOTerm for Atari 8-bit systems. - Thomas Cherryhomes (tschak909)

Commercial

• Bits and Bytes Episode 2: Ready-Made Programs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED3jbNCCjok

Mini-interviews

• Example of CURSIVE output: https://archive.org/details/IO_Connector_1986-12
• Syn software at: https://www.atariarchives.org/swlibrary/#syn

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/AutomatedLibraryII
• Allan (and edufun manuals) - https://archive.org/details/EdufunCatalog

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.

George Morrison: Alpha Systems, Atari Software Protection Techniques books George Morrison was founder of Alpha Systems, a company that produced many hardware and software products for the Atari computers, including The Parrot, and audio digitizer; MagniPrint II, a printing utility; and The Impersonator, hardware for copying cartridge-based programs; and other products. He was author of two books — Atari Software Protection Techniques and Advanced Atari Protection Techniques. This interview took place on October 16, 2018. In it, we discuss Ed Stewart and Richard Leinecker, both of whom I have previously interviewed. AtariMania's list of George's utilities AtariMania's list of Alpha Systems' games Atari Software Protection Techniques Advanced Atari Protection Techniques Space Walker Talk is Cheap by Ed Stuart ANTIC Interview 244 - Ed Stewart and Ray Lyons, APX Letterman ANTIC Interview 153 - Richard Leinecker, Your Atari Comes Alive

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast:

Bill Lange guest-hosts with us and tells us all about the recent Atari Party East. We talk about all the traveling and Atari things we did over the summer. Kevin throws in a mini-interview he did. And, Jeff Fulton reviews Tempest Elite Plus. Plus, all the Atari 8-bit 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

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

• Atari Party East 2018 video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjvP6AA6xg8
• Glen's Retro Show - Atari Party East 2018 Stream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjvP6AA6xg8
• Ted Nelson Junk Mail project https://archive.org/details/tednelsonjunkmail
• KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org
• Have you heard the good news? - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1020780246327492608
• VCF West - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/
• Krakow Pinball Museum http://www.krakowpinballmuseum.com/aboutus.html
• Wroclaw Museum Games & Computers Of The Past Era https://gikme.pl/en/
• Dorsett Software - https://archive.org/details/DorsettAtariFractions
• Ground Kontrol - https://groundkontrol.com/
• Powell's Books - https://www.powells.com/
• Best of Creative Computing, Vol. 2 - https://archive.org/details/bestofcreativeco00ahld
• VCF Midwest - http://vcfmw.org/
• Claus Buchholz - 1978 Pre-production Atari 800 - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/122471-atari-800-engineering-serial-26/?&hl=%20engineering
• Tricky Tutorials - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-tricky-tutorials-1-6
• AtariMax Atari Peripheral Emulator (A.P.E.) - https://www.atarimax.com/
• Atari Party East 2018 T-shirt art - https://www.deviantart.com/doncroswhite/art/Atari-Party-East-2018-761606869
• New joystick BX-80 from Benj Edwards - https://twitter.com/benjedwards/status/1025119835179634689

Atari News

• XL/XE Podcast - https://twitter.com/xlxepodcast
• SDrive Max:
• • Atariwiki - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SDrive-MAX
  • Step-by-Step (German) - http://www.abbuc.de/~atarixle/readthread.php?f=15&t=9451&start=0
  • 1 half SIO cable - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=128
  • case - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2718842
• Bill Lange with his 'brand new" Atari demo package - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/2018/09/con-exito-desarrollaron-atari-party.html
• Altirra on a Mac - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/278822-altirra-30-mac-wine-port/
• The Artists: The Untold History of Video Games - https://www.topic.com/the-artists/
• Sergio Marchant video series on Atari 8-bit assembly language for beginners (Spanish) - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/2018/07/curso-en-video-de-programacion.html#more
• UnoCart NEW Cartridge Shell Design by Corei64 - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/280028-unocart-new-cartridge-shell-design/
• Corei64 Atari 8-bit Carts - https://corei64.com/shop/index.php?route=product/category&path=62_87
• Atarifreakz - https://www.ebay.com/str/atarifreakz# - source for many of the IC's used in the 8-bit line of computers
• AtariNews.org domain name for sale - http://www.atarinews.org/
• Old School Gamer Magazine - https://oldschoolgamermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/osg5.pdf
• 8-Bit Apocalypse: The Untold Story of Atari's Missile Command by Alex Rubens Oct 16th. - https://amzn.to/2QhbkXe
• Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
• • Portland Retro Gaming Expo - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ - Oregon Convention Center on October 19-21, 2018
  • http://wp.freeplayflorida.com/ Nov 9-11 orlando
  • http://www.tandyassembly.com November 10th & 11th 2018 Springfield, OH

YouTube videos since last show

• Ben Heck's Portable Atari 800 - parts 1 & 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiw8LISBVj4&t=25s , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV1lacUcZk8
• Over 100 Atari XE Games System Cartridges In Under 1 Hour -Kieren Hawkin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rqUKzufD6k
• PAUL DANIELS AND ATARI 800 £1000 SYSTEM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhuVqq0w5Zc

Commercial

• SCRAM on the Bits and Bytes TV Show from TV Ontario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWcuh8QLlBc&list=PL77441A2ED0D0B6A8&t=670s

Mini-interviews

• John and Maddie Meyer, son and granddaughter of Ed Meyer - http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-360-ed-meyer-physical-chemistry-experiments-with-atari-computers

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/AtariComputerEnthusiastsNewslettersVolume1
• https://archive.org/details/@savetz?and%5B%5D=IO+Connector
• https://archive.org/details/@savetz?and%5B%5D=JACG
• https://archive.org/details/atari_8-bit_alive_sepoct94/page/n0
• Bill Lange https://archive.org/details/ATR8000CPMSupplement/page/n1
• Allan https://archive.org/details/APXMapmakerType5/page/n0
• https://archive.org/details/InStoreDemonstrationProgramDiskVersionAtari
• https://archive.org/details/InStoreDemonstrationProgramDiskVersionAtari/page/n0
• https://archive.org/details/CarCostCreativeSoftware/page/n0
• https://archive.org/details/RandomAlleyAdventure/page/n0
• https://archive.org/details/TheCodeBreakers/page/n0

Jeff Fulton

• Tempest Elite Plus game review - http://members.tcq.net/video61/tempestelite.html

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.