ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Allan Bushman, Atari Archivist If you've ever looked up an Atari computer manual at Internet Archive, chances are you've come across some of Allan Bushman's scans. For well over 13 years, Allan has been uploading scans of Atari-related catalogs, manuals, and books to the archive. Before that, since 1995 or before, Allan contributed to AtariMagazines.com and AtariMania. With a particular emphasis on finding and archiving Atari Program Exchange manuals, Allan has helped save the vast majority of the APX library. This interview took place on April 19 2026 at Vintage Computer Festival East. As of this recording, only 10 or so APX manuals have yet to be found and scanned.

Basic Renumber Utility (Renum) Character Set Editor Database/Report System Diskmenu Home Loan Analysis Reversi/Roman Checkers Basic Arithmetic (MECC) Geography (MECC) Market Place (MECC) Gossip (unreleased?) Dragons Quest or a Twist in the Tail (unreleased?)

Allan's scans at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/@allan52 Computer Shopper magazine Atari Articles: https://archive.org/details/@allan52?query=computer+shopper+atari+articles Allan on AtariAge: https://forums.atariage.com/profile/187-allan/

Atari at the Science Fair: Lisa Link Melville, Weather Prediction

The Herald Times newspaper, April 17 1984: "March 24 proved to be an exciting day for several area students participating in the South Central Indiana Regional Science Fair which was held in Bloomington. Lisa Link, an Edgewood High School junior, and Maxwell Brothers, a Bloomington North senior, took top honors in the advanced division. Programming an Atari 800 computer to forecast the weather was Link's project. The computer's entire 48K memory system was needed to develop the long and complicated program which predicts Bloomington's weather with an 88 percent rate of accuracy. Twelve variables are programmed into the computer which then forecasts the weather using such variables including temperature, cloud cover, rainfall, wind speed and barometric pressure. Link, though not presently enrolled in any science classes at Edgewood, went on to take not only top honors in the Regional Science Fair but also to win certificates of recognition from NASA and the Army as well as second place for best project by the Navy." An article a month later in The Newark Advocate said: "during a 17-day period in February and March, Miss Link said she accurately forecast the weather on 15 days." Her project garnered several awards: second place in her division from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association (which included a prize of $100), an Air Force honorable mention, and honorable mention from the American Meteorological Society. My interview with Lisa Link Melville took place on May 31 2026. Video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/nqJV_--YVkM

ANTIC Episode 128 - Stepping in a Pile of 800XLs

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… special guest Rob McMullen (Player/Missile Podcast) joins us to talk about all the Atari 8-bit news; such as new and updated emulators, Jumpman level editor, Club Med and the Atari, and a whole lot more!

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

• AltirraSDL - https://github.com/ilmenit/AltirraSDL

• Fujisan - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan

• Jumpman Reverse Engineering:

• https://playermissile.com/jumpman/notes.html

• Player Missile Podcast https://playermissile.com/

• Audacity AI noise reduction plugin (Windows) - https://github.com/intel/openvino-plugins-ai-audacity

• VCF East - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

• VCF Pacific Northwest - https://vcfpnw.org/

• Computer Museum Tour - (https://icm.museum/)

• Connections Museum in Seattle - (https://www.telcomhistory.org/)

• Games Computers Play and Fujinet?

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/132176-games-computers-play-inc-multiplayer-online-game/page/3/#findComment-5831081

• Further discussion on fujinet discord https://discord.gg/7MfFTvD

• Jumpman Level Editor:

• https://www.savetz.com/jumpman/

• Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/252267-jumpman-hacking/page/6/#findComment-5841022

• The PowerPad by Chalkboard Inc.:

• Review in Creative Computing - https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n10/52_The_legend_of_the_pad_of_.php

• Kay's interview with Robert Leyland, who programmed AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, and MicroIllustrator (along with Steve Dompier) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-450-robert-leyland-atariartist-koalapainter-microillustrator

New & Updated Games

• "Drwal": Course 6502 culminates in a full game for Atari 8-bit - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/05/drwal-curso-de-6502-culmina-en-un-juego.html

• "Tetris VBXE" revolutionizes the classic puzzle on Atari 8-bit - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/05/tetris-vbxe-revoluciona-el-puzzle.html

• Las Vegas Video Poker by Ditto - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389522-game-las-vegas-video-poker/

• Develop your own Scott Adams style Adventure games by Wrathchild - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390050-scottfree-adventure-editor-with-atari-interpreter-sources/

New & Updated Software

• PocketFuji - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/pocketfuji/

• CubeDot by Wade Ripkowski - https://unfinishedbitness.info/cubedot/

• Also AtariOrbit - https://www.atariorbit.org/2026/05/01/full-ansi-on-atari/

• King D/OS - A Modern OS on Retro Hardware - https://www.facebook.com/groups/fujinetusers/posts/4500846133530361/

• Google Drive (GDRIVE) Protocol Adapter for All FujiNets! - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCQFKOVu7rA

• AltirraSDL - ilmenit - pre-release version available for download -

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389385-altirrasdl-%E2%80%94-bringing-altirra-to-macos-linux-and-android/page/12/

• https://github.com/ilmenit/AltirraSDL

• AltirraSDL Lobby - Play Atari Games Together Online - ilmenit - https://lobby.atari.org.pl

• Altirra autosuggest feature - Altirra 4.50 Test10:

• AtariAge discussion of Altirra - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387055-altirra-440-released/page/6/#findComment-5835606

• Altirra test version - https://www.virtualdub.org/beta/Altirra-4.50-test10.zip

• AtariAge discussion of AltirraSDL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389385-altirrasdl-%E2%80%94-bringing-altirra-to-macos-linux-and-android/page/12/#findComment-5835770

• One of Retro Dev's Most Powerful Tools Now Runs Entirely in Your Browser:

• https://retrogamecoders.com/trse-now-online/

• https://ide.retrogamecoders.com/

• AI trained with Atari BASIC:

• Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/04/polonia-ia-entrenada-con-atari-basic.html

• NotebookLM with Atari BASIC - https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/caaad1ba-ba64-4e49-b602-143f6c12ff92

• AtariOnline forum discussion - https://atarionline.pl/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8182&page=1#Item_0

Publications

• May issue of Atari Insights newsletter - https://ataribasics.com/

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

• Omnibus podcast ep about Nolan Bushnell - https://www.omnibusproject.com/episodes/nolan-bushnell-entry-167ma1323

• AtariProjects - https://www.atariprojects.org

The Company That Calls Itself Atari

• https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/new-atari-trademark-application-hints-at-hardware-refresh-for-mr-ts-favourite-home-computer

• Amiga A1200 is delayed until December, 2026:

• Article - https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-amiga-emulating-thea1200-retro-computer-delayed-nearly-half-a-year-by-global-chip-shortages-retro-games-ltd-says-it-will-use-the-extra-time-to-finesse-the-software

• Preorder on amazon - https://amzn.to/49l4Otl

• Atari buys rights to Wizardry - https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/atari-just-bought-the-rights-to-the-big-daddy-of-pc-rpgs-and-a-reissue-campaign-is-afoot/

New & Updated Hardware

• XYAB Joystick Controller Pad (via Bill Kendrick) - review by Stone Age Gamer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP3498i5pHI

Other

• Virtual OS Museum - https://virtualosmuseum.org

• When Club Med Met Atari - The Retroist:

• https://www.retroist.com/p/when-club-med-met-atari

• Kay's interview with Linda Brownstein - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-412-linda-brownstein-atari-vp-special-projects

• SMARTWATCH BAND from Atari - https://atari.com/products/my-play-watch-arcade-smartwatch-band

• New Atari sales and service option - A8Renegade:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389805-atari-service-and-sales/

• https://A8renegade.com

Upcoming Shows

• 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/

• CORGSCON - Columbus Ohio Retro Gaming Society - June 6-7 - Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH - https://www.corgscon.com/

• Chilliwack & Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 20 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 30-Aug. 2 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2026-se

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

• Long Island Retro Gaming Expo - August 7-9, 2026 - Cradle of Aviation, Garden City, NY - https://liretro.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

• Inside a 1979 Computer (Atari 800 Teardown) - We Fix Stupid Computers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t05Vg9u_5g

• Atari 800 Full Reassembly (1979) | Inside a Classic 8-Bit Computer - We Fix Stupid Computers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqK7w7rIhDE

• Proper Atari 800 HDMI video and audio - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiqO6leRrDc

• (short) FujiNet Go 800 for Android - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W0u9arc11z8

• FISH- awesome app for your Atari 8 Bit FujiNet - gorgh Agenda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVCSh3cJGxE

New at Github

• Port of the BBC Micro REVS Disk Version to the Atari 8-Bits:

• https://github.com/WrathchildMGK/A8RevsBBC

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revs_(video_game)

• Very Good Atari Remote - https://github.com/tjh1976/VGAR

• https://github.com/akosela/darkzil

• https://github.com/owen-rp2a03/atari_antic_switch

• https://github.com/peterkaczorowski/SAVO

• Atari 8-bit implementation of Dave Plummer's PDP-11 implementation of the original "ATTN/11 - Paper Tape Is All You Need" - https://github.com/paul-d-carlson/atari-is-all-you-need

• Multi-Layer Perceptron that runs on an Atari 8-bit computer. Ported from XORTRAN by Damien Boureille" - https://github.com/paul-d-carlson/atari-mlp

• Implementation of a Hopfield network for the Atari 8 bit computer:

• https://github.com/paul-d-carlson/atari-hopfield

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopfield_network

ANTIC Episode 127 - Brad's 76K Brain

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we turn the podcast into more of a multi-media experience, we cover a LOT of new and updated utility software for the Atari 8-bit, and Kay accuses Brad of having a 76K brain!

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

• pokey stream player - https://github.com/ilmenit/pokey-stream-player

• Fujisan with FastBASIC - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/

• This Week in Retro episode 262 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q_ODmzynsM

• Atari lightbox - techdungeon.xyz

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

New & Updated Games

• Dodger - Captain Crumble:

• Atariage discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389334-new-game-release-dodger/

• Atariteca review - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/04/dodger-rescata-una-idea-de-1994-para.html

• Drwal:

• Learning series by Larek - https://www.youtube.com/@larek/streams

• Download game - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gW7_TZLzpjZNejN58lvpehFVrD7kn1gt/view

• AI powers new games for Atari: "Doom 2D" and "Space Invaders" - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/03/ia-impulsa-nuevos-juegos-para-atari.html

New & Updated Software

• FujiNetChat, a new IRC client for Atari 8-bit computers with FujiNet - Urchlay:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388852-fujinetchat-a-new-irc-client-for-atari-8-bit-computers-with-fujinet

• TNFS: zapp.opensourcerers.net (new test builds will appear here often)

• WWW: https://slackware.uk/~urchlay/src/fnchat-20260315-0540.xex

• Fuji Do Reports - Wade (Ripduski):

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389110-new-app-fuji-do-reports/

• https://unfinishedbitness.info/fuji-do/

• FujiNet Go 800: atari800 emulator + FujiNet on modern Android devices - Mozzwald - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389252-fujinet-go-800-atari800-emulator-fujinet-on-modern-android-devices/

• Lenka Project - A Full 65C816 SDX Modern Retro Atari Virtual Machine - Piotr D. Kaczorowski - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389274-lenka-project-a-full-65c816-sdx-modern-retro-atari-virtual-machine/

• AltirraSDL — Bringing Altirra to macOS, Linux, and Android - ilmenit - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389385-altirrasdl-%E2%80%94-bringing-altirra-to-macos-linux-and-android/

• VSCode FastBASIC extension with FujiSan update - Eric Carr & Paulo Garcia - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ericcarr.fastbasic-debugger

• APOD Viewer for VBXE by Stephen - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389397-apod-viewer-for-vbxe/

Publications

• The April issue of Atari Insights is now out - https://atariprojects.org/

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

• Flop 69 disk magazine - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389213-disk-magazine-flop-69-has-been-released/

New & Updated Hardware

• Lotharek's new video mod for XL/XE, Gtia2RGB - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=435

• Ape Warp XL/XE 32-in-1 OS Switcher - https://www.8bitclassics.com/product/atari-xlxe-ape-warp-os-32-in-1-switchless-upgrade-module/?srsltid=AfmBOoq3AiO4yASJsDiuXdQMIncO3DDeze2XZlEdoFz-qFppn6W_vmgY

Contests

• BASIC 10-Liner:

• Atariteca write-up - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/04/tenbirmam-y-arkanoid-lideraron-el-basic.html

• Every Atari 8-Bit Game from the BASIC 10 Liner Contest 2026! - Zero Page Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEmg-F43oc

• BASIC 10-Liner site - https://bunsen.itch.io/

• Compilation Disk 2026 (Atari 8-Bit) by Vitoco - https://bunsen.itch.io/compilation-disk-2026-atari-8-bit-by-vitoco

Other

• https://gamehistory.org/cgdc-1989-tapes/

• https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/05cdfdf2-ec23-446a-aa3c-28d0c2758880?_gl=1*1q0lmdo*_ga*MjAwNTA1MjM4My4xNzczOTQyNzgw*_ga_4ZPZBFRVR6*czE3NzM5NDI3NzkkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzM5NDI3NzkkajYwJGwwJGgw&sortField=date&sortDir=asc&showUncatalogedFiles=true

• https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/cb76651a-d993-47d0-8085-33ccfe32923d?_gl=1*1q0lmdo*_ga*MjAwNTA1MjM4My4xNzczOTQyNzgw*_ga_4ZPZBFRVR6*czE3NzM5NDI3NzkkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzM5NDI3NzkkajYwJGwwJGgw&sortField=date&sortDir=asc&showUncatalogedFiles=true

• Atari Computer Camps - The Rise and Fall of Atari Computer Camps by The Retroist - https://www.retroist.com/p/atari-computer-camps (substack)

Upcoming Computer Shows

• 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/

• Vintage Computer Festival GB 2026 - June 19-21 - Leigh, Wigan, United Kingdom - https://www.facebook.com/events/25457837877216829/

• Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 20 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html

YouTube Videos

• FujiNet Turbo 2000 Cassette Loading - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMmfI-WLUpY

• Why the Atari 800XL blows the doors off the Commodore 64 - Hans Campbell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=494e0WVxIQ8

• New video of Atario platform engine for Atari 8-bit computers - Eric Carr - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewPlgEyWLlQ

Commercial

• https://archive.org/details/1987-atari-xe-2-commercial-alta-1_202604

New at Github

• JAM (Just Atari Model) Release - Marak Spanel - https://github.com/marspa73/atarijam

• VBXE Web Browser with image support - w1k:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389129-vbxe-web-browser-with-image-support-and-searching/

• https://github.com/viktorcech/vbxe-browser

• [A]tari [E]ight-bit [M]ulti-[T]ool - aemt https://github.com/idunmore/aemt

Feedback

• project to add FastBASIC syntax highlighting to Neovim - https://github.com/feoh/fastbasic_neovim_syntax

ANTIC Episode 126 - All Atari All The Time

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We bring in special guest Paulo Garcia, author of the incredible FujiSan emulator, and bring you all the Atari news we can find.

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

• FujiSan version 1.1.8 - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/releases/tag/v1.1.8

• Conversational German - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-conversational-german_1334.html

New & Updated Games

• European Countries & Capitals Updated - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/296743-european-capitals-reverse-engineering/

• Text Adventure Homo Sapiens - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388766-homo-sapiens-text-adventure-released-for-atari-130xe/

• FujiNet Maze War - Mozzwald:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388112-ai-is-getting-too-good/page/3/#comment-5804016

• Source code available at https://github.com/mozzwald/fujinet-maze-war

• Requires prerelease fujinet firmware from - https://github.com/mozzwald/fujinet-firmware/tree/v1.5.2-fixes-netstream

New & Updated Software

• Charsetter – a new web tool for creating fonts and maps in ANTIC 2 and ANTIC 4 modes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388653-charsetter-%E2%80%93-a-new-web-tool-for-creating-fonts-and-maps-in-antic-2-and-antic-4-modes/

• BOSS-X the Final Edition (pre-release):

• Blog - https://abbuc.de/~atarixle/?article=bossxfinaleditionprerelease

• can be downloaded from download > bossx > BOSS-X 10.39 Final Edition DE EN.zip .

• Update to A8E emulator (browser-based):

• Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388191-a8e-atari-800-xl-emulator-v100/page/2/#comment-5803541

• A new version is available - https://dev.jsa8e.anides.de/

• Pokey Stream Player - ilmenit - https://github.com/ilmenit/pokey-stream-player

• DitherLab - dithering on Atari XL/XE - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388489-ditherlab-dithering-on-atari-xlxe/

• New CubeSQL app Total Recall - Wade Ripkowski - Https://unfinishedbitness.info/total-recall/

• TNFS Qt6 System Tray Edition - A cross-platform GUI server for FujiNet from 13Leader:

• AtariAge announcement - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388803-release-tnfs-qt6-system-tray-edition-a-cross-platform-gui-server-for-fujinet/

• Download - https://github.com/pjones1063/tnfsd/releases/tag/V2K26.1.0.1

Publications

• Atari Insights March, 2026 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388559-atari-insights-%E2%80%93-march-2026-issue-now-available/

• AtariProjects:

  • Explore the Golden Rules of Using an Atari 8-Bit Computer - https://atariprojects.org/2026/01/14/explore-the-golden-rules-of-using-an-atari-8-bit-computer-15-30-mins/

  • Explore Gury's Atari 8-bit Forever Portal - https://atariprojects.org/2026/01/14/explore-gurys-atari-8-bit-forever-portal-15-30-mins/

Contests

• FujiCup - https://fujicup.pl (from Philsan)

• Atari 8-Bit/5200 Games in 8th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards - ZeroPage Homebrew:

• Nominated Games - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPnT8iqp3B8

• Winners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wr6Y1D3DJ4

• AtariAge Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387772-8th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-voting-information-discussion/#findComment-5798910

• 15th Edition of BASIC 10 Liner Contest - https://bunsen.itch.io/basic-10liner-2026

Other

• New release of Altirra Hardware Reference Manual - https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html

• The Serious Computerist - http://seriouscomputerist.altervista.org/pages/home/home.htm

Upcoming Shows

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

• Atari Invasion 2k26 (10th Anniversary) - March 21 - Maarssen, Netherlands - https://www.atari-invasion.nl

• 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/

• 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

• Writing my Compute! Articles on my ATARI, thanks to FujiNet! - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388420-video-writing-computes-gazette-articles-using-fujinet-and-my-atari/

• ATARI 65 XE-F - zaxoniec - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu_AI-kkWhg

• New level editor for Atari 8-bit computers Montezuma's Revenge - Lew Daney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwwEO-vuXIg

• A Trip Down Memory Card Lane podcast Ep.286 – A Catalog of Possibility: The Rise and Fall of the Atari Program Exchange - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcVMU1IPLz4

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/1979-atari-400-8-bit-computer-official-promo-video

• Optimized Systems Software's Basic A+ Manual - https://archive.org/details/basic-a-plus-manual-oss

• 4 TWAUG newsletters: (Tyne & Wear) - https://archive.org/search?query=title%3ATWAUG+Newsletter&sort=-addeddate

Commercial

• Atari 800XL Home Computer (with Mr T) - 1984 Australian TV Commercial - https://archive.org/details/mubd1234ama-Jp6B5bEHoto

Feedback

• blog post showing how to set up FujiNet-PC-Launcher to get 1 click access to an Atari preconfigured to use it and get FujiNet-PC running at the same time - https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/02/15/one-click-atari/

Paulo's Information

• Paulo's web site: https://8bitrelics.com/

• FujiSan - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan

ANTIC Episode 125 - "Combining SQL with Fun (and Poo)"

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Wade Ripkowski comes onto the show and gives us an update on his work to bring SQL to the Atari (and an extremely useful poo management tool!), we cover good news concerning the Curt Vendel Atari collection, we report on an exciting updated browser-based emulator, a huge update to AspeQT, and a whole lot more!! 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

• cubeSQL project blog post - https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/02/01/atari-8-bit-sql/

• Unfinished Bitness - https://unfinishedbitness.info

• Wade's A8 C Library - https://unfinishedbitness.info/c-library/

• cubeSQL - https://sqlabs.com/cubesql

• FujiNet - https://fujinet.online/

• CubeDot - https://unfinishedbitness.info/cubedot/

• Fuji Do - https://unfinishedbitness.info/fuji-do/

• Fuji Poo - https://unfinishedbitness.info/fuji-poo/

• Dr. Love - https://unfinishedbitness.info/dr-love/

• video demo of CubeDot - https://vimeo.com/1165039670

• video demo of Fuji Do - https://vimeo.com/1165038947

• Mr. Paint - https://unfinishedbitness.info/mr-paint/

• King PONG How Atari Bounced Across Markets to Make Millions - https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262051330/king-pong/

• Atari newsletter time capsule 1987-08:

• https://archive.org/details/antc_Atari_newsletter_time_capsule_1987-08

• The Strong museum - https://www.museumofplay.org/

• FujiNet Application Ideas - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-firmware/wiki/Application-Ideas

• Smith Corona Messenger Module and Smith Corona Ultrasonic 450 typewriter - https://typewriterdatabase.com/1983-smith-corona-ultrasonic.2181.typewriter

• prototype of Atari chapter for Quick Reference Book - https://floppydaysqr.my.canva.site/

New & Updated Games

• Inufuto Game Cartridge - posted by Philsan:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331824-inufuto-does-atari-8-bit/page/5/#comment-5783007

• https://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-inufuto_developer_3171_8_G.html

• FujiNet Midimaze mode now stable by Mozzwald - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387536-midimaze-mode-now-stable/

New & Updated non-Game Software

• A8E (Atari 800 XL Emulator) - By AnimaInCorpore:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388191-a8e-atari-800-xl-emulator-v100/

• Source - https://github.com/AnimaInCorpore/A8E

• Browser demo - https://jsa8e.anides.de/

• Atari800-AI - Benj Edwards - https://github.com/benj-edwards/atari800-ai

• Update to mkatr (including lsatr) tools from dmsc - https://github.com/dmsc/mkatr/releases/tag/v1.4

• AspeQt-2k26 - John Paul Jones:

• https://github.com/pjones1063/AspeQt-2k26

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387630-wip-aspeqt-2k26-resurrecting-aspeqt-with-qt6-high-dpi-wi-fi-modems/

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388105-%F0%9F%9A%80-aspeqt-2k26-dev-update-the-thin-client-concept-introducing-the-w-device-and-clipboard-y-device/

Publications

• BASIC Fun on Your A400 Mini: BASIC for real hardware and emulators too! By John McGinnis - https://www.amazon.com/BASIC-Fun-Your-A400-Mini/dp/B0G1YGJ2P7

• Atari Insights February 2026:

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

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

• February, 2026 Issue of Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com

• ABBUC Magazine 163 released - https://www.abbuc.de

• Pro(c) gone; last issue #15 - web site updated May 2025 - https://web.archive.org/web/20250404175246/https://proc-atari.de/

New & Updated Hardware

• 5200XEGS - Making your Classic Super Game Console into an 8-Bit Computer - mytek - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387340-5200xegs-making-your-classic-super-game-console-into-an-8-bit-computer/

Contests

• High Score Club active for 2026 (season 23) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387353-hsc-season-23-jan-2026-welcome-and-game-list-thread/

• ABBUC Creative Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387746-abbuc-creative-competition-2026-has-been-launched/

• ABBUC Application Software Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387745-abbuc-application-software-competition-2026-has-been-launched/

• ABBUC Game Software Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387744-abbuc-software-competition-2026-has-been-launched/

• ABBUC Hardware Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387737-abbuc-hardware-competition-2026-has-been-launched/

Other

• Byte magazine cover illustrator has passed away. https://tinney.net/in-memoriam

• Strong museum announces the acquisition of the Curt Vendel Atari Collection - https://www.museumofplay.org/press-release/the-strong-national-museum-of-play-acquires-atari-home-computer-and-console-division-collection/

• Atari Hotel news - https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/atari-hotel-that-was-never-happening-makes-headlines-for-not-happening/

Upcoming Shows (thru May, 2026)

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

• Atari Invasion 2k26 (10th Anniversary) - March 21 - Maarssen, Netherlands - https://www.atari-invasion.nl

• 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

• Atari 130XE gets new ACID Stereo board (with new U1MB plugin), Decent XE keyboard, and more upgrades - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRjy-0AB_90

• Using FujiNet NOS with SD Card - Thom Cherryhomes - https://youtu.be/G0gXB3Z4Nmc

Feedback

• Beat The Beatles — "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

Wade Ripkowski Contact Information

• https://inverseatascii.info/

• https://unfinishedbitness.info/

• Mastodon @[email protected]

• Email: [email protected]

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/