ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

ANTIC Episode 120 - AI Non Grata

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

READY!

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kay's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

What we've been up to

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

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

News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• FastBASIC Debugger Extension for VSCode - Eric Carr:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Timberman - a new game:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Upcoming Shows

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

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

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

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

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

YouTube Videos

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

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

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

New at Archive.org

• Allan Bushman is on FIRE:

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

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

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

• And new entrant in the scanning scene Ted Skrecky:

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

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

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

Listener Feedback

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

ANTIC Episode 119 - Special Guest Joe Decuir

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

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kay's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

What we've been up to

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

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

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

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

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

• ABBUC - https://www.abbuc.de

News

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

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

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

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

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

• Atari SIO Peripheral Emulator for Flipper Zero:

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

• https://flipperzero.one/

• 1090XL remake housing - fokaszalot:

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

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

• Chat64 for Atari 800XL:

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

• http://www.chat64.nl

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

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

Upcoming Shows

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

YouTube Videos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ANTIC Episode 118 - Trigger Warning

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

READY!

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kay's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we've been up to

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

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

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

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

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

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

News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• The story of how Boulder Dash was created:

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

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

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

• Trigger Warning: Commodore news

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

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

Upcoming Shows

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

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

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

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

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

YouTube Videos

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

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

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

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

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

New at Archive.org

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

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

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

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

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

New at Github

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

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

• https://github.com/itaych/Ice-T

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

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

Feedback

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

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

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

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

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

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

ANTIC Episode 117

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

READY!

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kay's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

What we've been up to

• New scans for documents sent by Aaron Spurlock:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Upcoming Shows

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

YouTube Videos

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

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

• Luckyman (new Atari XL/XE game!):

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

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

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

New at Archive.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Allan Bushman's scans of Magatar:

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

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

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

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

Feedback

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

ANTIC Episode 116

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

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kay's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we've been up to

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

• Fujinet update:

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

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

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

• https://www.eightbitfix.com/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Astra 1620 manual and video - Chris Lorenzo:

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

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

News

• BASIC 10-Liners -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Best Electronics article at Tom's Hardware:

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

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

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

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

Upcoming Shows

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

YouTube Videos

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

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

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

New at Github

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

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

• https://github.com/cepetr/sio2flip

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

Bill and David Lappen, Buy-Phone It's a dangerous game in the computer history field to call anything the "first." But Buy-Phone is a very strong contender call itself the first online yellow pages. Years before before Yahoo!, before Craigslist, Buy-Phone was a text-based dial-up service — available at 300 and 1200 bits per second — that provided business listings, movie times, and personal ads, all for free to callers. The service launched in late 1982 and was limited to the West Los Angeles area. Buy-Phone was the brainchild of brothers Bill and David Lappen. Here's what the August 1984 issue of IEEE Computer wrote: "Buy-Phone's "electronic yellow pages" service for Los Angeles is answering over 3000 consumer requests per day, on any thing trom movies to restaurants to auto repair - and the best part? It's all free. The philosophy was to provide sponsored information paid for by the advertiser, not the consumer. The computer organizes over 10,000 listings to respond exactly to the caller's request. According to the company, the system had to be easy for computer novices to operate, yet powerful enough to be of value. Four proficiency levels are used, each introducing additional features. Beginning users see only six different categories of listings (restaurants arranged by price or nationality, movie schedules, plays...). As users advance, they see an expanded list and are shown how to formulate a search. Retrieved listings are arranged by their distance from the user, with the closest shown first. Expert users are able to specify the time and day they want to buy an item and get information only about stores that are open then. Buy-Phone is now testing expansion to determine how difficult it will be to create similar systems in other cities. To discover Buy-Phone's service call (213) 474-0270 (300 baud), (213) 470-4679 (1200 baud). Access assistance is available at (213) 474-2220." I interviewed Buy-Phone founders Bill and David Lappen on March 14, 2025. Video version of this interview Buy-Phone advertisements, clippings, and ephemera Buy-Phone Computer Consulting web site Support Kay's interviews on Patreon

ANTIC Episode 115

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk lots of contest news, Mr. Paint, a DIY Atari-themed monitor, and lots of other Atari 8-bit news. Plus, we find a book on "exhausting" Atari games!

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

• Scanned stuff from Timothy Onders

• https://archive.org/details/stx_Atari_400_800_Personal_Computer_System_Operating_System_Listing_1981-02_CO16579

• https://archive.org/details/stx_Atari_400_800_Personal_Computer_System_Hardware_Manual_CO16555_1980-10

• https://archive.org/details/APX_Isopleth_Map-Making_Package_manual_APX-20103_1982-06

• Pilot book - "Atari 400/800 Student Pilot Reference Guide" by Atari - https://archive.org/details/atari_pilot-student-guide

• Scanned JACG (Jersey Atari Computer Group) newsletters:

• October, 1985 - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1985-october-vol-5-no-2

• November, 1985 - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1985-november-vol-5-no-3

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

Recent Interviews

• ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-453-giann-velasquez-atariteca

• ANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty, DGS Software

• ANTIC Interview 454 - Steve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger

News

• Mr. Paint by Wade Ripkowski:

• https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/MrPaint

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379270-mr-paint/

• Atari 'faux neon' LED logo sign, $40 on pre-order - https://atari.com/products/atari-neon-led-sign-white-12-x-13

• "errant" on git - using Atari as a keyboard for a PC. Code and instructions posted:

• https://git.sdf.org/errant/keytari

• https://voidptr.org/

• Arcade Centipede emulated on Atari 800XL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379015-centipede-emulator-for-the-atari-800xl/

• FujiCup 2024 Results Announced:

• https://fujicup.pl/

• results page for 2024 - https://fujicup.pl/wyniki2024

• Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW-z9tD1OW4

• Download all 2024 games in ZIP archive

• Atari Homebrew Awards 2024:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b3g4Czr0BE

• Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew (Original) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379180-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-original/

• Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew (Port) - ​​https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379181-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-port/

• Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 WIP (Original) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379182-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-wip-original/

• Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 WIP (Port) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379183-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-wip-port/

• 800XL gets a mention in Hackaday article - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/genetic-algorithm-runs-on-atari-800-xl/

• XCL10 Monitor - Marcin "Fokaszalot" - Baran - https://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=nowinki&ucat=1&subaction=showfull&id=1740334426

• BASIC 10-Liner Contest - https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/copy-of-games-list-2024

• Via bill kendrick - https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-it-was-a-suicide-mission-larry-siegel-reflects-on-ataris-failed-war-on-nintendo

• Compute! Magazine ATR by Issue #4 to #95 - Rory McMahon - https://discord.com/channels/1071168010427060324/1071168010427060327/1340108131690348607

• https://www.eurogamer.net/40-years-on-rescue-on-fractalus-remains-a-rare-reminder-of-the-magic-of-lucasfilm-games

• Computer Dealer Demos: Selling Home Computers with Bouncing Balls and Animated Logos by Patryk Wasiak, Institute for Cultural Studies, University of Wrocław, Poland - https://www.academia.edu/10744534/Computer_Dealer_Demos_Selling_Home_Computers_with_Bouncing_Balls_and_Animated_Logos?email_work_card=title

• Why the N tools?" By Thomas Cherryhomes:

• https://fujinet.online/2025/02/21/atari-why-the-n-tools/

• Video - https://youtu.be/BUR_KRTRWk0

• 1090XL Expansion case:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318373-1090xl-remake/page/41/#findComment-5620900

• Link to STLs: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1084156

Upcoming Shows

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/

• VCF East - April 4-6, 2025 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 12-13 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/

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

• Retrofest 2025 - May 31-June1 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

YouTube Videos

• The Atari 800 Quick Repair Guide ! - Paul Westphal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R7CpvJLERk

• Atari Pioneers Spill: 80s Gaming's Untold Stories! - Convention Coverage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YexxqfHUeik

• Cutting Edge, Atari XL/XE 64 bytes intro - Freddy Offenga - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcoGgFd-3Nc (From LoveByte 2025 - https://lovebyte.party/ )

• "Abundance" 128 Byte Intro Atari XL/XE - gorgh Atari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6HmWxcGVrg

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/addison-wesley-adventures-voor-uw-atari-xlxe

• https://archive.org/details/addison-wesley-afmattende-spelen-voor-uw-atari-600-xl-800-xl

• https://archive.org/details/great-lakes-atari-digest-june-1989-vol-1-no-4

• https://archive.org/details/great-lakes-atari-digest-october-1989-vol-1-no-8

• https://archive.org/details/catch-on-to-computers-with-atari-logo-post-cereal

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-april-1987-vol-7-num-4-atari-articles

• https://archive.org/details/salespersons-guide-to-the-atari-400-home-computer-system/page/n1/mode/2up

• https://archive.org/details/excalibur-magazine/

• https://archive.org/details/capitol-hill-atari-owners-society-software-library-disk-catalog-march-1987

• https://archive.org/details/atari-price-list-june-1982-and-letters/mode/2up

• https://archive.org/details/grand-rapids-atari-systems-supporters-software-library-disk-catalog-1987

Commercial

• Atari XE Computer System Commercial (1988) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjWEE5r8Rak

Feedback

• Chris Lorenzo - Vintage Gaming Memories (YouTube) - Atari Addict Collectors Issue Magazine

Steve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger Steve Kranish is the creator of the Atari 8-bit and Atari 5200 versions of Frogger, the versions published by Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers had the rights to publish cartridge versions of Frogger. Sierra On-Line had already published versions of Frogger on floppy disk and cassette, so Parker Brothers bought the rights to use that version as the basis for its cartridge version. But there were a few problems: for one, the 13K cassette game would need to be shrunk to fit on an 8K cartridge. Another: the source code was lost. Steve also worked on an Atari 8-bit version of the board game Risk, and a game called Baker's Dozen, both of which were unfinished. He also worked on Project Zelda, Parker Brothers investigation into distributing Atari VCS games via cable television. This interview took place on March 2, 2025. In 2016, I interviewed John Harris, who programmed the Sierra Online version of Frogger (as well as Jawbreaker and Mouskattack). Check the show notes for the link to that. Video version of this interview 2007 interview with Steve at Atari Compendium Steve's games at AtariMania Steve on Atariage ANTIC Interview 200 - John Harris: Jawbreaker, Frogger, Mouskattack Support Kay on Patreon

ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca

Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I'm Randy Kindig, your host for this episode.

Giann Velasquez is the owner and curator of the popular, Spanish-language, Atari 8-bit news site, Atariteca. Giann is a consummate Atari 8-bit fan and lives in Lima, Peru.

This interview took place on June 30, 2024.

Links

• Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/

Blog about Atari 8-bit computers. News, guides and analysis on emulators, games and programs for Atari XL/XE series computers.