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October 10, 2022ANTIC Episode 92 - I Played 1,000 Hours!
ANTIC Episode 92 - I Played 1,000 Hours!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Randy talks about his great barn find and VCFMW, Kay gets a new personality (board), and Brad tries to accumulate 1,000 hours on Miner 2049'er.

READY!

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we've been up to

Secret Guide to Computers and Tricky Living on IA - https://archive.org/details/secret-guide-33/page/684/mode/2up?q=Atari

Atari 800 Personality Board by santosp:

https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/atari-800-personality-board-62686

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/337925-new-personality-board-for-the-a800/?tab=comments#comment-5090556

VCFMW - http://www.vcfmw.org

Suburban Chicago Atarians - http://www.scatarians.org/

Atari FujiNet NOS - https://www.atariorbit.org/

The Taylor and Amy Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI8b_XAuYXU

800XL cover from Paulo Garcia (Vintage is the New Old - https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/ )

News

Retrochallenge 2022/10 - https://www.retrochallenge.org/2022/09/rc-202210-is-go.html

ASMA - Atari SAP Music Archive - http://asma.atari.org/

"Computer Ads from the Past" substack entry on Alan Alda and Atariwriter- https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/alan-alda-and-atariwriter

Atari XL/XE fan scarf. Power Without the price since 1982 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/325252579215

Thom Cherryhomes call for game conversion for FujiNet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeImwNKp-yY

Andrew Diller (@atariorbit) put together a video showing the evolution of the FujiNet codebase, since its inception as "Atariwifi." - https://youtube.com/watch?v=pfeUelE9cYc… #RetroComputing

Atari 50th Anniversary Collection - https://park.london/products/atari-50-star-raiders-print-wall-art

Star Raiders will be included in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - https://twitter.com/DigitalEclipse/status/1577690194156785665

"Save Atari History" by playing minigames - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QErw-mKwLg

3D printed Atari cases and keycaps - https://gp61.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR0jISsGhUARscNVb0ojRw8PQIuR8WZ2Z9BdLvHSefCmfuLzeLvELUl_MQU

2nd ATASCII Compo - http://logiker.com/ATASCII

Atari EPROM Programmer - https://www.ebay.com/itm/374261668413

Atari sticker - https://www.ebay.com/itm/325374564098

ABBUC Magazine #150 - https://abbuc.de

Upcoming Shows

Portland Retro Gaming Expo = October 14-16 https://www.retrogamingexpo.com

YouTube Videos

Hibernated 1, Directors Cut on the Atari 8-bit (adventure game), with talk about FujiNet, XEP-80, CPM and the game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPViSZD_O90 - Andrew Diller (@atariorbit)

Heavily modified NTSC Atari 600XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8YdqUTKvSw - FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday)

A bunch of things still in development from Lotharek and Candle like the Atari 400 Incognito Lite! - https://youtu.be/UN-8P3iK1IM - FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday)

Evolution of Atari computers and consoles 1972 - 2022 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFtTWKdXaGQ - World in Statistics

New at Archive.org

(Josh Malone->Allan for scanning)

https://archive.org/details/word-search-generator-apx-manual-ver-2

https://archive.org/details/word-search-french-pdi

https://archive.org/details/spellakazam-designware

Art Of Computer Game Design PDF

https://archive.org/details/ebook-pdf-programming-art-of-computer-game-design

Vs book scan: https://archive.org/details/artofcomputergam00chri

https://archive.org/details/the-gospel-of-st.-pong-revisited-vol-4-april-1977

Scanned by https://archive.org/details/@decode_document_digitize

Listener Feedback

Piotr Bugaj's ECI + Cartridge port expander - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/atari-xe--port-expander.-eci-%2B-cart-x2-62320
1 hr 26 min
August 28, 2022ANTIC Episode 91 - HAM Atari
ANTIC Episode 91 - HAM Atari

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Kay gets a new job, Randy officially retires, and we cover a ton of hardware upgrades

READY!

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we've been up to

Internet Archive job for Kay - https://twitter.com/KaySavetz/status/1562130788602109952

Low-profile Atari 400 keyboard - https://mobeets.com/

Atari XE Remake - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/319881-atari-xe-remake-pre-order-thread/

News

1979 Atari 800 Personal Computer Metal Sign - https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/638738386

Best Electronics XE Touch upgrade:

AtariAge thread - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/338985-best-electronics-xe-touch-upgrade/

Best Electronics - https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/130xe.htm#TT

AtariOrbit and This Week in FujiNet - https://www.atariorbit.org

822 printer on ebay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/314115004546

Revive 1027 - https://retrohax.net/shorts-atari-1027-printer-the-revive1027-project/#more-15516

Castlevania - https://www.indieretronews.com/2022/08/castlevania-thelen-is-still-working-on.html

Eci+Cart port replicator by Piotr Bugaj (Poland) - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/atari-xe--port-expander.-eci-%2B-cart-x2-62320

FastBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic/releases/tag/v4.6

Atari 800 Personality Board by santosp:

https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/atari-800-personality-board-62686

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/337925-new-personality-board-for-the-a800/?tab=comments#comment-5090556

The 1056 Board -- Atari 400 1056k Memory Upgrade - reifsnyder_b - https://www.ebay.com/itm/275417691367?fbclid=IwAR2KHKCUDIHQ_xs6xgxlpQWJQQl7s0Xgz4lx9Pyii1_PTXoIwzRcEaY7hhQ

1064M 64k Memory Upgrade For the Atari 600XL - https://www.ebay.com/itm/1064M-64k-Memory-Upgrade-For-the-Atari-600XL/275368998887

Atari 800 48k RAM Card with Jumper Board - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-800-48k-RAM-Card-with-Jumper-Board/275370454563

320k Memory Upgrade For the Atari 600XL and Atari 800XL - https://www.ebay.com/itm/320k-Memory-Upgrade-For-the-Atari-600XL-and-Atari-800XL/275424247115

Upcoming Shows

Fujiama = Sept 8-11 in Lengenfeld Germany http://fujiama.eu/

VCF Midwest = Sep. 10-11, Chicago area http://vcfmw.org/

Portland Retro Gaming Expo = October 14-16 https://www.retrogamingexpo.com

YouTube Videos

Atari Computers 1985 Jack Tramiel interview - Atari XE SX and WHY he left Commodore Computers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGGx4MBKEgk

Hawkeye Tunetro - Atari 8-bit Demo by JAC! of WUDSN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jo8gdFPFGU

C-Drug The BEST Atari XL/XE Demo I have ever seen ! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyHAnahJ_D8

Are THESE the "Ultimate" upgrades for your Atari XL/XE? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZNO58TRsjQ

Word from Our Sponsor

Atari 800, (Atari, 1982) UK TV ad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ed86r2uKQ - "The Science Museum 2040"

New at Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/mini-office-ii-database-software

https://inverseatascii.info/2018/06/02/s4e09-database-software-mini-office-ii-supplement/

https://archive.org/details/cassette-operating-system-alpha-systems

https://archive.org/details/raos-zobian-controls/

https://archive.org/details/operation-whirlwind-broderbund

New at Github

https://github.com/Ian-McG-1970/Atari-8bit

https://github.com/dougdonohoe/dougs-origin-story, https://medium.com/@DougDonohoe/80s-word-puzzles-and-the-atari-800-my-origin-story-3c86fa5947dc
1 hr 16 min
August 05, 2022ANTIC Episode 90 - Lets All Retire!
ANTIC Episode 90 - Lets All Retire!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Atari hits 50 big years, Lego gets into the ballgame, and Randy talks retirement (no, not from the show).

READY!

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we've been up to

http://blog.archive.org/2022/07/13/have-you-played-atari-today-2/

https://github.com/savetz/Phoenix_AdventureInTime

https://github.com/savetz/Phoenix_BirthOfThePhoenix

https://github.com/savetz/Phoenix_QueenOfPhobos

Sharp Aquos 15" LCD - https://www.crutchfield.com/S-KJSgUXWo9OQ/p_284LC15S1U/Sharp-LC-15S1U.html

512 ram expansion, Atari 800 XL on SellMyRetro - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/61296

News

Atari 130XE Games Book (Retro Reproductions) - https://www.amazon.com/Atari-130XE-Games-Retro-Reproductions/dp/1789826233

A Graphical OS for the Atari 8-bit by Flashjazzcat - https://atari8.co.uk/gui/

SIO2PC USB at Vintage Computer Center - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/sio2pc

Atari 800XL dust cover at VITNO - https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/989847739/atari-800xl-dust-cover-brand-new

"A decade-long attempt to enter PC history: Atari home computers" by Vilius Petkauskas at CyberNews - https://cybernews.com/editorial/a-decade-long-attempt-to-enter-pc-history-atari-home-computers/

"Atari Turns 50: A Look Back on the Original Name in Video Games" by Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine - https://www.pcmag.com/news/atari-turns-50-a-look-back-on-the-original-name-in-video-games

Atari 2600 Lego - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/atari-2600-10306

Dungeoneer by Ed Salisbury

The game can be downloaded directly - https://github.com/godlikemouse/atari-1200xl-asm/releases/download/v1.3/dungeoneer.xex

You can find all the source code here - https://github.com/godlikemouse/atari-1200xl-asm

YouTube channel - http://youtube.com/MissionEdPossible

Atari emulator for the Nintendo 3DS - https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Atari800-3DS

Timothy Kline - https://atari-owner.com/

SWUtils (SimCheck, SimTest, OSDump) by Panther

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/333084-swutils-simcheck-simtest-osdump/

http://www.atariverse.com/files/utils/

Upcoming Shows

VCF West 2022 = Aug 6, 7, The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/

Long Island Retro Gaming Expo = Aug 12-14, Cradle of Aviation, Garden City, NY - https://liretro.com/?fbclid=IwAR1UBBrrkg-aoTwUb7fL_Rd56Chv29oyS7Ycxs7Wn5g4iyoN7q3JtWUxioE

Fujiama = Sept 8-11 in Lengenfeld Germany http://fujiama.eu/

VCF Midwest = Sep. 10-11, Chicago area http://vcfmw.org/

Portland Retro Gaming Expo = October 14-16 https://www.retrogamingexpo.com

YouTube Videos

Atari 800XL with the BackBit Pro - The Taylor and Amy Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI8b_XAuYXU

Atari XL/XE Hypra-Soft-Basic Tips - 𝕯𝖆𝖘 𝕰𝖓𝖉𝖊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFG39jnAnH4

https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Hypra-Soft-Basic

Is this the "Ultimate" upgrade for your Atari XL/XE? - retrobits - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br6iUfl73IU

ReWind demo by NG & Zelax - philsan69 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s2vqN1jWgU

Alley Dog demo by Agenda - philsan69 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTHxkxdoRgU

SIDE3 Beta Loader Update: Part 1 - FlashJazzCat - https://youtu.be/LJgnJ10SVzU

SIDE3 Beta Loader Update: Part 2 - FlashJazzCat - https://youtu.be/roID-Rzy5Aw

New at Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-dec-87-vol-7-no-12-atari-articles

https://archive.org/details/atari-touch-the-future/Atari_PCS_Price_list

https://archive.org/details/waug-newsletter-january-1983

https://archive.org/details/waterloo-atari-users-group-newsletter-febuary-1983

https://archive.org/details/waug-newsletter-june-1983

https://archive.org/details/waug-newsletter-june-1983

https://archive.org/details/bace-newsletter-july-1983

https://archive.org/details/black-hawk-ace-newsletter-august-1983

https://archive.org/details/black-hawk-ace-newsletter-october-1983

https://archive.org/details/cintari0693

https://archive.org/details/atari_computer_enthusiasts_hawaii/acehi_1987_december
56 min
June 28, 2022ANTIC Episode 89 - Choke on It!
ANTIC Episode 89 - Choke on it!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Brad regales us with his motherload of new Atari stuff, Kay solves the mystery of "Have You Played Atari Today?", and we discuss lots of other Atari news

READY!

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we've been up to

Kay contributed a story to Taper:

https://taper.badquar.to/8/

https://twitter.com/KaySavetz/status/1537155185713160192

"Using Your Atari XL Computer" referenced at https://archive.org/details/Atari_Connection_Volume_3_Number_4_1983-09_Atari_US/page/n32/mode/1up

"Have You Played Atari Today?" - https://archive.org/details/graphisnewtalent0000unse_l9l8/page/7/mode/1up?q=atari

The ChalkBoard PowerPad by Chalkboard Inc. - https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n10/52_The_legend_of_the_pad_of_.php

News

Atari 130XE Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner (Retro Reproductions) - https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1789824338

Alan Alda CES tape! - https://archive.org/details/alan-alda-atari-ces-1983

Atari chat client for Fujinet, FujiTalk by bocianu:

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/336753-ann-fujitalk-fujinet-chat-client/

https://fujinet.pl/tnfs/networking/fujitalk.xex

[K] Computer Chronicles revisited - https://smoliva.blog and in book format at https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator:%22S.M.+Oliva%22

Floppy Days interview of Stewart Chefeit (host of Computer Chronicles) - (https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-78-interview-with-stewart-chefeit-computer-chronicles )

576NUC+ Programmer Pack ROM - mytek - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/308191-the-worlds-smallest-atari-8-bit/page/28/?tab=comments#comment-5062163

8-bit Workshop - https://8bitworkshop.com/

ABBUC Magazine #149 - https://abbuc.de/mitglieder/

Via BIll Lange: Rare Peruvian "Aventuras D'Onofrio" education series for Atari 8-bit family has been archived - http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-aventuras-d-onofrio_37340.html

Fujinet servers - maintained by Mr. Robot - https://atari8bit.net/projects/software/fujinet-server-status/

Atari800 updated for Raspberry Pi 4 & 400 - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/336269-installing-atari800-v500-on-the-raspberry-pi/

Upcoming Shows

VCF Southeast - July 15-17 Southern Fried Gaming Expo https://gameatl.com/

VCF West 2022 = Aug 6, 7, The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/

Fujiama - Sept 8-11 in Lengenfeld Germany

VCF Midwest - Sep. 10-11, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/index.html

YouTube Videos

How to Start Atari800 Emulator on RG350 - https://youtu.be/EguoIAq3qn8 - Mike Stringer - https://retrogamecorps.com/rg350/

Atari 400 + UAV + Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di_xhZ8CM20 - Mr Lurch's Things

Retro 1982 - McDonald's Atari Game - Dayton, Ohio TV History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKU2BuTAQiw - Craig's Daybook

The start of an Atari 8-bit repair-a-thon! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrC_Ire_jEg - Adrian's Digital Basement

New at Archive.org

List of pirated programs on Atari 8 bit computers - https://archive.org/details/elenco-programmi-atari

https://archive.org/details/b-c-computervisions-leaflets-1992

https://archive.org/details/b-c-computervisions-catalog-handheld-and-8-bit-spring-1992

https://archive.org/details/b-c-computervisions-catalog-winter-1992

https://archive.org/details/american-techna-vision-catalog-1992

https://archive.org/details/american-techna-vision-catalog-1993

The Gospel of St. Pong - Original employee newsletter - Early Atari

https://archive.org/details/atari1

https://archive.org/details/atari2
1 hr 13 min
May 21, 2022ANTIC Episode 88 - We Need More Atari Shows!
ANTIC Episode 88 - We need more Atari shows!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… lots of Atari action and news, loading Atari software from VHS, and a call for more Atari-specific shows

READY!

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we've been up to

MT32-pi - https://github.com/dwhinham/mt32-pi

https://archive.org/details/michigan-atari-magazine-complete-collection

https://archive.org/details/AtariFinalLegacyPoster

https://archive.org/details/ukraine-computer-poster-1989

https://rpilocator.com

576NUC+ cartridge upgrade - https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/myteks-576nuc-atari-computer/products/myteks-576nuc-and-internal-fujinet

AVG Cart .ATR mod - https://atari8bit.net/tutorials/de-re-avgcart/

Cartridge shell from Vintage Computer Center - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/atari-8-bit-cartridge-shells

4-in-1 OSS cart - https://atariprojects.org/2021/11/21/purchase-a-new-4-in-1-oss-programming-language-cartridge-for-your-atari-8-bit-computer-5-10-mins/

XEP-80 II - https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/xep80-ii-by-mytek

Recent Interviews

Anthony Ramos: Parrot, Creepy Caverns - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-432-anthony-ramos-parrot-creepy-caverns

Scott Savage: Lefty, the Checkers Playing Robot - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-433-scott-savage-lefty-the-checkers-playing-robot

ANTIC Interview 434 - Michael Park: Swan and Fujiboink Demos, MIDI Maze - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-434-michael-park-swan-and-fujiboink-demos-midi-maze

The looking for Xanth tweet - https://twitter.com/KaySavetz/status/1509353652367998981

News

Allan: Software for Atari Coin Executive -

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/320451-atari-coin-op-disks/

http://www.atarimania.com/documents/atari-coin-executive.pdf

mozzwald Wikipedia reader for Atari 8 Bit FujiNet. You can load it via fujinet.online as /wiki.xex - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-apps/tree/master/wiki/atari

bocianu and mozzwald news reader for FujiNet - TNFS://fujinet.pl/Networking/fujinews.xex

Thom Cherryhomes Mastodon Client for FujiNet - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/335680-worlds-simplest-mastodon-client-in-basic/

Bluetooth Wireless Atari Joystick and Paddle Adapter - 2 DB9 Ports

BASIC 10Liner Contest 2022 results - https://homeputerium.de

Atari 400 mini - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA8O_X8JGsA - Retro Relik (in French)

Loading Atari software from VHS tape - Video Cartridge by Turbo Soft - https://retrogames.cl/vcturbosoft.html?fbclid=IwAR1jrCTTQR7RzH8nNGOUpZCtziSJDLxBxI3Kyoufgwnvh9ps2oxWUd_fDVc

http://atariemailarchive.org/

playing Atari with your hands as motion controls - Eran Feit - https://youtu.be/vJO6nMwUBXw

ABBUC Magazine 148 released - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/335262-abbuc-magazine-148/

Upcoming Shows

Boatfest Retro Computing Festival 2022 = June 24-25 - Hurricane, WV - https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/boatfest-retro-computer-festival-2022-tickets-222333103297

VCF Southeast - July 15-17 Southern Fried Gaming Expo https://gameatl.com/

KansasFest 2022 = July 19–24, 2022, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org/ in-person AND remote

VCF West 2022 = Aug 6, 7, The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/

VCF Midwest 17 - Sep 10-11, Elmhurst, IL http://vcfmw.org/

Fujiama - Sept 8-11 in Lengenfeld Germany http://fujiama.eu/

PRGE Oct 14-16 https://www.retrogamingexpo.com

YouTube Videos

Atari commercials - Seattle Retro Guy

Mom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmg4JApvsV0

Father and Son - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw_wQJXkens

Bachelor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi95BYgwZPw

Atari 800XL - Asteroids Emulator - Real Arcade Rom On Atari 8-Bit Computer - Paul Westphal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7RLYRZQ5Jo

FlashJazzCat:

Atari 800 Super Color CPU Card Installation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlb1b4YYT70

Video issues on Atari 130XE with vendor-installed VBXE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZLgbu41Kdc

Atari 130XE: VBXE fixed, Rapidus/SIDE3/AKI tested - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d1ljmI7lCo

New at Archive.org

chickenman ACE NSW newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@chickenman

https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-jan-87-vol-7-no-1-atari-articles

https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-jun-87-vol-7-no-6-atari-articles

https://archive.org/details/Hexenkueche

https://archive.org/details/die-fundgrube

New at Github

https://github.com/DLehenbauer/c64-sam

Listener Feedback

FORK: The Great Underground Dining Room
1 hr 26 min
May 14, 2022 ANTIC Interview 434 - Michael Park: Swan and Fujiboink Demos, MIDI Maze
Michael Park: Swan and Fujiboink Demos, MIDI Maze Michael Park created two well-known demos that are familiar to many Atari enthusiasts: the Swan Demo and FujiBoink. In the Swan demo, a bird flies gracefully across the screen, in front of a spinning fuji logo. In FujiBoink, the Atari fuji spins and bounces over a red and white checkerboard, reminiscent of the Amiga Boing Ball demo. Michael also helped create MIDI Maze, an early first-person shooter that used the Atari ST's MIDI ports to network up to 16 computers. He also worked on the 8-bit version of MIDI Maze, which was never officially released but became available nonetheless. Michael also created Shiny Bubbles, another demo for the Atari ST. Michael was a friend of the owner of Xanth Computer Systems, an Atari dealer in Seattle, Washington. A 2013 article titled "Computer Dealer Demos: Selling Home Computers with Bouncing Balls and Animated Logos," published in the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, stated: "During the 1985 Winter CES, Atari presented the 130XE... This computer was promoted with a demo that included three animations—Atari Robot, Atari Swan, and Fuji Boink—made by a small software company named Xanth FX. The company's representative claimed in ANALOG Computing magazine, 'We are a large ST retailer. Our F/X division churns out demos for the betterment of Atari.' According to the testimonies of Atari users in Seattle, it was actually a 'small computer store in downtown Seattle' and a small software company that employed a few people, among them programmer and graphic designer Michael A. Park." "Xanth Park" (a play on Xerox PARC) and the "F/X division" were deliberate tricks to make the little company and a one or two great coders, seem like a big company. Michael told me that neither he nor "Xanth Park" created the walking robot demo, another popular demo of the era. "I think we did combine robot/spaceship with the bouncing ball so they'd play sequentially, at Atari's request," he told me. He extracted the rotating fuji code from the Robot demo for re-use in his Swan demo. After the interview, Michael sent an email: "Every now and then I hear from people who have enjoyed the Atari software that I was involved in way back when, and every time, I am reminded of the fun and excitement of those days. To those who have kept the Atari spirit alive all this time, I salute you!" This interview took place on April 6, 2022. Fujiboink! Behind the Bit Planes in START magazine Computer Dealer Demos: Selling Home Computers With Bouncing Balls And Animated Logos by Patryk Wasiak Demozoo's list of Michael's demos Atariage discussion
20 min
April 23, 2022 ANTIC Interview 433 - Scott Savage: Lefty, the Checkers Playing Robot
Scott Savage: Lefty, the Checkers Playing Robot "Lefty" was the name of the world's first checker-playing robot, which was located at the Omniplex science museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The robot arm would play games of checkers against museum visitors, picking up and moving pieces on a physical checkerboard. Lefty's game logic ran on an Atari 800 computer, which controlled the robot through the joystick port. Lefty was programmed by Scott Savage, the subject of today's interview. Before the interview, Scott digitized his Atari cassette tape with the code for Lefty. The tape had some problems, but Atari community member "atarigrub" successfully recovered the data. Scott also provided scans of several newspaper and magazine articles about Lefty. Both the Lefty program and those articles are available at Internet Archive. Also, be sure to watch the only known video of Lefty in action: Scott and Lefty appeared on the TV show "Dannysday" which aired on KOCO TV in spring 1984. This interview took place on April 14, 2022. Scott and Lefty on Dannysday TV show Lefty BASIC program and media mentions Paper about Lefty (in Spanish) Scott Savage Techno Scavenger YouTube channel Omniplex is now called Science Museum Oklahoma This interview on YouTube
54 min
April 16, 2022 ANTIC Interview 432 - Anthony Ramos: Parrot, Creepy Caverns
Anthony Ramos: Parrot, Creepy Caverns Anthony Dandrea is better known to Atari computer enthusiasts as Anthony Ramos. Anthony programmed Creepy Caverns, a type-in BASIC game that was published in Antic magazine's August 1984 issue. Anthony also created the software for Parrot, a $40 4-bit sound sampler and playback package that was marketed by Alpha Systems. In this interview, we discuss George Morrison of Alpha Systems, and Peter Langston of LucasArts, both of whom I have previously interviewed. This interview took place on April 8, 2022. Creepy Caverns in Antic magazine Discape Atari 8-bit Demo Discape disk image "Talk is Cheap" by Ed Stuart in Antic magazine Parrot manual Parrot review in Antic magazine Creepy Caverns with sampled audio Parrot Christmas demo Anthony's Conway's Game of Life Anthony on AtariAge ANTIC Interview 367 - George Morrison, Alpha Systems ANTIC Interview 126 - Peter Langston, LucasArts Ground Kontrol arcade

1984 article in Lorain Journal

This interview on YouTube
1 hr 30 min
April 07, 2022ANTIC Episode 87 - Good News, Bad News
ANTIC Episode 87 - Good news, bad news

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have tons of news, both good and bad, and lots of coverage of new hardware.

READY!

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we've been up to

576NUC+ cartridge upgrade - https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/myteks-576nuc-atari-computer/products/myteks-576nuc-and-internal-fujinet

News

FujiNet multi-platform - https://www.facebook.com/groups/fujinetusers/permalink/3255652564716397/

Brewing Academy updates - https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/xep80-ii-by-mytek

The SDRIVE Simple II from MyTek - https://ataribits.weebly.com/sdrive.html

ABBUC software competition 2022 opened! - https://abbuc.de/2022/04/abbuc-softwarewettbewerb-2022-eroeffnet/

Neon by Gistov:

https://github.com/Gibstov/Neon/

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/322460-neon-demo-hypertext-adf-browser-for-atari/

Reference guide by MassiveRobot (Andrew Diller) - https://www.dropbox.com/s/4r5ib6u7b3b5oq3/Neon_Programmers_Reference_v1c.pdf?dl=0

Atari Reference Guide by MassiveRobot - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mrmoaykb8wuzgvy/AndyAtariReference_current.pdf?dl=0

Into the Vertical Blank Homesoft tweet - https://twitter.com/atari_vb_pod/status/1501596822250606600?s=21

Homesoft disk images - http://www.mushca.com/f/atari/index.php?idx=10

8-bit Hub - http://8bit-unity.com/?page_id=551

Atari 800XL Keychain - https://www.the8bitguy.com/product/atari-800xl-keychain/

Argon and Atari 8-Bit (phone/tablet/TV/Chromebook/PC) - bhall408:

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/332333-argon-and-atari-8-bit-phonetablettvchromebookpc/

https://www.markspace.com/argon/

Starmaster port by Glurk - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/332899-starmaster-8-bit-final/

Upcoming Shows

VCF East 2022 = Apr 22, 23, 24, Infoage Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/

Boatfest Retro Computing Festival 2022 = June 24-25 - Hurricane, WV - https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/boatfest-retro-computer-festival-2022-tickets-222333103297

VCF Southeast - July 15-17 Southern Fried Gaming Expo https://gameatl.com/

KansasFest 2022 = July 19–24, 2022, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org/ JUST ANNOUNCED it will be in-person AND remote

VCF West 2022 = Aug 6, 7, The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/

Fujiama - Sept 8-11 in Lengenfeld Germany

YouTube Videos

From $2 Billion to Nothing - The Rise and Fall of Atari by ColdFusion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_kEhHAMupU

ATARI XL / XE =+ BERT += 10-LINERS BASIC CONTEST 2022 by Vitoco, posted by Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL7dpQkLZBo

Atari 800 Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upfno98p1xE - uploaded by Nathan Hadley

How to pronounce Atari 800 Computer FL in Telugu? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ztgGOscC7c

ATARI XL / XE =+ FREEWAY += NEW PORT GAME 2022 by Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX5ESH2UovA

New at Archive.org

German Atari books:

https://archive.org/details/das-assemblerbuch-fur-die-atari-computer-400-800-600-xl-800-xl-130-xe-finzel-1986

https://archive.org/details/6502-assembler-kurs-fur-beginner-dripke-2.-aufl-1984

https://archive.org/details/atari-profibuch-2018

https://archive.org/details/chip-sonderheft-atari-600-xl-800-xl-65-xe-130-xe

https://archive.org/details/800-xe-0787

Allen:

https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-october-1985-vol-5-num-10-atari-articles

Two more issues of Ad Astra from Michael Sternberg:

https://archive.org/details/AdAstraV2n3

https://archive.org/details/AdAstraV2n4

Discussion - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/284800-ad-astra-journal/?do=findComment&comment=5019277

New at Github

LLVM-MOS SDK - https://github.com/llvm-mos/llvm-mos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.1.0

https://8bitnews.io
1 hr 19 min
March 12, 2022 ANTIC Interview 431 - Tom Zimmerman, AMY chip
Tom Zimmerman, AMY chip
Tom Zimmerman worked at Atari from 1982-1984 where he was on the digital audio research team in Atari's Corporate Research Lab in Sunnyvale. There he worked on the AMY chip — a next-generation audio chip. Tom, one of four AMY team members, wrote the 8051 code to control the TTL prototype of the chip. The chip was never released. AMY, which stands for Additive Musical sYnthesis, was originally intended to be part of the Rainbow chipset, which was the core of Atari's next generation of 16-bit microcomputers. Those computers were never finished. Then, the AMY chip was announced to be the centerpiece of the Atari 65XEM, an Atari 8-bit computer with advanced sound capabilities. A prototype of the 65XEM was shown at the 1985 Consumer Electronics Show, but ultimately it was another computer that didn't make it to market. Also: in 1982 Tom filed a patent for a "Data Glove," a glove with optical sensors to measure the bend of the wearer's fingers. He turned down a $10,000 offer from Atari to buy the rights to the Data Glove. The product would eventually end up at Nintendo, where it became the Nintendo Power Glove. This interview took place on March 7, 2022. 65XEM info at AtariMuseum AMY chip at AtariMuseum AMY chip info at AtariMax AMY chip at Wikipedia Rainy Day Activities for the Atari book by Nancy Mayer ANTIC Interview - Dale Yocum ANTIC Interview 199 - Bob Alkire and Steve Saunders, Rainbow GPU Rainbow chipset documentation Tom on AtariAge Video version of this interview
48 min