01.08.2024 - By Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold
ANTIC Episode 104 - You’re Gonna Label Me a Failure In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Kay plays with Pokey the AI chatbot some more, Kay’s cat tries to smack Randy in the head, we discuss what happens if we don’t meet our interview goals (hint: Randy will be labeled a failure), and we bring you all the Atari 8-bit news from the last month of 2023 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 The genealogy program Max Derhak mentioned when he was interviewed in 2014 was just found - http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-adam-trace_42271.html Antic Magazine v1n3, v1n4 and v1n5 (Aug, Oct and Nov 1982) software - https://www.atarimagazines.com/software/software.html Space War source - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358800-apx-space-war-source-code-for-you/ Wade’s podcast link - https://inverseatascii.info/ Kay’s 2023 Wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2023-95465097 Kay’s Juiced.GS articles - https://archive.org/search?query=identifier%3Asavetzarticle_* Recent Interviews ANTIC Interview 436 - Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile News Digital Eclipse announces Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story - https://www.gamesasylum.com/2023/12/06/digital-eclipse-announces-llamasoft-the-jeff-minter-story/ VCF East 2024: Dean Notarnicola - http://www.vcfed.org It’s Alive! - RM800XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_5IXmZHu_Y Archer Maclean A8 Defender and Stargate: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2023/12/defender/ https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2023/12/stargate-2/ Altirra 4.20 released - https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html Homemade 300 baud modem - JohnPolka AKA Mark - https://www.southernamis.com/forum/general-discussions/homemade-300-baud-modem-from-the-80s 2023 Advanced PCB Remake For the 800XL -- Revision 1.1 - reifsynderb - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/357302-2023-advanced-pcb-remake-for-the-800xl-revision-11/ Forgotten Gems: Lucasfilm's Rescue on Fractalus! At IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/forgotten-gems-lucasfilms-rescue-on-fractalus ANTIC Interview 37 - David Fox, Lucas Arts/Rescue on Fractalus New FujiNet HighScoreEnabled Games! - Tom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358628-new-highscoreenabled-games/ Pokey - https://chat.openai.com/g/g-t3fdHnbbK-pokey-the-atari-guru Tenebra 2 ported to Atari 8-bit (tip of the hat to Philsan): Video: https://youtu.be/Owg8E8ZyGNU Download: https://h4plo.itch.io/tenebra-2 Enjoy 2024 New Years Disk - https://ppsberlin.de/ppsberlin/downloads/new-years-disc/58-nyd2024 Jerry White's Poker Solitaire 2024: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359008-jerry-whites-poker-solitaire-2024/ http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-poker-solitaire-2024_42465.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeGwMqngN08 Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Interim Computer Festival SPRING - March 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 12-14, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ VCF Europa - April 27-28, 2024 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-28 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - NEW VENUE TBD - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ YouTube Videos From Bill Kendrick: Peter Dell (JAC! / WUDSN guy) recent demo videos - https://youtube.com/@jacofwudsn Lumacode Easy HDMI for Retro Computers - YARC Yet Another Retro Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ7hEoClJ3A Making of Time Wizard - a game for Atari 8-bit computer - amarok - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB6YIItiB8Q its development. The ATARI Christmas Massacre - Rebuilding an 810 from shattered pieces - Retro is the new black - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S17Kfs0jblw SWP ATR8000 : The most expandable, versatile disk interface available for the Atari! - Vintage Gaming Memories - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f47l2FTiSN0 The story of the Atari 800XE, why did Atari release this model? - GeSpy Builds Stuff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObKY4O4O14 The Granddaddy of Atari Computing - the Atari 800 - the power of vintage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH5UAh5Rt_U New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/boardwatchmagazine https://archive.org/details/maplin-electronics-vol-5-iss-17/mode/2up?q=Atari https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_dataprodatariM09080108207AtariAtari400800_212178 https://archive.org/details/atari_video_dvd1/ New at GitHub https://github.com/TobyLobster/multiply_test https://github.com/pedgarcia/tection https://github.com/HolgerJanz/BW-DOS https://github.com/jking11/Cattlezone Feedback Book - Smoke-Mirrors-Rise-Serial-Antipreneur