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	Titre	Date	Durée
	Stephen Jones, Interim Computer Museum	24 Oct 2026	00:53:37
Stephen Jones, Interim Computer Museum Stephen Jones describes himself as the "caretaker" of Interim Computer Museum, a computer museum in Tukwila, Washington, a few miles south of Seattle. Stephen has decades of involvement with sdf.org, the public-access UNIX system that's been around since 1987; he was senior engineering manager at the Living Computer Museum, Paul Allen's Seattle computer museum that shuttered in 2020. In this interview, Stephen provides a brief history of SDF.org, the rise and fall of the Living Computer Museum, and the birth of the Interim Computer Museum. He explains what happened to the holdings of Living Computer Museum, and some of the interesting items at Interim Computer Museum. This interview took place on May 3, 2026 at Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest in Washington State. SDF.org Interim Computer Museum Allen Family Philanthropies Mimms Museum of Technology and Art Living Computer Museums + Labs site (archived) Christie's sale of the The Paul G. Allen Collection 2018 Interview - Cynde Moya, Collections Manager at Living Computers: Museum + Labs Idea Man by Paul Allen Source Code by Bill Gates
	ANTIC Episode 131 - Brad's 30K Brain	15 Oct 2026	01:55:06
ANTIC Episode 131 - Brad's 30K Brain In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we discuss the newly announced THE ATARI800XL and give our opinions, we talk about Hamster power, and Brad now has only 30K for his brain, plus 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 FujiGrid - https://www.savetz.com/fujigrid/ Newsbytes - https://www.savetz.com/newsbytes Updated AtariMagazines.com, AtariArchives.org, FlightSimBooks.com VCF Midwest - https://www.vcfmw.org Jeri Ellsworth - 1027 printer ribbon - https://www.jeriellsworth.com/ Atari BBS - https://www.southernamis.com/ Thom and Fujinet team - https://fujinet.online/ Jason Moore - https://atariprojects.org/ TACO/John Hardie - https://www.facebook.com/groups/29814905254/user/1615493844/ John Zielke (AtariBasics/Atari Insights) - https://ataribasics.com/ SpartaDOS X User Guide - https://retronics.eu/?a=item&id=360&l=en Peter Jennings, Microchess interview on Floppy Days - https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-167-interview-with-peter-jennings-microchess-and-visicorp Mean Hamster Power Engine for XL/XE has arrived! - ziggystar - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393445-mean-hamster-power-engine-for-xlxe-has-arrived/ TeensyROM and NFC for C64 - https://github.com/SensoriumEmbedded/TeensyROM Recent Interview Shows ANTIC Interview 463 - Steve Bryson, game programmer - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-463-steve-bryson-game-programmer ANTIC Interview 464 - Walt Klappert, Atari Advanced Development Group - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-464-walt-klappert-atari-advanced-development-group ANTIC Interview 465 - Vince Wu, The Learning Phone (Atari PLATO Terminal) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-465-vince-wu-the-learning-phone-atari-plato-terminal ANTIC Interview 466 - John Victor, Program Design Inc. - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-466-john-victor-program-design-inc New & Updated Hardware THE ATARI800XL: https://atari.com/pages/800xl https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/the-atari-800xl-returns-with-a-faithful-but-modern-retro-games-ltd-redesign-classic-8-bit-home-computer-revamp-sports-mechanical-keyboard-and-hdmi-connectivity Antonia2 run - Simius - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382122-antonia2-interest/page/8/#comment-5884400 New shine-through XE key caps sets - GROUP BUY PRE-ORDER - screamingattheradio - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393071-new-shine-through-xe-key-caps-sets-group-buy-pre-order/ An Atari 130XE rebuilt as a laptop - Tavis Hord, Sideburn Studios: https://sideburn.com/lab/xebook/ Full specifications, configuration options and reservations are at xebook.sideburn.com New & Updated Games King's Quest and other Sierra adventures for Atari 800 Released! - ziggystar: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393029-kings-quest-for-atari-800-released/ Download and supported games - meanhamster.com/games/agi-64 AGI-ANTIC game demos on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF0OkYGMhHA Doom for the A8PicoCart - ziggystar (John Swiderski, President, Mean Hamster Software Inc.) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393244-doom-for-a8pico-cart/ Elite For The Atari 8-Bit -- FireBird Version Has Been Completed And Is Released! - reifsnyderb (Brian Reifsnyder) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393094-elite-for-the-atari-8-bit-firebird-version-has-been-completed-and-is-released/ New & Updated Software Chleba - https://github.com/viktorcech/chleba Atarijam - https://github.com/marspa73/atarijam BMA8 - A Bare-Metal Atari 8-bit Emulator for Raspberry Pi: https://www.reddit.com/r/atari8bit/s/osKWnaXj57 github.com/serkantanriverdi/bma8 Publications ABBUC Magazine - https://www.abbuc.de Atari Insights - AtariBasics.com GOTO10 substack: https://www.goto10retro.com/p/apx-forth-a-surprise Contests 6th ATASCII Compo (2026): https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393223-6th-atascii-compo-2026/ As always you can check https://logiker.com/ATASCII for details Upcoming Shows 2026: VCF Montreal - November 7-8 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lambert, QC - https://cvcfed.org/vcf-montreal-2-0/ 2027: Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-21 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ VCF East - April 2-4 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ Midwest Gaming Classic - April 23-25 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF Southwest - June 25-27 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https://www.vcfsw.org/ VCF SE July 16-18 - Atlanta - https://gameatl.com/ Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub YouTube Videos The Story Of: 5 More Unreleased 8-bit Atari Computers - Laird's Lair - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USZco04YXcw ATARI's 800XL Is BACK—with a Working Cartridge Slot! - GenXGrownup - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEAWFPvMfyI Sierra Classics On The C64 & Atari - This Week In Retro 288 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5tsmDt7kvY Top 25 Atari 8bit Games not on the C64 - Into the Vertical Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVs14K7qKZ8 New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/space-atari - 494 issues of St. Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter! (thanks @Phlod on discord) https://archive.org/details/198501-computer-shopper-x-1oc/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-february-1989/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-september-1986/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-october-1988/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-november-1987 https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-march-1987 https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-may-1986/ New at Github On the 8-Bit: https://github.com/N4t0-tech/Atari-Juego-Kaiju-SUPPA-ROBOTTO https://github.com/peterkaczorowski/ORCA-Atari-Snippets https://github.com/grzes71/atari-music-composer https://github-com.translate.goog/grzes71/atari-music-composer?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://github.com/slaapliedje/gem4xe https://github.com/grzes71/jabberwocky Atari stuff moved to web?: https://github.com/MarcinZukowski/a8ext https://github.com/jcoffey-dev/lemonade https://github.com/Quaerendir/Heartlight https://github.com/Quaerendir/TheJet https://github.com/Quaerendir/FAC https://github.com/prcoder-1/ATARI-WorldKarateChampionship-SDL-port https://github.com/Setech-pl/setech-arcade FloppoScope - https://github.com/0ldStaph/FloppoScope Feedback https://estore.wacom.com/en-us/wacom-cintiq-24-touch-dth246k0a.html
	ANTIC Interview 466 - John Victor, Program Design Inc.	10 Oct 2026	00:40:36
John Victor, Program Design Inc. John Victor was founder and president of Program Design Inc., one of the earliest publishers of educational software. Based in Greenwich CT, PDI created dozens of educational software titles and a few not-so-educational games for Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET and 64, TRS-80, Apple II, and Texas Instruments computers. Software marketed by PDI included Moonbase IO, Sammy the Sea Serpent, and Preparing for the SAT (which was probably the first SAT prep software for any home computer). PDI also created "An Invitation to Programming", the casette-based BASIC programming primer sold by Atari. That may have been the first "how to program" tutorial for a home computer. Here's what ANALOG Computing's September 1981 issue had to say — Program Design, Inc., better known as PDI, has been involved in supporting the Atari computers since even before its release. Most Atari computer owners know of this company through the Invitation to Programming series, which was conceived and executed entirely by PDI. Located in southern Connecticut, PDI has been actively producing educational software for several small computer systems, concentrating on the Atari in particular. The majority of PDI's offerings are oriented towards children, with the age bracket ranging from 3 years old to high school level. All of the programs are on cassette format only, frequently taking advantage of the voice track capability. One of the newer programs, "Sammy the Sea Serpent", is an interactive storybook type game where the child participates in the story. While graphics are displayed on the screen, a voice (a female actress' voice was used in this case) narrates the story calling upon the child to use a joystick from time to time to move 'Sammy' about the screen. ... Other tapes drill students on vocabulary and number problems, with some aimed at preparing high school students for the SAT tests. For adults, Astro-Quotes and Mini-Crossword Puzzle can be an interesting challenge (Astro-Quotes, our particular favorite)... Other titles published by PDI included Bowling, Captivity, various word search programs, Code Breaker, Let's Spell, Cash Register, Preschool IQ Builder, Reading Comprehension — the list goes on. This interview took place on October 4, 2026. Video version of this interview 1984 Antic magazine profile of John Victor ANALOG Computing "In the Spotlight" PDI programs at AtariMania Programs co-credited to John An Invitation to Programming Moonbase IO game audio
	ANTIC Interview 465 - Vince Wu, The Learning Phone (Atari PLATO Terminal)	30 Sep 2026	01:19:30
Vince Wu, The Learning Phone (Atari PLATO Terminal) Vince Wu worked at Atari for about two and a half years. He was the programmer of The Learning Phone, the PLATO terminal for Atari 8-bit computers. Before that, he worked with PLATO at the University of Illinois, then in California for Control Data Corporation. PLATO was the first generalized computer-assisted instruction system, a groundbreaking graphical client-server computer system aimed at education. To assist in this interview, I was joined by Thomas Cherryhomes and Michael Sternberg, who were on a road trip to a Vintage Computer Festival conference. In 2018, Tom Cherryhomes created IRATA.ONLINE, a modern working version of the PLATO server and terminals. Michael Sternberg helped reverse engineer the Atari PLATO cartridge for that project. This interview took place on September 10, 2026. Video version of this interview 1984 "PLATO Rising" article in Antic magazine The Learning Phone review in ANALOG Computing magazine The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture Computer History Museum PLATO@50: PLATO Computer Learning System 50th Anniversary IRATA.ONLINE, a modern PLATO server and terminals ATARI PLATO Users Guide version 3.1 (1983) ANTIC Episode 49 – Thomas Cherryhomes and PLATO ANTIC Interview 10 – Mark Rustad ANTIC Interview 117 – Landon Dyer ANTIC Interview 183 – Lane Winner Early versions of Atari PLATO released PLATO on Wikipedia Vince Wu – Follow the Arc of Justice Vincent Wu's birthday memories—jailed at Selma in 1965, worked security for MLK at the March finale
	ANTIC Interview 464 - Walt Klappert, Atari Advanced Development Group	13 Sep 2026	01:25:54
Walt Klappert, Atari Advanced Development Group/WCI Labs Walt Klappert worked at Atari's Advanced Development Group/WCI Labs in New York, and later at Take One Enterprises in California. He worked with Nancy and Steve Mayer on a variety of projects with a concentration on creating software for girls. He is credited as Director of "Fisher Price Dance Fantasy", a dance choreography game for small children. He also worked on a system for authoring CD+G, an enhancement to the compact disc spec that allowed graphics and lyrics to be displayed synchronized with music. This interview took place on August 14, 2026. Video version of this interview Walt's YouTube page Dance Fantasy at AtariMania ANTIC Interview 65 - Steve Mayer, 400/800 Designer
	ANTIC Episode 130 - The Tongue-Twister Episode	10 Sep 2026	01:37:09
ANTIC Episode 130 - The Tongue-Twister Episode In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We trip all over our own tongues trying to bring you all the news fit to print in the Atari 8-bit computer 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 What we've been up to Diskmenu manual - archive.org/details/apx-diskmenu-manual 30th anniversary of Classic Computer Magazine Archive - AtariMagazines.com: Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391744-30th-anniversary-of-classic-computer-magazine-archive/ Atari Yahoo Groups archives: https://archive.org/details/@savetz?query=atari+yahoo+group https://archive.org/details/@savetz?query=identifier%3Ayahoo-group&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22texts%22 Atari Usenet group archive additions - https://archive.org/details/ANTIC_podcast_extras?tab=collection&query=usenet MPP MicroportXL board manual - https://archive.org/details/Supra_Microport-XL_for_Atari_manual New Atari Legacy magazine - https://atarilegacy.com/ Recent Interview Shows* Interview index: here https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-459-mike-lorenzen-atari-program-text-editor-pitfall-ii https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-460-tim-jenkins-cheating-at-roulette ANTIC Interview 461 - James W. Burley, APX Data Base/Report System ANTIC Interview 462 - Bob Fraser, APX Insomnia, Supersort, De Re Atari https://forums.atariage.com/topic/392145-bob-fraser-disk-trove/ New & Updated Games AstroSmasher!, Atari 8-bit computer game made with AI inspired by Intellivision's classic title Astrosmash! - by gimmee99 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391594-saturday-fun-astrosmasher/ Texas Hold 'Em - MultiPlayer Game by MassiveRobot - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391615-texas-hold-em-multiplayer-game/ FujiRealm Playable Demo MORPG Released for FujiNet by mozzwald - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391580-fujirealm-playable-demo-morpg-released-for-fujinet/ New & Updated Software FujiLink — A FujiNet Driver for SpartaDOS X 4.50 by Piotr D. Kaczorowski - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391472-fujilink-%E2%80%94-a-fujinet-driver-for-spartados-x-450/ Kat5200 emulator - https://t.co/HH0p6DtNaO Mailbox protocol adapter with GMAIL and IMAPS support by Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391551-mailbox-protocol-adapter-with-gmail-and-imaps-support/ FujiGPT - an LLM client for Atari FujiNet by HanJammer: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391346-fujigpt-an-llm-client-for-atari-fujinet/ https://github.com/HanJammer/FujiGPT ATRaction – ATR/XFD image manager - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/392013-atraction-%E2%80%93-atrxfd-image-manager/ d/BASIC for d/OS - Raj S Madugula - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/392300-intro-to-king-dos-atari-130xe-a8picocart-and-me-60fps/ Publications Atari Insights - https://www.ataribasics.com Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com End of the rainbow https://amzn.to/3RZSV6z Atari Projects: https://atariprojects.org/2026/06/28/benchmark-your-atari-8-bit-computers-using-basic-15-30-mins/ https://atariprojects.org/2026/07/04/learn-about-scanlines-using-peek-in-atari-basic-5-10-mins/ https://blog.archive.org/2026/08/27/a-computer-history-time-capsule/ New & Updated Hardware JUST_POKEY from Lotharek: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391270-just_pokey-from-lotharek/ https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=431 The Company That Calls Itself Atari https://kotaku.com/atari-and-universal-sign-movie-deal-for-10-video-game-adaptations-including-pong-asteroids-and-missile-command-2000719087 Other Jeffrey Stanton died https://smmirror.com/jeffrey-stanton-leading-venice-beach-historian-who-authored-coney-island-of-the-pacific-passes-away-at-79/ https://www.atariarchives.org/agagd/ Tom Hudson - https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/thomas-hudson-obituary?id=54708986 FujiNet NOS Introduction Video (YouTube) by Thom Cherryhomes: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391452-fujinet-nos-introduction-video-youtube/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-1PJEkK2ck FujiNet NOS Introduction PDF - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391386-fujinet-nos-introduction-pdf/ FujiNet Programmer's Guide PDF - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391365-fujinet-programmers-guide-pdf/ If you would like to receive regular FujiNet updates, please consider subscribing to fujinews.substack.com All user manuals are available on this page: fujinet.online/getting-started. For your convenience, here are direct links to each manual here: FujiNet for Atari Owner's Guide FujiNet NOS (for Atari) (Introduction to the FujiNet Network Operating System) FujiNet for Apple II Getting Started Guide FujiNet for Coleco ADAM Set-Up Manual FujiNet for Tandy Color Computer Getting Started Manual FujiNet for RS232 on MS-DOS Guide to Operations Brewing Academy back in business: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390695-all-brewing-academy-inventory-is-being-sold-please-read-for-details/ Soft launched with a lot of the easier products – TheBrewingacademy.com is up and running! Atarimania update: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/392305-new-atarimania We are happy to announce the launch of the new version of Atarimania! https://atariprojects.org/2026/08/23/explore-the-new-atarimania-website-10-15-mins/ Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival GB 2026 - September 11-13 - Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, United Kingdom - https://www.facebook.com/events/25457837877216829/ Vintage Computer Festival Midwest - September 12-13 - Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - https://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 9-11 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ VCF Montreal - November 7-8 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lambert, QC - https://cvcfed.org/vcf-montreal-2-0/ YouTube Videos Messy Atari 800XL comes in for a refit - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPfGf8xbkBg Level demo by Agenda (Atari 8-bit computers) - Philsan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4rid6qTsGw The Atari Console You've Probably Never Seen - RETRO is the new black (Wolfgang Kierdorf) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gYwQssg6eQ AUTCODE Invaders👾 A Space Invaders-inspired shooter for Atari 8-bit - atariteca - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXHkXRLyXMg New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/mag-the-australian-atari-gazette-91-03 https://archive.org/details/xio-3-garden-city-atari-computer-enthusiasts-newsletter-march-april-1996 https://archive.org/details/Computer-Shopper-February-1985 https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-march-1985-images https://archive.org/details/Computer-Shopper-April-1985/ https://archive.org/details/Computer-Shopper-July-1985/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-july-1986-images https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-august-1986 https://archive.org/details/gcp-lordsofspace_202608/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/gcp-cyberworld/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/gcp-biowar/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/atari-8-bit-program-listing/ New at Github https://github.com/HanJammer/FujiATC https://github.com/grzes71/atari-font-maker https://github.com/jhonnaker1/8x8-Trek https://github.com/JeremyJStarcher/yahtzee-a8 https://github.com/grzes71/dziki-zgon https://github.com/tebe6502/GIF-Viewer-VBXE https://github.com/slaapliedje/ur https://github.com/sarnau/Atari-Jumpman https://github.com/grzes71/py-image-converter https://github.com/vincentlauriat/SpaceInvaders https://github.com/grzegorzzyla/NG-atariATR https://github.com/pdavis68/AtariHacker https://github.com/brad-colbert/atari-xex-memory-analyzer https://github.com/dillera/8bitlife https://github.com/HanJammer/FujiGPT https://github.com/supurloop/farmsquad Feedback https://www.orphanedgames.com/ three articles can all be read here: The Legend of Pitfall Harry From the VCS to the PC Pitfall Update: Pitfall III Pitfall Update: The End of the Secret Level! What the original newsletter looked like in 1998 - OC&GS, Vol. II, #4 (June 1998)
	ANTIC Interview 463 - Steve Bryson, game programmer	30 Aug 2026	00:49:39
Steve Bryson, game programmer Steve Bryson was a programmer for EPYX and The Connelley Group, where he ported many games to various 8-bit systems. He ported Dragonriders of Pern, an action/strategy game based on the Anne McCaffrey novels, to Atari and Commodore 64. He ported Jumpman to the Apple II, and Lower Reaches of Apshai, Upper Reaches of Apshai, and Temple of Ra to the C64. This interview took place on August 5, 2026. Video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/SdK56W9bd6Y Steve's personal web site: https://www.stevepur.com Randy Glover, Jumpman interview: https://www.savetz.com/antic-interviews/transcripts/i171/i171-transcript.html Tom Zimmerman, AMY chip interview: https://www.savetz.com/antic-interviews/transcripts/i431/i431-transcript.html Jon Freeman, Freefall Associates interview: https://www.savetz.com/antic-interviews/transcripts/i070/i070-transcript.html Dragonriders of Pern at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/a8b_Dragonriders_of_Pern_The_1983_Epyx_US Dragonriders of Pern at AtariMania: https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-dragonriders-of-pern_1723.html
	ANTIC Interview 462 - Bob Fraser, APX Insomnia, Supersort, De Re Atari	15 Aug 2026	00:25:09
Bob Fraser, APX Insomnia, Supersort, De Re Atari Bob Fraser worked at Atari for four years: he worked on the early CX70 light pen, helped write the specs for an unreleased database manager for the Atari 8-bits. and later moved into Atari's Games Design Research Group under Alan Kay, where he experimented with 3-D graphics. He wrote a chapter of De Re Atari — chapter 7, all about sound — and two applications that were published by Atari Program Exchange: Supersort, a data sorting routine; and Insomnia, a sound editor. Supersort was APX catalog number 20030, and was for sale starting with the first APX catalog, summer 1981. Insomnia was catalog number 20073 and was available about six months later in the winter 1981 catalog. The CX70 light pen: it's rare — according to AtariWiki, it was only offered by Atari for a few months in 1981. After our interview, Bob sent me his: prototype #2. He also sent me a lot of floppy disks (around 70) which I was able to get the data off of. They include many of his 3-D rendering demonstrations, source code for an early version of the Ballsong demo, several early versions of Mike Lorenzen's MEDIT text editor, light pen software, internal development tools, and more. I've put them all online, have fun digging through them. This interview took place on June 10, 2026. Video version of this interview Download Bob's disks, and conversation about them Supersort in the summer 1981 APX catalog Supersort at Atarimania Insomnia in the winter 1981 APX catalog Insomnia at Atarimania De Re Atari CX70 Light Pen at AtariWiki CX70 discussion at AtariAge Invest like a Billionaire by Bob Fraser Dale Yocum interview Chris Crawford interview Douglas Crockford interview
	ANTIC Interview 461 - James W. Burley, APX Data Base/Report System	02 Aug 2026	00:25:15
James W. Burley, APX Data Base/Report System James W. Burley is the programmer of Data Base/Report System, which was sold by Atari Program Exchange beginning with the Summer 1982 APX catalog. It was catalog number 20134 with a price of $22.95. APX sold it for about a year, through the Summer 1983 catalog. APX awarded Data Base/Report System first prize for new software in the "Business & Professional Applications/Personal Finance & Record Keeping" category: for that, James was awarded an Atari Star plaque and $2000 prize. (He received the plaque, but says he never received the money.) The software may have also been sold by Main Street Publishing. Here's what the APX catalog had to say: Data Base/Report System by James W. Burley Recommended for experienced data base users/Written in BASIC and machine language If you've ever used a data base manager on a large computer system, you'll appreciate the many features of DATA BASE/REPORT SYSTEM. This general-purpose system for ATARI 800 Home Computers creates and maintains records having up to ten units of information ("fields"), with a maximum field length of 100 characters and a maximum record length of 255 characters. The total number of records you can store varies with record key size, a key being the unique identifier for each record) and available computer memory. Generally, you can store about 1300 records having a five-character key on a system with 40K of memory. You use the main program to create a new file; add, update, and remove records; sort the file; and print reports. Auxiliary programs reorganize the data files to free unused diskette space; redefine the file by adding fields, modifying field sizes, or changing field headings; delete old files; and print special reports. ... These and other features make DATA BASE/REPORT SYSTEM a really versatile data base management system for your ATARI 800 Home Computer. REVIEW COMMENTS: You need some data base knowledge to use the program; it's a bit complex, but all the features are worthwhile. The print formatting and file reorganization features are very useful. The sort and search routines, written in assembly language, work quickly. In 1983, Antic magazine featured the program as one of the "Ten Best from APX". In 2024, Wade at the Inverse ATASCII podcast did a deep dive into Data Base/Report System: check the show notes for the link to that review, which includes dozens of screenshots, sample print output, and information about the database's file format. Wade gave the software a rating of 5 out of 8. As of this recording, the Atari community doesn't yet have a scan of the APX manual for Data Base/Report System: if you have a copy, let me know, or scan it and upload it to Internet Archive. The Main Street Publishing version — both disk and manual — are also not preserved. This interview took place on May 22, 2026. Data Base/Report System at AtariMania Data Base/Report System in the APX Summer 1982 APX catalog Antic Magazine - February 1983 - Ten Best from APX Inverse ATASCII reviews Data Base/Report System
	ANTIC Interview 460 - Tim Jenkins, Cheating at Roulette	19 Jul 2026	00:28:39
Tim Jenkins, Cheating at Roulette with an Atari Computer Tim Jenkins is the author of several humorous memoirs: "Missions Accomplished: And some funny business along the way", "More Missions Accomplished: And a lot more funny business", and "Business Missions Accomplished: Silly travel tales on the corporate dime". I wanted to talk to Tim about one chapter in his 2018 book More Missions Accomplished: the chapter is titled "Gaming the System" and it tells the tale of him trying to cheat a roulette using his Atari 800 computer. A brief excerpt from that chapter: "Las Vegas — 1989. Shortly after the dawn of the personal computer revolution, opportunity beckoned. Some people wrote software and sold it over retail counters. Others launched services that harnessed the databasing and processing power of the PC to help people find a job, a date, or other people with the same interests. I put my own Atari 800 computer to work simulating roulette. ... If you kept increasing your bet every time you lost a spin of the wheel, eventually your number would come up: The question was, would you earn back all the money you'd previously lost and make a profit? Yes. That is, you would if you did not first run into the table limit. ... How to get there without hitting the max bet? That's what I set out to simulate on my Atari computer. ... The program showed this to be a winning strategy, if perfectly executed." This interview took place on May 22, 2025. More Missions Accomplished at amazon: https://amzn.to/446MrVP At Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/moremissionsacco0000timj/page/138/mode/2up Video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/EW-pDXlBDQg
	ANTIC Interview 459 - Mike Lorenzen: Atari Program-Text Editor, Pitfall II	05 Jul 2026	02:28:27
Mike Lorenzen: Atari Program-Text Editor, Pitfall II Mike Lorenzen worked at Atari, Activision, and Accolade, creating games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, and Commodore 64 computers. At Atari, Mike coded Golf and Circus Atari for the Atari 2600. For the 8-bit computers, he wrote MEDIT (which he told me stands for Mike's EDITor.) Atari got a lot of mileage from MEDIT, using versions of that text editor in several products: first, in Atari Program-Text Editor (which was bundled with Atari's Macro Assembler), and in two Atari Program Exchange products: APX 20075, Atari Program-Text Editor; and APX 20076: Word Processing Diskette, where it was bundled with a text formatter. Both Program-Text Editor and Word Processing Diskette first appeared in the Winter 1981 APX catalog (the second APX catalog) with a price of $39.95 for Program-Text Editor and $49.95 for Word Processing Diskette — relatively hefty prices, considering the median price for software in that catalog was just $17.95. At Activision, he ported Pitfall and Pitfall II Lost Caverns to the Atari 8-bit — and in that, created the undocumented Easter egg of an additional game inside: Pitfall III, which appears only in the Atari 8-bit version. At Accolade, Mike developed the game "Psi-5 Trading Company" for the C64, which he called "the most sophisticated Commodore 64 program ever written". This interview took place on June 4, 2026. Software mentioned: Macro Assembler and Program-Text Editor at AtariMania APX 20075: Atari Program-Text Editor at AtariMania APX 20076: Word Processing Diskette at AtariMania Pitfall at AtariMania Pitfall II Lost Caverns at AtariMania People mentioned: Scott Scheiman interview Dale Yocum interview Chris Crawford interview Fred Thorlin interview Brad Fregger on Lorenzen's overwork More information: Inverse ATASCII reviews APX Program-Text Editor AtariWiki on Program-Text Editor Psi-5 Trading Company
	ANTIC Episode 129 - SDX and FNSlots	30 Jun 2026	01:43:05
ANTIC Episode 129 - SDX and FNSlots In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Brad plays around with SDX, Kay and Randy bring you news from some vintage computer shows, we drool over all the new hardware news, and we bring you FujiNet news, including FNSlots… 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* Box of stuff from Bob Fraser Light pen - https://atari8bitads.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-light-pen-is-here-and-now-its-gone.html Disks! Six early versions of MEDIT - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381770-source-code-for-editorassembler-and-programtext-editor-released/#findComment-5854788 Prerelease version of DOS 2.0S - https://github.com/savetz/ballsong INIT HELLO https://init-hello.org/ at System Source Computer Museum https://museum.syssrc.com/ Print Slop https://www.savetz.com/print-shop-camera/atari.html discussion at https://forums.atariage.com/topic/324752-print-shop-atari-related-graphics/#comment-5854339 ANTIC Interview Transcripts site - https://www.savetz.com/antic-interviews/ SDX - https://sdx.atari8.info/index.php VCF SW - https://www.vcfsw.org/ National Videogame Museum - https://www.nvmusa.org ABBUC - https://www.abbuc.de *Recent Interviews* ANTIC Interview 457 - Atari at the Science Fair: Lisa Link Melville, Weather Prediction ANTIC Interview 458 - Allan Bushman, Atari archivist *New & Updated Games* EDGE: Eight-bit D***! Game Engine - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390906-edge-eight-bit-d-game-engine/ Delete Me Hard by ilmenit: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390965-delete-me-hard/ Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGQCR9spQns New & Updated Software FNSlots: Save and restore your disk slot configurations - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390713-fnslots-save-and-restore-your-disk-slot-configurations/ CrustyBASIC, a BASIC cross-compiler for 1980s machines, including Atari 2600 console and Atari 8bit computers. Runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux - https://telengard.itch.io/crustybasic TinyBASIC https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390807-back-to-tinybasics-after-50-years-finally-got-around-to-writing-a-tinybasic-for-atari-8-bit/ https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/05/31/scriptee/ - Wade Ripkowski Publications Atari Insights - https://www.ataribasics.com - June, 2026 issue Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com - May, 2026 The download files for ABBUC Issue 164 (1Q2026) and two disk images - https://abbuc.de/members/download/ABBUC-Magazines/Magazine-164/index.html Atari Legacy https://atarilegacy.com taking preorders now at website - https://retrolemon.co.uk/atari-magazines/280-atari-legacy-01.html New & Updated Hardware Revive Machines RM 800XL update - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Co44Q7w9B/ The Atari XT: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391150-the-atari-xt/ https://atari-xt.com/ Project Thunder: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390511-project-thunder/ https://github.com/scrameta/tonnere Blue2Joy - Bluetooth Adapter for Atari 8-bit - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390643-blue2joy-bluetooth-adapter-for-atari-8-bit/ GE IFM Interface Module for cassette recorders to Atari or C64 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/127924405327 The Company That Calls Itself Atari "This downtown Phoenix radio landmark has been marked for death" - https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts-culture/koy-building-demolition-plan-phoenix-atari-hotel-40671854/ https://gameworldobserver.com/2026/06/01/atari-just-got-bigger-it-has-acquired-the-creators-of-crossy-road Other The Brewing Academy Inventory has been SOLD! - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390695-all-brewing-academy-inventory-is-being-sold-please-read-for-details/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OldTech/s/K70gojiubH https://www.atarinside.com/blog/index.php/atari-france/interview-jean-richen/ Atarium the Atari Encyclopedia: https://atarium.mycomuapp.com/ https://www.producthunt.com/products/atarium FujiNet Getting Started Guide for ATARI: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390896-fujinet-getting-started-guide-for-atari/ https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-manuals/blob/main/atari/owners_guide_400_800/fujinet-owners-guide-400-800.pdf Upcoming Shows 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 Vintage Computer Festival GB 2026 - September 11-13 - Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, United Kingdom - https://www.facebook.com/events/25457837877216829/ Vintage Computer Festival Midwest - September 12-13 - Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - https://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 9-11 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/axlon-ramdisk-128k-atari-800/ https://archive.org/details/xio-3-garden-city-atari-computer-enthusiasts-newsletter-november-december-1995 https://archive.org/details/xio-3-garden-city-atari-computer-enthusiasts-newsletter-january-february-1996 https://archive.org/details/xio-3-garden-city-atari-computer-enthusiasts-newsletter-july-august-1995 https://archive.org/details/twaug-newsletter-13/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-june-1985-images/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-may-1985-images https://archive.org/details/kluwer-leren-omgaan-met-de-atari-600-xl-800-xl-d.-b.-baarda-a.-van-londen YouTube Videos Atari 1200XL with DVI/HDMI and digital audio - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd1hY0G29xU Atari XL/XE with PokeyMax: Tony Montezuma's Gold - DEMO - Piotr D. Kaczorowski - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTPbdqkiYUg RM 800XL. The final countdown… - Serenity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78HOxGcyrsI Will AI Take Over Retro Game Development? We Play Every Atari AI Made Game! - ZeroPage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MIrI2t1Pec New at Github** https://github.com/JeremyJStarcher/yahtzee-a8 https://github.com/CycoPH/PokeyForge 192p Test Suite: https://github.com/HanJammer/192p_Test_Suite https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390987-192p-test-suite-my-first-6502-assembly-project/ https://github.com/mikolajmikolajczyk/madside
	ANTIC Interview 458 - Allan Bushman, Atari archivist	21 Jun 2026	00:37:04
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/
	ANTIC Interview 457 - Atari at the Science Fair: Lisa Link Melville, Weather Prediction	06 Jun 2026	00:21:40
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	26 May 2026	02:00:33
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	15 Apr 2026	01:28:14
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=11q0lmdo_gaMjAwNTA1MjM4My4xNzczOTQyNzgw_ga_4ZPZBFRVR6czE3NzM5NDI3NzkkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzM5NDI3NzkkajYwJGwwJGgw&sortField=date&sortDir=asc&showUncatalogedFiles=true https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/cb76651a-d993-47d0-8085-33ccfe32923d?_gl=11q0lmdo_gaMjAwNTA1MjM4My4xNzczOTQyNzgw_ga_4ZPZBFRVR6czE3NzM5NDI3NzkkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzM5NDI3NzkkajYwJGwwJGgw&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	17 Mar 2026	01:39:56
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)	17 Feb 2026	01:38:33
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 @inverseatascii@techhub.social Email: inverseatascii@icloud.com
	ANTIC Episode 124 - Atari 8-bit - The Computer of Love	12 Jan 2026	01:46:06
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	11 Dec 2025	01:31:35
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	28 Oct 2025	01:24:49
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	24 Sep 2025	01:23:08
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/
	ANTIC Episode 120 - AI Non Grata	28 Aug 2025	01:25:30
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	30 Jul 2025	01:38:42
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	30 Jun 2025	01:28:12
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 - A Kiss on the Forehead	07 Jun 2025	01:01:36
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 - AI-Generated Nonsense	30 Apr 2025	01:40:30
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
	ANTIC Interview 456 - Stanley R. Trost, Electronic Arts Financial Cookbook	26 Mar 2025	00:28:37
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
	ANTIC Interview 455 - Bill and David Lappen, Buy-Phone	15 Mar 2025	00:48:17
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 - Exhausting Games for your Atari	10 Mar 2025	01:28:05
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
	ANTIC Interview 454 - Steve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger	06 Mar 2025	01:26:36
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	18 Feb 2025	00:31:13
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.
	ANTIC Episode 114 - Andy Diller Returns!	28 Jan 2025	01:37:10
ANTIC Episode 114 - Andy Diller Returns! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have special guest Andy Diller for a FujiNet update and to let us know about all the great things he's working on… 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 ANTIC Interview 450 - Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator Kay's 2024 wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2024-119233408 Lee Pappas ANALOG disks treasure hunt: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378256-lee-pappas-analog-disks-treasure-hunt/ https://github.com/scttgs0/titan-prototype-atari8 S.T.A.R. newsletter - https://www.atariorbit.org/star/ Rogul game: https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/01/16/rogul-an-interview-with-wojciech-bocianski/ http://bocianu.atari.pl/ YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOm0njTd4tI Installing Altirra on ARM Macs - https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/12/26/altirra-arm-and-sequoia/ News TNFS GUI for OSX & Windows (nwah) - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/tnfsd-gui?tab=readme-ov-file#tnfs-server-manager FujiNet Virtual Printer Output Examples (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://fujinet.online/2025/01/22/fujinet-virtual-printer-examples/ FujiNet and GitHub (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://youtu.be/aYwUGnfU5c0 FujiNet NOS By Example (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://fujinet.online/2025/01/08/fujinet-nos-a-network-only-dos/ Atari 65XE in laptop form on Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/05/atari-65xe-in-laptop-form/ New season 2025 of the High Score Club: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378830-new-season-2025-of-the-high-score-club/ https://forums.atariage.com/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/ Replacement Case for 800XL Coming to Kickstarter Q2 2025 - joeventura - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378702-replacement-case-for-800xl/ from Atariteca: Inufuto releases «Mieyen» for Atari 8-bit and 60 other retro systems: Article at Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/01/inufuto-lanza-mieyen-para-atari-8-bits.html YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqRwCAygyeI (Atari 8 Bits For Ever) A8E - Atari 800 Emulator - https://www.zerstoerung.de/ A JavaScript emulator built using A8E - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/224709-jsa8e-javascript-atari-800-xl-emulator-online/ BW-DOS 1.5 update - https://github.com/HolgerJanz/BW-DOS Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 15-17, 2025 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com 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/ 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/ YouTube Videos Using Atari with FujiNet to build source from Github Part 2: The Princess and the Frog - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppbV50iHFN4 Atari 8-bit Vs. Commodore 64 TV commercial - DashRetroTV - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JpsQTVoXq3U I Won Atari 8-Bit eBay Auction for $71.00 : Was It Worth It? - Into the Vertical Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUhys9krXtA How to implement a Hopfield network in BASIC on the ATARI 800 - BASIC Hacking - 11 - Jean Michael Sellier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAEClxrCsw ATARI Party! - Retro Repair Roundup Episode #71 - Retro Repair Roundup - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cybgH9hKC2Y Atari 8-bit computer 400/800: The first gaming PC? - Stay Forever Podcast (German) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMJkq2D4oyc Commercial https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JpsQTVoXq3U Feedback Stray Pointers Podcast - with the Antic hosts Closing Andy Diller's site - https://www.atariorbit.org/
	ANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty, DGS Software	23 Jan 2025	00:32:27
ANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty 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. Dean Garraghty is the proprietor of DGS Software, which sold, and continues to sell, software for the Atari 8-bit computers since the 80's. This is a very low cost, 191-disk set that includes an entire utility pack, games, issues of a disk-based newsletter, a sound and music package, an interesting programming language called Quick, and more. Dean has been an Atari enthusiast since the 80's and has an interesting story to tell concerning his journey with the Atari 8-bit. This interview took place on April 6, 2024. Links DGS Website - http://www.dgs.clara.net/ DGS post on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/268373-dgs-pd-library-the-whole-lot-to-download/ YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLn2nyiuk_OaW1Is4cZtvtQ
	ANTIC Episode 113 - Feeling Fancy!	04 Jan 2025	01:05:08
ANTIC Episode 113 - Feeling Fancy! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… The clear case Kickstarter doesn't make it, lots of FujiNet news, and we end the year 2024 with a bang by bringing you all the rest of the Atari news; all while Kay is feeling fancy… 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 FASTBASIC on Mac - (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger) 10-liner option of FASTBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic/blob/master/compiler/USAGE.md#passing-options-to-the-compiler Finished archiving Lee Pappas' disks!! - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378256-lee-pappas-analog-disks-treasure-hunt/ Eaten by a Grue is back - https://monsterfeet.com/grue/notes/56 Kay TODO - https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/12/26/altirra-arm-and-sequoia/ https://www.smoliva.blog/post/friend-of-the-blog-006-kay-savetz-antic-hybrid-arts/ Keeping Up With Atari: Neoliberal Expectations in Early Electronics Advertising - https://tmgonline.nl/articles/10.18146/tmg.847 keyboard to replace domes on 130XE - https://amzn.to/4i10QZz News Clearcase Kickstarter update - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seethruit/injection-molded-clear-case-for-atari-800xl-computer SpartaDOS 4.50 update - https://sdx.atari8.info/index.php?show=en_download_release RM800XL update (from Philsan) with images: Philsan post - https://mastodon.world/@Philsan/113627289787765526 RM 800XL site - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html FujiNet news: FujiNet RAPID 13 (2024 wrap-up) and RAPID 12 by Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/rapid/ FujiNet news substack by Brian Cox - https://fujinews.substack.com/ Video by The VintNerd and Brian Cox on FujiNet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XcsSznKbTs Atari FujiNet User's and Programmer's Guide (First Draft) - Thomas Cherryhomes - https://fujinet.online/2024/12/31/early-draft-of-fujinet-users-manual-for-atari-users-0-0-2/ Atari Party East 2024 update from Andy Diller (Photos): https://www.flickr.com/photos/vladimirvince/albums/72177720322425117 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/t0qh6ekylnscbq6vbkkh8/APXF0_WBraGyO64fhDhVFIQ?rlkey=iey7dmfhet3ecahy229tzhfsy&e=1&dl=0 Atari 1200XL-1MB, Solder-Less 1088K SRAM-Based Memory Replacement Board by MyTek - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378131-atari-1200xl-1mb-solder-less-1088k-sram-based-memory-replacement-board/ The Joy of Sticks article in ROMchip Journal https://www.romchip.org/index.php/romchip-journal/article/view/204 Altirra V4.30 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378003-altirra-430-released/ ABBUC Magazine 159 - http://www.abbuc.de Bubble-Bobble for the Atari 8-bit released - https://vega.atari.pl/main-page/bubble-bobble/ Via Bill Lange on bluesky: "Playing "Kaiser", a pretty version of "Hammurabi" or "Kingdom" on the Atari 8-bit. I translated most of the German to English here" - https://github.com/billlange1968/Kaiser/wiki "Archer Maclean's DropZone returns with 40th Anniversary Edition landing this December" - https://www.flickeringmyth.com/archer-macleans-dropzone-returns-with-40th-anniversary-edition-landing-this-december/ Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 15-17, 2025 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 4-6, 2024 - 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/ SFGE / VCFSE - June 20-22 Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub YouTube Videos How Atari 8-Bit Computers Work - The 8-Bit Guy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDAZAgrzNoo Bubble Bobble: Saberman RetroNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXo462Es-lg Atari 8-bits Forever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dZcJqTdIlk CCA - Atari 8Bit Demoscene - 48k to 128k - The 400 Mini - Exploring Demos - CoffeeCupArcade - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ury9fxpwOvk Seven Amazing New Atari 8-Bit Games including Bubble Bobble & Time Wizard Deluxe Edition! - ZeroPage Homebrews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P-6zzDZpHg Silly Trip Demo for the Atari XL/XE PAL, 64kb and single POKEY by Desire - Heaven6502 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUEMvTSUEkE The Best #@! Christmas Ever: An Atari 8-bit Journey Into The Vertical Blank - Into the Vertical Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9YfsN51kO0 Atari 2024 Recap video - https://youtu.be/J6PqOM9pXrA Al Alcorn presents "Early Days of Atari" Lecture @ Museum of American Heritage (August 22) - https://youtu.be/0fnMoMb32ak?si=S_PxYEzDJfemcaFs 6502 coding on Atari - Ellyse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfK78h8cvrQ New at Archive.org* https://archive.org/details/magatar-vol-2-num-1 https://archive.org/details/cheat-alpha-systems
	ANTIC Interview 451 - Daniel Serpell, FastBasic	30 Dec 2024	00:39:00
Daniel Serpell (dmsc), Creator of FastBasic Daniel Serpell (dmsc) is the creator of FastBasic, a modern implementation of the BASIC programming language for the Atari 8-bit computers. He released the first version to the public in 2017. Today, the GPL-licensed language is up to version 4.6, and is a favorite of 10-line BASIC game contest entrants and anyone who wants a speedy, modern take on Atari programming. I'm going to crib from AtariWiki's description of FastBasic: "It is a complete re-implementation of the BASIC system, using a built-in bytecode compiler rather than a tokenizing interpreter. Typical BASICs use an interpreter that examines every line of code as the program runs. ... FastBasic works on an entirely different principle. When a line is parsed in FastBasic, it (essentially) compiles the entire line into tokens and then leaves them in memory. This way the line does not have to be repeatedly parsed, even from the simplified token format, which makes it much faster to run." FastBasic has other enhancements, including new commands for player-missiles and communicating with FujiNet, an option to only use faster integer math instead of floating point, and structured programming instead of line numbers. This interview took place on December 21, 2024. Video version of this interview FastBasic at github FastBasic at AtariWiki 10-line BASIC Contest Daniel at atariage Viña del Mar, Chile BW-DOS ANTIC Interview 436 - Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile FastBasic Debugger Extension for VSCode Support Kay's interview on Patreon
	ANTIC Interview 450 - Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator	25 Dec 2024	01:04:28
Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator Robert Leyland programmed AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, and MicroIllustrator (along with Steve Dompier) - the graphics applications that worked with KoalaPad, Atari Touch Tablet, and Chalk Board PowerPad drawing tablets. Prior to that, he programmed The Dragon's Eye (published by Automated Simulations/EPYX), Murder on the Zinderneuf (published by Electronic Arts) and, with Jaron Lanier, the Atari version of Alien Garden for Automated Simulations. This interview took place on January 21, 2023. Video version of this interview Robert's utilities at AtariMania Robert's games at AtariMania ANTIC Interview 104 - Aric Wilmunder, Star Raiders II, Temple of Apshai ANTIC Interview 70 - Jon Freeman, Freefall Associates De Re Atari Support Kay's interview on Patreon
	ANTIC Interview 449 - Tim Boehlert, Atari's WCI Labs Division	20 Dec 2024	00:54:39
Tim Boehlert, Atari's WCI Labs Division Tim Boehlert began at Atari in 1982. He worked at WCI Labs, the New York Atari subsidiary, where he worked on the broadboard of the 600XL, robotics projects, and mass storage devices. This interview took place on June 4, 2022. Video version of this interview ANTIC Interview 65 - Steve Mayer, 400/800 Designer ANTIC Interview 332 - Mike Matthews, Alien Group Voice Box ANTIC Interview 383 - Gregg Squires, Atari Manager of Hardware Engineering Strong Museum of Play Support Kay's interview on Patreon
	ANTIC Interview 448 - Frank Foster, Hybrid Arts	13 Dec 2024	00:58:14
Frank Foster, Hybrid Arts Frank Foster was one of the founders of Hybrid Arts, the company that made MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) hardware and software for Atari 8-bit and Atari ST computers. Frank was in charge of marketing for the company. After Hybrid Arts, Frank headed the music division at Atari, where he build marketing partnerships with Tangerine Dream, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Gabriel, and other musicians. I talked with two of the other Hybrid Arts founders, Robert Moore and Paul Rother, in my previous interview. This interview took place on February 20, 2024. Video version of this interview My interview with Robert Moore and Paul Rother Hotz MIDI Translator: Atari Team Redefines Electronic Instruments Frank Foster Biography Frank's SIGGRAPH documentary on computer graphics Hybrid Arts Timeline, Founders, and Goals document by Robert Moore Midi Maze at AtariMania ANTIC Interview 434 - Michael Park: Swan and Fujiboink Demos, MIDI Maze ANTIC Interview 193 - Gary Yost, The Catalog and Cyber Studio Support Kay's interview on Patreon
	ANTIC Interview 447 - Robert Moore and Paul Rother, Hybrid Arts MIDIMate	11 Dec 2024	01:00:59
Robert Moore and Paul Rother, Hybrid Arts MIDIMate Robert Moore and Paul Rother were two of the founders of Hybrid Arts, along with Frank Foster and Alan Hart. Hybrid Arts created the MIDIMate, hardware that added Musical Instrument Digital Interface capability to the the Atari 8-bit computers; and various software for it including MIDITrack. Hybrid Arts continued on to make a wide variety of MIDI and music software for the Atari ST (which has built-in MIDI) including EZ-Track. Paul was the programmer, Robert the music and sales person, and Frank Foster was the marketing person. Frank couldn't make it to this interview due to scheduling issues, but he'll be in my next interview. This interview took place on January 18, 2024. Video version of this interview Hybrid Arts Timeline, Founders, and Goals document by Robert Moore Hybrid Arts - Revolutionize the Process of Modern Movie Making Hybrid Arts on Computer Chronicles (starts at 8 minutes) 8-bit Hybrid Arts software at AtariMania Atari ST Hybrid Arts software at AtariMania MIDI Track III Manual Midipatch: DX Editor for Yamaha DX manual mt-32pi Roland MT-32 emulator Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
	ANTIC Interview 446 - Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine	30 Nov 2024	01:20:29
Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine Mary Eisenhart was editor of MicroTimes magazine, a free, advertising-supported magazine that was distributed in California. The first issue was May 1984, and Mary remained at the magazine until 1998, producing more than 180 issues. MicroTimes provided interviews, computer industry news, rumors, and columns, and - of course - advertising. For most of its run, there were two editions of each issue: Northern California and Southern California. When she left MicroTimes, Mary took with her a copy or two of every issue, which years later were scanned by Internet Archive. The almost-complete collection is now online, full-text searchable, where they can be read online or downloaded. As a young teenager growing up in Southern California, I read MicroTimes whenever I could find it, usually in record stores. It was a great computer magazine, with the huge bonus that it was free. When I graduated college in Northern California, I wrote for MicroTimes as often as possible (Mary was my editor.) The $200 per article paychecks were the start of my freelance writing career. Mary and I didn't talk too much about Atari in this interview, but rest assured there was plenty of material of interest to Atari lovers in MicroTimes. For instance, issue 1 has Mary's interview with Jon Freeman and Anne Westfall, creators of Archon. A 1985 cover article features "The People Behind 'The Print Shop'" — and there was a long-running Atari ST column written by Helmi Kobler. This interview took place on November 25, 2024. Video version of this interview at YouTube MicroTimes at Internet Archive [NEEDED for scanning: Volume 2 Number 12, most of Volume 3] Mary's web site BAM Magazine in Wikipedia Hedy Lamarr issue Kay's first published article Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
	ANTIC Episode 112 - Keeping Warm with Sweaters and Hot Sauce	26 Nov 2024	01:14:48
ANTIC Episode 112 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have several Christmas ideas for you, we tell you about projects that would allow creating a new reproduction Atari 800XL, and we wet our appetites for the current Atari's hot sauce while wearing their ugly Christmas sweater … 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 Vox ex Machina: A Cultural History of Talking Machines by Sarah A. Bell - https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262375870/page/169/mode/2up?q=savetz Intellivision: How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie by Tom Boellstorff and Braxton Soderman - https://archive.org/details/mit_press_book_9780262380553/ MIT Press: Open Access Materials - https://archive.org/details/mit_press_open_access A Treasure Chest of Ampex Tapes Saves Early Computer History - https://www.ampex.com/a-treasure-chest-of-ampex-tapes-saves-early-computer-history/ Atari 400/800 Reference Card (Atari BASIC and Microsoft BASIC) by Nanos Systems Corp. - https://archive.org/details/1984-03-anticmagazine/page/102/mode/2up Best of Creative Computing (Volumes I & III): https://archive.org/details/Best_of_Creative_Computing_Vol_1_1978_Creative_Computing_Press https://archive.org/details/bestofcreativeco0003unse Cassette repair - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCGJ7GQF Stray Pointers podcast with the ANTIC crew - Jim Lawless - https://straypointers.com/e/s2e19.htm Recent Interview Shows ANTIC Interview 442 - Bob Stein, Atari Research ANTIC Interview 443 - Rick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine ANTIC Interview 444 - Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and ATR ANTIC Interview 445 - Vince Cate, The Critical Connection News Ugly Christmas sweaters - https://atari.com/collections/holiday-collection?filter.p.product_type=Sweatshirts&sort_by=manual Atari Hot Sauce - https://atarisauce.com/ Christmas Critters: https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/11/anuncian-demo-de-christmas-critters.html And at AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375904-christmas-critters-wip-game-demo/ he just released an "engine prototype demo" - https://tigerskunk.itch.io/atari-xmasdemo And Saberman has already done a quick video on it - https://youtu.be/efP2WOLnxvY Revive Machines is working on the injection molds of RM 800XL, the modern FPGA recreation of the Atari 800XL - Philsan69: https://x.com/philsan69/status/1856461217792999494?s=58 https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html Clear Case Kickstarter for 800XL has begun (Nov. 1) - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seethruit/injection-molded-clear-case-for-atari-800xl-computer/ Brian Reifsnyder Designs an "Advanced Remake" of Atari's 800XL Mainboard - https://www.hackster.io/news/brian-reifsnyder-designs-an-advanced-remake-of-atari-s-800xl-mainboard-95cbc0823bb3.amp AtariBASICs November newsletter - John Zielke - https://ataribasics.com/ Atari Addict Collector's Magazine - https://www.pixel.addict.media/shop/atari-addict-magazine Atari Programmers Society Newsletter: https://archive.org/details/wire-taps-atari-programmers-society-newsletter-april-1986-vol-4-num-4 v1n6 1983 - https://archive.org/details/wiretaps-v1n6 Cartridge extender card for the Atari 1200XL - ReifsnyderB - https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/cartridge-extender-card-for-the-atari-1200xl/ Improved Keyboard on an XE - https://amzn.to/4i10QZz Vintage Computer Center starting back up (Gavin Haubelt) - http://www.vintagecomputercenter.com FastBASIC install/debugger - Eric Carr https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fOm8Mq4qFA 400 mini it is available from Amazon Germany for $54 plus shipping. - https://www.amazon.de/-/en/RETROGAMES-THE400MINI/dp/B0CRYXTL82 Upcoming Shows REMAINING IN 2024 Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we Atari Party 2024 - Dec. 7 (noon - 4p.m.) - Quakertown Train Station, Quakertown, PA - http://atariparty.org/ 2025 Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 15-17, 2025 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 4-6, 2024 - 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/ Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ YouTube Videos The Atari 1200xl - Atari's 8-bit red-headed stepchild - Power of Vintage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTLTJzZ7-I8 Atari XE memory extension (512 KB) in 2 easy ways - RetroKernal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvBkMEnONgs Atari 65 XE vs Commodore 64 \| 70s 80s Computer System Competition TV Commercial - VideoGames Replay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMNGMHKZ0w Atari Computers Sales, Marketing Strategy 80's TV Commercial - VideoGames Replay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA7kY9pkFxM Atari 800 Game: Scram (1980 Atari) - Old Classic Retro Gaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8XRtICfBuQ CHM: Oral History of Nolan Bushnell - https://youtu.be/izYWqhUGBGA?si=M4T43I-tJ2mp2EhA New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-jan-1989-vol-9-num-1-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/atari-price-list-june-1982-and-letters https://archive.org/details/europa-america-aventuras-com-o-atari https://archive.org/details/computer-83-special-section-the-oregonian-june-16-1983 "The Dirty Book": https://archive.org/details/the-dirty-book-v-2-n-2 https://archive.org/details/TheDirtyBookV2N1 Referenced by - https://bsky.app/profile/lainenooney.bsky.social/post/3lbldh3w2hk2m A Word From Our Sponsor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMNGMHKZ0w New at GitHub https://github.com/pvbestinfoo/Atari_8-Bit_Rom_Image_File_Explorer https://github.com/sidneycadot/sam https://github.com/dpicken/atari-hw https://github.com/JSJvR/atari-8-bit-utils https://github.com/GRHOnline/Mono8bitmap https://github.com/fredlcore/1K-RainBox
	ANTIC Interview 445 - Vince Cate, The Critical Connection	22 Nov 2024	00:31:04
Vince Cate, The Critical Connection In my last interview, I talked with the creator of SIO2PC, which let Atari users use a DOS computer as its disk drive and printer. This interview is with the creator a product which - six years earlier - let Atari users use a CP/M computer as its disk drive and printer (and keyboard.) Vince Cate owned a company called USS Enterprises, with just one product: The Critical Connection. Critical Connection was a combination of a specialized cable and software for connecting an Atari 8-bit to a computer running CP/M. The long cable had an SIO plug on one end and a 25-pin serial plug on the other, and some chips in the middle, allowing the Atari and CP/M box to communicate at 19,200 bps. The Critical Connection was released in 1983, six years before SIO2PC. They shared many similar features: with it you could: use an entire CP/M floppy disk as an emulated 600K Atari disk drive, create 92KB CP/M disk files which emulated Atari 90KB disks, and print from the Atari to the CP/M computer's printer. The CP/M machine even acted as a print spooler. You could also use the CP/M machine's keyboard to type on the Atari. Vince needed to create a file format to store virtual floppy disks on the CP/M machine: the filename extension was .ATR. I don't know positively, but I'm pretty sure it's a different file format from the well-known .ATR format that Nick Kennedy created for SIO2PC six years later... just similar functionality given similar names. Nick Kennedy told me that he had never heard of The Critical Connection. Here's what Jerry Pournelle wrote about Critical Connection in the September 1983 issue of Byte magazine: "Vincent Cate continues to improve his Critical Connection. This gadget makes an Atari think a CP/M computer system is a set of disks. The only requirement is that your CP/M system have an RS-232C serial port operating at 19,200 bps. Given that, you needn't buy disks for an Atari; by using The Critical Connection, you can make the Atari believe you have four disks. The really nice part is that you can use 8-inch as well as 5 1/4 -inch disks. Cate's new software package has automatic installation for a number of CP/M systems, including Kaypro, North Star, Sanyo, CCS, Heath/Zenith, and Morrow. ... Cate's documentation is improved, but it's not what I'd call good. Still, you can puzzle it out, and if you don't want to invest a lot in an Atari system but still want to use disks with it, Cate's Critical Connection is the way to go." This interview took place on November 20, 2024. Video version of this interview on YouTube Vince's web site Vince in Wikipedia Critical Connection review in ANALOG magazine 1986-02 CC version 1 in Antic XL version in Antic In Byte 1983-09 In Dr. Dobbs Journal 1983-09 Critical Connection at AtariMania ANTIC Interview 444 - Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and ATR Critical Connection source code Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
	ANTIC Interview 444 - Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and ATR	15 Nov 2024	00:54:04
Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and the ATR File Format Nick Kennedy is the creator of SIO2PC, the hardware and software combination that allowed Atari 8-bit computer users to use a PC as a peripheral. In 1989, this was unprecedented, a new way to connect the little Atari to the bigger world, to the (relatively) massive storage and speed of a computer running PC-DOS. For the first time, Ataris could use a PC as storage, RAM disk, and printer. Nick also created the .ATR file format, which quickly became the standard for using virtual floppy disks on Atari emulators. Nick also created 10502PC, a cable that let you connect an Atari floppy drive directly to a PC; and AtariCOM, a less well-known utility that allowed two Atari 8-Bit computers to communicate using the SIO and joystick ports. And, he created Atari-based amateur radio tools: a terminal program for packet radio, and Morse code keyer software, which he and I talked about in detail in our previous interview. This interview took place on November 1, 2024. Video version of this interview on YouTube Nick's web site Nick's SIO2PC page Previous interview with Nick about ham radio: ANTIC Interview 441 - Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer ANTIC Interview 144 - Stephen Lawrow, Mac/65 assembler Bob Woolley's Review of SIO2PC in Atari Interface Magazine 1991-01 1993 Atari Classics article: SIO2PC: Slave An IBM To Your 8-Bit The .ATR File Format ANTIC Interview 441 - Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer AtariCom software DAK catalogs Best Electronics Mapping the Atari by Ian Chadwick AtariMax APE and ProSystem Old Hackers Atari User Group newsletter disks Nick Kennedy on AtariAge Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
	ANTIC Interview 443 - Rick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine	08 Nov 2024	00:50:50
Rick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine's 8-bit Editor Rick Reaser was the 8-bit Editor of Current Notes Magazine, a popular magazine dedicated to the Atari computers. He began in 1992, and wrote a column called 8-Bit Tidbits. Rick used his Atari 8-bit computer exclusively through his college years and for programming for grad school. He was also president of P3ACE - Pikes Peak Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts - a user group serving the Colorado Springs area. This interview took place on February 11, 2023. Video version of this interview at YouTube P3ACE newsletters Rick's "Atari Revolution" quote Current Notes at Internet Archive The Current Notes issue Kay received from Rick Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth Rick's letter to Antic Magazine Volume 7 Number 11 "My kids love Talking Toddle" Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
	ANTIC Interview 442 - Bob Stein, Atari Research	01 Nov 2024	00:56:48
Bob Stein, Atari's Encyclopedia Project Bob Stein worked at Atari Research for 18 months beginning in 1981. He was hired by Alan Kay. He worked almost exclusively on an encyclopedia project, a potential collaboration between Atari and Encyclopaedia Britannica that never went anywhere. I learned about Bob after he uploaded an item called The Atari Drawings to Internet Archive. It's a collection of nine colorful pencil drawings, drawn in 1982 by Disney animator Glen Keane. The drawings depict futuristic scenarios where people use a computerized encyclopedia to get information: for instance, "An earthquake wakes a couple in the middle of the night. The Intelligent Encyclopedia, connected to an online service, informs them of the severity of the earthquake and makes safety tips readily available." and "A mother and her children looking into a tidepool in Laguna ask the Intelligent Encyclopedia about the plants and animals that they see." Bob described the collection of art in his introduction to the document: "In 1982 executives from Warner, Inc., Atari's parent company, were scheduled to visit the Research Lab where the Encyclopedia Project was located. Brenda Laurel and I came up with these scenarios to give the execs a sense of what we were working toward. The drawings were made by Disney animator, Glen Keane. When you look at these, remember they were made 16 years before Google and 12 years before Yahoo, even 8 years before the earliest web-based search engines. That said, one of the most interesting things about these scenarios as seen today, is that with the exception of the image of the architect and the teacher none of them indicated any inkling that the most important element of the web to come was that it would bring people into contact with each other. What we see here is almost entirely people accessing content from a central server, no sense that we would be communicating with each other or uploading our own contributions to the collective culture. My own explanation for this lapse focuses on the print-era mentality that saw readers purely as consumers of content." Bob saved and scanned a large number of materials from his time at Atari, and uploaded them to Internet Archive. In addition to the scans of Keane's Atari Drawings, the documents include memos about the encyclopedia project and a transcript of a 1982 seminar for Atari Research featuring Charles Van Doren. Check the show notes for those links. After Atari, Bob was co-founder of The Criterion Collection, which restores and distributes important classic films; and co-founder of The Voyager Company, the first commercial multimedia CD-ROM publisher. In 2004, he co-founded The Institute for the Future of the Book, a think tank "investigating the evolution of discourse as it shifts from printed pages to networked screens." This interview took place December 16, 2023. Video version of this interview at YouTube The Atari Drawings ANTIC Interview 420 - Brenda Laurel, Atari Research Whither The Encyclopedia Project - Atari Encyclopedia Project memos Back to the Future -- In honor of Encyclopedia Britannica giving up its print edition (Wayback machine) Stein Kay Atari Memos Pt 1 Stein Kay Atari Memos Pt 2 Exchange With Steve Weyer And J. David Bolter 1983 Hadley Letter 1980-12-01 Atari...Ifugao Question Journal, Michael Naimark CVD Atari Seminar 20 December 1982 Encyclopedia And The Intellectual Tools Of The Future . . . November 1981 Bob Stein Archives at Stanford The Digital Antiquarian — Bob Stein and Voyager Charles Van Doren in Wikipedia Bob Stein wants to change how people think about the book (2010)
	ANTIC Episode 111 - Is Kay Really Funny, or is it Just a Courtesy Snicker?	27 Oct 2024	00:56:30
ANTIC Episode 111 - "Is Kay Really Funny, or is it Just a Courtesy Snicker?" In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We go over the ABBUC Software Contest winners, we cover PRGE, Kay accelerates his interview publishing schedule, and we ask the question: Is Kay really funny, or are Randy's snickers simply courtesy? You decide … 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* PRGE - https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution by David and Theresa Welsh - https://amzn.to/40l4vv1 (sponsored link) Recent Interviews ANTIC Interview 439 - Making Modern Atari Hardware ANTIC Interview 440 - Ed Sabo, UltraBASIC ANTIC Interview 441 - Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer News ABBUC 2024 Software Contest: https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/10/ruff-in-trouble-ganador-del-abbuc-2024.html https://abbuc.de/2024/10/ergebnis-abbuc-softwarewettbewerb-2024-result-abbuc-software-competition-2024/ ABBUC Magazines - https://abbuc.de 4th ATASCII Compo 2024 - Presentation Pre-Launch for Clear Case for 800XL has begun: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seethruit/injection-molded-clear-case-for-atari-800xl-computer/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/373926-pre-launch-for-clear-case-for-800xl-has-begun/ Bouncy World Server Available - https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/09/27/bouncy-world-server-available/ Replacement cartridge slot - Screaming at the Radio - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/373896-replacement-cartridge-slot/ Mastertronic Collectors Archive - Atari (8-Bit) Mastertronic Checklist - https://mastertronic.co.uk/atari-mastertronic-checklist/ Upcoming Shows Retro Computer Festival 2024 - November 9-10 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November/ Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub YouTube Videos Atari XL/XE -=Go! Tony Go!=- - Saberman RetroNews - Atari XL/XE -=Go! Tony Go!=- LIVE from PRGE 2024 Day 1: AtariAge New Releases & WIP - ZeroPage Homebrew - LIVE from PRGE 2024 Day 1: AtariAge New Releases & WIP (FIXED!) Videos of the ABBUC winners, such as: Atari XL/XE -=Eat Me!=- ABBUC Software Contest 2024 - Saberman RetroNews - Atari XL/XE -=Eat Me!=- ABBUC Software Contest 2024 1K Rainbox - Saberman RetroNews - Atari XL/XE -=1K RainBox=- ABBUC Software Contest 2024 My Atari 800 prints out the news and weather every morning! - Sascha Segan - My Atari 800 prints out the news and weather every morning! New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/horten-computer-welt-11-85-preise/ https://archive.org/details/brace-bits-vol-3-no-1/BraceBits%20vol1%20no4/ https://archive.org/details/@allan52?query=portland Github https://github.com/marktmiller/atari-8-bit-forth-projects/tree/main/fig-forth1.1/FP%20library https://github.com/ivop/saprtools
	ANTIC Interview 441 - Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer	26 Oct 2024	00:35:41
Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer I was adding a batch of ham radio newsletters to the Internet Archive's Digital Library of Amateur Radio And Communications, and I noticed the word "Atari" on one of the pages. In the September 2019 issue of Solid Copy, the newsletter of The CW Operators Club, Nick Kennedy had written: "Few hams who are both CW [morse code] enthusiasts and programmers of microcontrollers have been able to resist trying their hand at a keyer or two. I've done several in the past 30+ years, starting with one for the 6502 in an Atari 800 and on through PICs, AVRs and now...the Arduino." So I contacted Nick, amateur radio call sign WA5BDU, to find out what his Atari project was all about. First, a tiny bit of ham radio background: Morse code, that language of dots and dashes, can be sent over the radio waves using a Morse code key. Even if you know nothing about ham radio, I bet you picture a basic Morse code key: when tap the little lever, it makes an electrical connection that makes a sound. That's called a straight key. Avid Morse code enthusiasts may prefer a fancier "paddle" key: with two levers, one for short beeps and one for longer ones. A keyer is a device that is connected between the paddle key and the radio: it allows the sender to control timing of the transmitted signals, and other factors. Nick's software, WA5BDU Computer Keyer, turned his Atari computer into a keyer. He wired his Morse code paddle and his ham radio to joystick port 2. As he sent a message using his paddle, the Atari interpreted the signal, adjusted it as necessary, displayed the outgoing message on the screen, and sent the signal to the radio. Or, Nick could simply type on the Atari's keyboard to send Morse code messages, skipping the paddle key altogether. Nick sent me the keyer program and source code — as well as a packet radio terminal program that he wrote, and a tank game written by his brother. Check the show notes for links to all of those. Our interview took place on January 21, 2023. Video version of this interview Keyer software and source code at Internet Archive Ham Terminal software (with source code) at Internet Archive Various amateur radio software for for Atari 8-bit Nick interviewed by the QSO Today podcast in 2015 Nick's keyer article in Solid Copy Nick's web site Ad Astra magazine Pat Kennedy's tank game Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications Support Kay's interviews on Patreon
	ANTIC Interview 440 - Ed Sabo, UltraBASIC	18 Oct 2024	00:35:17
Ed Sabo, UltraBASIC Ed Sabo, with the help of his dad, founded UltraBASIC, a company that produced software for Atari 8-bit computers. UltraBASIC's software for the Atari 8-bits, which was all programmed by Ed, were: Tank Math: "a tutored math exercise plus a bonus roman numeral quiz" FunSpeller: "use your own words or the fifteen word-sets included" SuperFrogs: "the 7 game arcade with over 10,000 variations" … and Track Stack: a program launcher, "stack up to 15 machine language programs on the track stack disk" Ed also created some unpublished software, including a bulletin board system and RC Total, a program to track results of radio controlled car races. The company also operated a commercial coin op route, with video games, pinball machines, jukeboxes, and so on. Ed's UltraBASIC company still exists. Today, the company specializes in transmission rebuilds, custom headers, and other repairs for classic and custom cars. This interview took place on August 8, 2023. Video version of this interview (youtube): https://youtu.be/OXcW1Pm4DQ8 Tank Math: https://archive.org/details/tank-math-ultra-basic/ Super Frogs: https://archive.org/details/super-frogs-ultra-basic/ Funspeller: https://archive.org/details/superfrogs-funspeller-ultra-basic/ Track Stack: https://archive.org/details/TrackStackUltraBasic/ List of Ultrabasic games at Atarimania Ultrabasic, Inc.: http://ultrabasic.net M.U.L.E. Online: https://puzzud.itch.io/mule-online FujiNet: https://fujinet.online Support Kay's interviews on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/savetz
	ANTIC Interview 439 - Making Modern Atari Hardware	30 Sep 2024	00:43:02
Two Interviews about Making Modern Atari Hardware In this interview episode, there are interviews with two people creating today's Atari hardware: the Atari 400 Mini and other modern reboots of retro consoles such as the Atari 7800+. First, an interview with Matthew Burnett, Vice President of Strategic Operations at Atari — the guy in charge of Atari's new hardware. We discuss how the Atari 400 Mini came to market. Then, I interview Ben Jones, Commercial Director for Plaion, a manufacturing and distribution company that was involved with the creation of the 400 Mini and 7800 Plus as well as other retro computing hardware like the C64 Mini and the A500 (Amiga) Mini. These interviews took place on September 27 2024 at Portland Retro Gaming Expo. Atari 400 Mini: https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1 Atari 7800+: https://atari.com/products/atari-7800

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