ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast – Details, episodes &amp; analysis

Kay’s Book “Terrible Nerd”

1983 purchase order, letter, and check from Atari to Learning Multi-Systems

Interview index: here

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we’ve been up to

VCF SW, National Videogame Museum - https://nvmusa.org
Titan - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/?do=findComment&comment=5472194
Development disk for Tom Hudson's "Adventure at Vendenberg A.F.B." - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/?do=findComment&comment=5472339
Sunday Driver - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/page/110/#comment-5473357
Famous Computer Cafe - https://archive.org/details/famous-computer-cafe https://www.gofundme.com/f/digitizing-the-famous-computer-cafe
Steve Roberts - https://microship.com/
A8PICO by Electrotrains -
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351546-a8picocart-unocart-on-a-raspberry-pi-pico/
USB-C power supply adapter from Mozzwald - https://mozzwald.com/product/atari-8-bit-usb-c-power-adapter/
Atari photo shoot at IVCC - https://www.facebook.com/groups/IndyVCC

Recent Interviews

ANTIC Interview 437 - Dr. Kristina Hooper Woolsey, Atari Research Labs and Apple Multimedia Lab - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-437-kristina-hooper-woolsey-atari-research-labs-and-apple-multimedia-labs

News

FujiNet RAPID 7& 8 - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/rapid/
video on using CONFIG-NG the alternative CONFIG for Atari - video by Andy Diller - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2is_kDYQHpA
How Google's Rampant Sunnyvale Expansion Is Erasing Atari's History - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/how-googles-rampant-sunnyvale-expansion-is-erasing-ataris-history
https://www.facer.io/u/atari - Atari watch faces for smart watches
AtariAge thread on the RetroScaler from AliExpress - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/366479-aliexpress-retrotink-equivalent-2x-scaler-with-hdmi-output
Revive RM 800XL box design!

Atari acquires Intellivision! - https://x.com/atari/status/1793616648890470410
Living Computer Museum is dead:

New game “Shift” - https://h4plo.itch.io/shift
Atari 50 Update - https://www.engadget.com/ataris-50th-anniversary-collection-is-getting-a-hefty-update-with-nearly-40-additional-games-150827022.html
Wireless tape player interface from Piotr Bugaj:

Thanks to @TheTime, Tandy Trower's Character Set Editor published by APX is finally available after all these years:

1050 mini. Brand new floppy drive for Atari XL by Piotr Bugaj:

New 576NUC+ 4-in-1 Expansion Module - The NUCplus4 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355107-new-576nuc-4-in-1-expansion-module-the-nucplus4/

Upcoming Shows

KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 16-21 (in-person), July 27-28 (virtual) - University of Illinois in Springfield, IL - https://www.kansasfest.org/
Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/
Nottingham Video Game Expo - July 20-21 - The Belgrave Rooms, Nottingham, U.K. - https://www.nottsvge.com/
Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/
Vintage Computer Festival West - August 2-3 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/
Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-18 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se
VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/
VCF Europe - September 7-8 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/
Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/
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

YouTube Videos

Atari 800XL with GTIAdigitizer and RGB2HDMI - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG3qhwUELaY
Atari 810 drives with issues - Adrian’s Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfU0w883jGE
A8PicoCart for the Atari 8-bit machines - Building and testing - Arctic Retro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWXNF7n6Xw
Soldering-Up an A8PicoCart for your Atari - The VintNerd - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8cQarAvKoU
Atari 400 Mini cartridges and disk drive - GameRoomOfThrones - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7A_aiusVY94
Atari 8-Bit: Mikie (Final), Missile Command Arcade w/ Trak-Ball (Final), Shift (Exclusive Final) - ZeroPage HomeBrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaPlb47Fbk0

New at Archive.org

Atari Technische Informatie NR 12 Printer-Problemen - https://archive.org/details/atari-technische-informatie-nr-12-printer-problemen
James Copland on the Computer Cafe - https://archive.org/details/the-famous-computer-cafe-1985-02-08_James_Copland
Jersey Atari Computer Group Newsletter, July, 1985 - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1985-july-vol-4-no-11
JACG newsletters scanned spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing
Scene World podcast Ep. #189 - THE400 Mini with Darren Melbourne - https://archive.org/details/scene_world_podcast_episode189_april_2024
AtariUser Magazine Summer (July) 1992 - https://archive.org/details/atari-user-1992-07

Feedback

8 Bit Workshop website - https://8bitworkshop.com/dithertron/#sys=atari8.d'image=seurat.jpg

ANTIC Interview 435 - Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman - Logo

mardi 24 octobre 2023 • Duration 58:30

ANTIC Interview 435 - Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman - Logo

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.

Cynthia Solomon is an American computer scientist known for her work in artificial intelligence and making popular computer science for students. She is a pioneer in the fields of artificial intelligence, computer science, and educational computing.

Together with Seymour Papert and Wally Feurzeig, Cynthia designed the Logo computer programming language in 1967.

Dr. Solomon has attained many accomplishments in her life such as being the vice president of R&D for Logo Computer Systems, Inc., when Apple Logo was developed and was the Director of the Atari Cambridge Research Laboratory.

Brian Silverman is a Canadian computer scientist, the creator of many programming environments for children, and a researcher in cellular automata.

As a student at MIT, Brian had worked with Seymour Papert, one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and when Papert founded Logo Computer Systems, Inc. in 1980 to commercialize the Logo programming language, Brian became its director of research. Brian was responsible for the development of Logo for the Atari 8-bit line of computers.

This interview took place on May 27, 2022.

Links

Logoworks: Challenging Programs in Logo by Cynthia Solomon, Margaret Minsky, Brian Harvey - https://www.amazon.com/Logoworks-Challenging-Programs-Logo-books/dp/007042425X
Atari Cambridge Research 1982-84 - https://logothings.github.io/logothings/AtariResearch.html
Atari Logo at Atarimania - http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-atari-logo_15782.html
Brian’s work at Playful Invention Company - https://www.playfulinvention.com/
ANTIC episode 29 (Turtle-y Goodness) with Atari Logo content - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-episode-29-turtle-y-goodness

ANTIC Interview 381 - Youth Advisory Board: Tracey Cullinan

dimanche 3 mai 2020 • Duration 42:48

Youth Advisory Board: Tracey Cullinan

This is the seventh in a series of episodes featuring the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board. In 1983, Atari formed a Youth Advisory Board, selecting teenagers from around the United States to share their opinions about computers and video games, test software, and promote Atari's computers at events. The group consisted of kids aged 14 through 18, including Tracey Cullinan.

Tracey worked as a salesperson at the ComputerLand store in Los Altos, California — starting at the age of 12. He started a software company, Superior Software, which produced custom software for local businesses, as well as a couple of games for the Apple II computer. At 14, Tracey was invited to be a member of the Youth Advisory Board. As part of that job, he went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago to demonstrate Atari computers. The next year, as a 15-year-old, Tracey was interviewed on the "Today" show as a young entrepreneur.

There's a chapter about Tracey in the 1984 book "Computer Kids" by George Sullivan. (His picture in on the back cover of the book.) I'm going to read several passages from that book, quotes from Tracey.

...A Computerland store opened
in a mall near my home. I made friends with the people
who worked in the store, and they let me use the computers
there.

The store happened to be within walking distance of
where I live, and I'd go there after school and on week-
ends, or almost anytime I had free time. I often wrote
game programs on the computers, and I bought a disk on
which to store the programs. They let me keep the disk
at the store.

When customers came into the store, I'd sometimes
help out by showing them what a computer could do.
They'd be amazed. "What’s this nine-year-old kid doing
showing me how a computer works?"

I’m now working at the store. I started as an employee
when I was twelve. I was in sales at first but later I shifted
over to computer repair...

I now know five or six computer languages — BASIC,
Pascal, LOGO, plus three machine languages: 6502, the
one that’s used on the Apple and Atari and the one I use
the most, Z-80. I’m starting to learn 8086, the language
for the IBM Personal Computer...

The company that I operate is called Superior Software.
I prepare custom programs for businesses in the
area. One program involves inventorying and invoicing
for a company that sells charcoal fire starters. I’ve got
another program that gathers stock market prices from a
computer, and then correlates them and prints them out
for a local stockbroker.

A third program I wrote for the Los Altos Little
League. It’s a mailing list program. They use it in sending
out notices about tryouts, practices, and things like that.
I became a member of the Atari Youth Advisory Board
because someone at the consulting firm that was getting
the names of kids together for Atari happened to know
my dad. When the consulting firm found out that I was
into computers, they put my name on the list. Then the
people at Atari picked me.

We've been giving Atari advice mostly on their home
computers. Later, I think they're going to ask us for advice
on their video games and arcade games...

I also use the computer to write game programs once
in a while. One that I’ve written is called Glutton [for the
Apple II.] You, the shooter, are armed with little missiles
and positioned on the right side of the screen. You can
move up and down only. You shoot to the left.

The glutton moves back and forth across the screen.
The glutton likes to eat. Different kinds of food fall from
the top of the screen. Some of it is good food, like apples,
carrots, and chicken drumsticks. But some of the food is
junk food, like cupcakes and soda pop. The object of the
game is to keep the glutton well fed, but healthy, You try
to eliminate the pieces of junk food by blasting them with
your missiles.

I've tried to sell Glutton to some of the companies that
market game software to computer owners, to companies
such as Broderbund and Sirius. But I haven’t been successful yet.
...As far as the future is concerned, I plan to go to college.

I'd like to go to a good private university, a technical
one, like MIT, Cal Tech, or Stanford... After that, I
think I'd like to be a game programmer, and maybe work
for Atari, Imagic, or Activision, or some company like
that.

Tracey didn't go to any of those colleges. He died 1986 of brain cancer. He had just turned 18.

I talked with Tracey's mother, Leola Wooldridge; and his younger brother, Cory Cullinan, about their memories of Tracey.

This interview took place on April 17, 2020. In it, we discuss John Dickerson, whom I previously interviewed.

Tracey in Computer Kids book

Demystifying Excellence by Cory Cullinan

John Dickerson interview

Tracey Cullinan On Today Show on Youtube or Internet Archive

ANTIC Interview 380 - Atari Speed Reading: Karlyn Kamm and Brad Oltrogge

dimanche 26 avril 2020 • Duration 55:51

Atari Speed Reading: Karlyn Kamm and Brad Oltrogge

The Atari Speed Reading software package was released by Atari in 1981. It was a self-paced program, for use with the Atari computer and a cassette drive, that promised to teach you to increase reading speed and comprehension with 30 days of practice. The package contained a workbook and five cassette tapes.

This is an interview with two of the people who created the Atari Speed Reading package. Karlyn Kamm created the speed reading educational material at the University of Wisconsin with Dr. Wayne Otto. In 1975, she and Dr. Otto published a book titled "Speedway, the Action Way to Read." Dr. Otto died in 2017.

Brad Oltrogge is president of Learning Multi-Systems, the software publisher that was contracted by Atari to turn Kamm and Otto's speed reading material into a product for the Atari home computer.

This interview took place on April 16, 2020.

Atari Speed Reading Workbook

Atari Speed Reading at AtariWiki

Dr. Otto obituary

Speedway: The action way to speed read

The Study Skills Component of the Wisconsin Design

Learning Multi-Systems

ANTIC Interview 379 - Gabriel Baum, Atari Conversational French and Spanish

vendredi 17 avril 2020 • Duration 39:32

Gabriel Baum: Atari Conversational French and Spanish

Gabriel Baum worked at Thorn EMI, where he managed the project to create two early language learning programs that were published by Atari: Conversational French and Conversational Spanish. (Atari's language learning series would also include Conversational German — Gabriel started that, but left Thorn EMI before that project was finished — and Conversational Italian.)

After Thorn EMI, Gabriel moved to Mattel where he became one of the "Blue Sky Rangers," creating Intellivision games. If you'd like to hear more about that, Paul Nurminen interviewed him about that time in episode 37 of The Intellivisionaries podcast.

For a deep dive into the Atari Conversational French software, listen to season 5, episode 1 of the Inverse ATASCII podcast. You can download the software and audio for all of the conversational language series from AtariWiki.

This interview took place on March 31, 2020. In it, Gabriel mis-remembers a bit of the technical capabilities of the Atari cassette drive, which was a lot less sophisticated than he recalls. If you'd like to read the technical details of how the Atari 410 and 1010 program recorders worked, check out Appendix C of De Re Atari.

Conversational language series at AtariWiki

Inverse ATASCII podcast covers Atari Conversational French

Gabriel interview on the Intellivisionaries podcast

De Re Atari on the Atari cassette capabilities

ANTIC Episode 66 - Socially Distant

mercredi 8 avril 2020 • Duration 01:14:08

ANTIC Episode 66 - Socially Distant

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: We talk about what we’re doing Atari-wise in these socially distant times and we bring you all the Atari news from around the world.

READY!

Recurring Links

Kevin’s Book “Terrible Nerd”

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

What We’ve Been Up To

Bill Lange points us to Atari 1020 plotter pen refill / restoration video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdVHkZwGZhk
Thornton's Luxury Goods Premium Fountain Pen Ink Bottle 30ml - https://amzn.to/2RcNtL6
5 Pack 5ML/CC Premium Ink Filling Syringe - https://amzn.to/34gxctN
Supercard Pro and Atari 8-bit Software Preservation Initiative - http://a8preservation.com/
AtariFest/World of Atari thread on AtariAge - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/304554-atarifest-and-world-of-atari
Home Computer Course and Home Computer Advanced Course magazines
- https://archive.org/details/The_Home_Computer_Course
- https://archive.org/details/The_Home_Computer_Advanced_Course_01/

News

Rare Atari software found: Atamon - https://www.atarinside.com/blog/index.php/atamon-dxg-5724/
German Sky Writer:
- https://twitter.com/Atarinside_fr/status/1245701156183162883
- https://www.atarinside.com/blog/index.php/himmelschreiber-aka-himmelsschreiber-dxg-5704/
Bill Lange Exploring Kyan Pascal blog:
- https://exploringkyanpascal.blogspot.com/p/table-of-contents.html
- https://twitter.com/BillLange1968/status/1246150884603711491
1200XL - An Atari 8 Bit Gaming Podcast - https://anchor.fm/1200xl
BASIC 10-liners contest winners:
- https://youtu.be/XxSSgHi81b4
- https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/kopie-von-results-2018
Atari Disk Image Studio project on FB - Mike Fulton - https://www.facebook.com/Atari-Disk-Image-Studio-112460410404811/?pageid=112460410404811&ftentidentifier=112493333734852&padding=0
Dropcheck (Lenore, bitsofthepast.com) donations voted project - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/301569-donation-voted-projects-proposed/
ABBUC software competition 2020:
- https://atariage.com/forums/topic/304677-abbuc-software-competition-2020/
- http://www.abbuc.de/atari/software-ressort/81-software/softwarewettbewerbe/1846-software-wettbewerb-2020
Six Atari games on epidemics and diseases (Atariteca) - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2020/03/seis-juegos-de-atari-sobre-epidemias-y.html

Shows

Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
- CANCELLED Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Fri, Aug 14, 2020 – Sun, Aug 16, 2020, Portland OR
- POSTPONED TO Oct 10-12, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east
- VCF Southeast July 10-12 2020, in cooperation with SFGE - http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/
Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8
Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/
Event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/

YouTube videos this month

20MHz Atari 800XL: Rapidus, U1MB, and Sophia DVI: Part One - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r42zsEc6pUo
Joystick Reading on the Atari 800 / 5200 - 6502 Lesson S13 - ChibiAkumas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CAbqfu_1jI
Backing up 5 1/4” disks to ATR images using Atari 800XE, Atari 1050 disk drive and Sio2sd - Marek Chorvat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Am3zbWSZ0

Commercial

Skit from Selling the Atari 400/800 Computers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKxN59fuXsg

New at Archive.org

Online Computer Centers Inc. Pro Card reference card - https://archive.org/details/procardonlinecomputercentersinc/mode/2up
Atari Camp newsletters scanned by https://archive.org/details/@david_gaxiola:
- https://archive.org/details/ataricomputercampsnewsletterv2n1fall1983/mode/2up
- https://archive.org/details/ataricomputercampsoldwestnewsletter19830805/mode/2up
new torrent release zip for easy downloading of Atari software archive - https://archive.org/details/a8sp_archives

Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.

ANTIC Episode 65 - Cats with umbrellas and dogs!

jeudi 20 février 2020 • Duration 01:12:52

ANTIC Episode 65 - Cats with umbrellas and dogs!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: Kevin’s dogs do their best to be a part of the podcast, we tell you all about a very busy month of personal Atari stuff, all the programming contests going on, and all the other news we could find.

READY!

Recurring Links

Kevin’s Book “Terrible Nerd”

https://gkanold.server.deerpower.de/

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz

TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com

What We’ve Been Up To

Kevin’s Atari workbench set up! - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1220554086593904644
AVG cart. Moon Patrol, and Redux - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/297535-moon-patrol-redux/

XC-11 cassette drive from Rodrigo Castro Sage - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1223696069302706176
https://github.com/savetz/Renderific updates
Charlie Kulas disks - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/287589-leafer-madness-by-charlie-kulas/?do=findComment&comment=4458986
Supercard Pro and Atari 8-bit Software Preservation Initiative - http://a8preservation.com/
Astra 1620 dual disk drive - http://gury.atari8.info/hardware/162.php
SDrive Max (810) - Gavin at Vintage Computer Center - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/atari-810-sdrive-max
Incognito for Atari 800 - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=275
Tricky Tutorials - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-tricky-tutorials-1-6/mode/2up

Recent Interviews

http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-378-craig-hickman-atari-photography-software-and-security-system

News

Thunderdome the Atari Site - https://atari.fox-1.nl/ - games, tools, demos, emulation
Atari hotels - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/business/atari-hotel-phoenix.html
10-line BASIC contest

https://twitter.com/Basic10L/

AtariAge discussion - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/301250-2020-basic-10liner-contest/

https://atariaction.tumblr.com/post/190760859977/10-line-poker-machine

https://atariaction.tumblr.com/post/190761401187/10-line-blackjack

12th Kaz Compo announces the best Atari games released in 2019 - https://vintageisthenewold.com/12th-kaz-compo-announces-the-best-atari-games-released-in-2019/

Atariage Thread - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/300855-kaz-kompo-2019-vote-for-the-best-game-of-2019/#comments

Adventure II XE – New game for the Atari 8-bit demo released - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/213695-adventure-ii-xe-demo-and-testing
Fandal’s game updates - http://a8.fandal.cz/news.php?news_id=1685
Spotify client for Atari 8-bit - https://github.com/possan/atari-spotify-app ,

https://twitter.com/possan/status/1225530633621032961

Magazine type-in work - http://forum.atarimania.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18619,

http://forum.atarimania.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18847

ZX-Uno FPGA - http://www.zxuno.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=2814 , http://zxuno.speccy.org/faq.shtml

Shows

Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
- March 21 & 22, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest, Living Computers:Museum+Labs in Seattle,Washington - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest
- March 21, Indy Vintage Computer Club Expo 2020, Camby, IN - https://www.facebook.com/events/188334755647918/
- April 24-26, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east
- Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Fri, Aug 14, 2020 – Sun, Aug 16, 2020, Portland OR
Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8
Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/
Event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/

YouTube videos this month

UAV Atari 800XL still has poor video - Jonathan Halliday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh1YQ8oU7LU
A First Look at the SIDE3 SD card multicart for the Atari 8-bit - Jonathan Halliday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oayRUtTFVDE
Display List Programming Introduction on the Atari Computer - 8-bit and More - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io4AZmT9Bnw
#FujiNet - Simple Terminal program for N: Device in 10 lines of BASIC. - Thomas Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6PhXULdFE

Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.

ANTIC Interview 378 - Craig Hickman, Atari Photography Software and Security System

samedi 1 février 2020 • Duration 32:52

Craig Hickman, Atari Photography Software and Security System

Craig Hickman was featured in the June 1982 edition of Atari Connection magazine for his photography software tools. "Craig has developed two programs written in Atari BASIC for use in his darkroom. One of the programs times the negative’s development, and the other monitors and times enlargements and the making of the positive prints." His Developing program could store up to 30 film processing combinations. "Once the film is developed into a negative, you are ready to use Craig's Enlarger/Timer program to make a positive print." The Atari 400 was connected to the enlarger with relays: the computer would turn the enlarger on and off at precise intervals for making photographic prints.

Craig also rigged up an apartment security system using his Atari 400, which he wrote about in an article on his web site. He wrote: "I designed a home surveillance system for our apartment in Seattle that used little magnetic switches from Radio Shack. It displayed a representation of our apartment on the screen and showed when a door or window was open. It worked so well I expanded the system to include little tilt switches placed on bushes outside the windows. This also worked fine until one windy night when I was away from home and it set off the alarm every few minutes. The next day my wife told me to dismantle it."

Later, Craig created the popular program Kid Pix for the early Macintosh computer.

This interview took place on January 29, 2020. See the show notes for links to Craig's web site and YouTube channel, and the Atari Connection magazine article.

Craig's web site

Craig's darkroom timer in Atari Connection Magazine

Craig's YouTube channel

ANTIC Episode 64 - Living in the Future

dimanche 26 janvier 2020 • Duration 01:12:19

ANTIC Episode 64 - Living in the Future

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast:
We talk about our Atari-related resolutions for the new year, how 2020 sounds like we’re living in the future, and bring you news and feedback from across the Atari 8-bit landscape.

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Recurring Links

Kevin’s Book “Terrible Nerd”