ANTIC Episode 107 - 4 Times!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…we realize there are 4 times as many interview episodes as regular episodes and what that might say, Kay visits the Strong Museum, Randy attends the Indy Classic Expo, and Brad drools over a keyboard for the 400 Mini…

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

• Strong Museum - https://www.museumofplay.org/ 

• Atari BASIC Tutorial book - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-atari-basic-tutorial 

• Indy Classic Expo, April 16 & 17 - http://indyclassic.org 

• 80-column card for 1090XL - Brian Reifsnyder - https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/80-column-rpp-board-for-the-atari-1090xl1091xl/ 

• Disk archiving setup, using FujiNet - new project by Randy at Jason Moore’s Atari Projects - https://atariprojects.org/2024/04/06/archive-atari-8-bit-computer-disks-from-a-real-floppy-to-a-virtual-disk-using-fujinet-15-30-minutes/ 

News

• Andy Diller’s tnfs server for FujiNet - tnfs.Atari8bit.net or FujiNet.Atari8bit.net 

• Other FujiNet goodness from Andy - https://atari8bit.net/projects/software/fujinet-server-status/ 

• Tim Lapetino Interview - https://www.creativebloq.com/features/atari-creative-director-tim-lapetino-interview 

• BASIC 10-Liner Contest winners announced! - https://www.homeputerium.de/ 

• Vitoco has bundled Atari 8 Bit computer games competing in the BASIC 10 Liners Contest 2024 into a single disk - https://www.vitoco.cl/atari/10liner/NOMAM2024.atr 

• New Game! Missile Command Arcade (VBXE) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/365388-new-game-missile-command-arcade-vbxe/ 

• VCF East update by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.facebook.com/groups/atari8bitcomputers/permalink/7361112970592812/ 

• FujiNet RAPID #6 from Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/rapid/ 

• Atari XF 351 floppy drive clone - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/64292 

• Atari 8-bit machines comparison table - MrFish - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/289798-atari-8-bit-machines-comparison-table/?do=findComment&comment=5453949 

• keyboard for the 400Mini - ScreamingAtTheRadio - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363964-i-made-a-keyboard-for-my-400mini/ 

• RastaConverter - Jakub "Ilmenit" Dębski:

  • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/200118-images-generated-by-rastaconverter/ 

  • https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/04/rastaconverter-beta-9-renuevan-el.html 

• PAS 6502 - added Atari 8-bit support - https://syntaxerrorsoftware.itch.io/pas6502/devlog/717309/new-machine-support-and-some-fixes 

Upcoming Shows

• VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ 

• Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info 

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21,  2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 

• 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/ 

• 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/  

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

• Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we  

YouTube Videos

• Let's install a monitor jack and upgrade the RAM on a US Atari 600XL - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyWtzC96kZo 

• Simius Sophia 2 : Atari 800XL Install - Vintage Gaming Memories:

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOD4ifpz0S8 

  • https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/sophia-2-dvi-output-gtia-replacement 

• ATARI XL / XE += GUNNER =+ BASIC 10LINER CONTEST 2024 - Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR2RkDt__3s 

• Atari XL/XE -=Tetris=- BASIC 10 Liner Contest 2024 - Saberman RetroNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjh_k55Hjeo 

• Every Atari 8-Bit Game in the BASIC 10 Liner Contest 2024 - ZeroPage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaBBVvFsBX8 

New at Archive.org 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-november-1986-vol-6-num-11-atari-articles 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-september-1986-vol-6-num-9-atari-articles

• https://archive.org/details/solo-flight-microprose

ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, do you ever sleep!?

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we cover all the recent contests involving new Atari software development, bring you all the other Atari news we could find, and marvel at the stamina of Thom Cherryhomes…

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

• Atari’s 1986 prospectus and form S-1 - https://archive.org/details/atari-corp 

• Titan game - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-titan_6337.html 

• https://archive.org/details/tbace-thunder-bay-atari-computer-enthusiasts/TBACE-1985-01%20Minutes/ 

• 2.4A power supply for XL/XE from 8bitclassics.com - https://www.8bitclassics.com/product/atari-xl-xe-2-4a-amp-power-adapter/ (affiliate link) 

• 80-column card for 1090XL - Brian Reifsnyder - https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/80-column-rpp-board-for-the-atari-1090xl1091xl/ 

News

• Custom floppy disk envelopes - https://ataricovers.com/ 

• Atari 400 mini started shipping! (3/28) - https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1 

• BASIC 10-Liner Contest - https://www.homeputerium.de/ 

• Vitoco has bundled Atari 8 Bit computer games competing in the BASIC 10 Liners Contest 2024 into a single disk - https://www.vitoco.cl/atari/10liner/NOMAM2024.atr 

• https://hackaday.com/2024/03/21/video-poker-takes-your-money-in-10-lines-of-basic/ 

• 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/356719-6th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-voting-information-discussion/ 

• Atari in a suitcase - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2142412709436907&set=gm.7187337001303744&idorvanity=181644898539691 

• Anode chat - you can use Anode chat and talk on the Fujinet discord to the anode channel - TNFS://fujinet.pl/anode/anode.xex  and search in it for "chat" - you'll need to register with the anode server first

• Including ACTION! code from GitHub - Thom Cherryhomes:

  • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363311-including-action-code-from-github-yes/ 

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W49Uxf-UDk 

• FujiNet Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/fujinet/ 

• ABBUC Software Competition 2024 opened:

  • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363297-abbuc-software-competition-2024-opened/

  • You can find all the rules here - https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/software-competition/ 

• ABBUC hardware contest 2024 starts now:

  • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363122-abbuc-hardware-contest-2024-starts-now/ 

  • You can find the rules here - Rules AHC 2024

• YAIL (Yet Another Image Loader) - YouTube video by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o54Ds-DwGJI&t=6s 

• https://www.southernamis.com/baudday 

• Best Old School Tech Super Bowl Commercials, Ranked (Gizmodo) - https://gizmodo.com/best-vintage-tech-super-bowl-commercials-ranked-1851235860 

• Atari computer commercial (Atari: Get Started, 1984, with Alan Alda) #7 on the list - https://gizmodo.com/best-vintage-tech-super-bowl-commercials-ranked-1851235860/slides/5 

Upcoming Shows

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ 

• VCF East - April 12-14, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org 

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ 

• VCF Europa - April 27-28, 2024 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ 

• VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ 

• Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info 

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21,  2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 

• KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 16-21 - University of Illinois in Springfield, IL - https://www.kansasfest.org/ 

• Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/  

• 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/  

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

• Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we  

YouTube Videos

• The end of the road for the Atari 800XL - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNmzdcSbn2U 

• Saving Archer Maclean's Atari 8-bit Arcade Experiments - Games That Weren’t - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmry_CG_l8I 

• FujiNet: Demoing the atari 8-bit Compuserve VIDTEX Terminal Emulator - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpeaYuWS94o 

• More about Videotex here - https://tandyvideotex.com 

• A version of the demo server is here on GitHub - https://github.com/tlindner/VideoTexD… 

• A bootable copy of the Atari Compuserve VIDTEX 4.0 terminal is here via TNFS and HTTPS - https://apps.irata.online/Atari_8-bit… 

• Writing the FujiNet User's Guide for ATARI 8-bit Users - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqeQP_jVGQ 

• A look at my new Encrypt Decrypt Basic Program for The Hardball Game on Atari 8 Bit - Red Rock Video Productions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOsE4LjJbEU 

New at Archive.org 

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

• https://archive.org/details/multieditor-manual-de-uso 

• https://archive.org/details/multificha-manual-de-uso 

• https://archive.org/details/atari-410-schematic-a-skematiks/Atari_410_Schematic_A_Skematiks/ 

• Allan:

  • https://archive.org/details/visi-calc-programming-no-experience-necessary-daniel-shaffer

  • https://archive.org/details/french-i-ibm-pc-acorn/French_I_Atari_Acorn/

  • https://archive.org/details/how-to-operate-the-atari-600-xl-800-xl-learning-express

  • https://archive.org/details/personal-finance-version-one-computari

  • https://archive.org/details/german-i-ibm-acorn/German_I_Atari_Acorn/

  • https://archive.org/details/c.-r.-i.-s.-adventure-international

  • Portland Atari Club newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@allan52?query=portland+atari+club 

• Lending:

  • https://archive.org/details/spellbound0000stin 

  • https://archive.org/details/advancedprogramm0000schr 

  • https://archive.org/details/31newataricomput0000nort 

  • https://archive.org/details/letslearnbasicki0000shne_k4c8 

  • https://archive.org/details/isbn_0942386086 

Github

• https://github.com/drunkeneye/MAFIA.A8 

• https://github.com/gladir/ATARITOOLS (French) 

• https://github.com/tebe6502/Mad-Pascal 

Feedback

• Peter Dell -  installer which makes the installation of his WUDSN IDE for the Atari 8-bits (https://github.com/wudsn/wudsn-ide-install) just two clicks on Windows, macOS and Linux.

• Peter Dell interview on ANTIC (2015) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-27-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-peter-dell-wudsn 

• Chris Lorenzo - Mozzwald's Atari USB-C Power Adapter - Video - https://youtu.be/wLnZ4dyMJ-s?si=tY1CH_q8HJukVJQC 

• https://www.youtube.com/@VintageGamingMemories 

• Mozzwald’s USB-C Adapter - https://mozzwald.com/product-category/atari/ 

 

ANTIC Episode 105 - Secret Club Meeting with Andy Diller

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we pull together our secret club of Atari hackers, including special guest Andy Diller, and talk FujiNet, archiving disks, VCF SoCal, VCF East, listener feedback and more in an extra-long episode.

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

• FujiNet Updates

  • FujiNet has a cheatsheet- on the wiki - a wealth of info

    • Wiki: https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-firmware/wiki 

    • FujiNet GPT: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-QRB9PLLB4-fujinet 

  • Virtual FujiNet in a File - virtual machine created for virtual box or vmware

    • https://fujinet-vm.readthedocs.io/ 

  • FujiNet board for 1090XL

    • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350518-fujinet-on-the-1090xl-expansion-system/?do=findComment&comment=5368425

• Atari Classroom at VCF East 2024 in April 

  • https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-computer-classroom/ 

  • SWAG: FujiNet, Signed BREAKOUT, VCF bag, Classroom T Shirt

    • https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/celebrating-the-atari-800-and-its-games 

  • Classes: FujiNet, ACTION!, BASIC, Assembly - info on http://www.vcfed.org 

• NOS updates- help and binary saves, read from SD card, XEP80 support

  • https://github.com/michaelsternberg/fujinet-nhandler/releases 

• FujiNet on 2600 - JeffP is actively working on this

  • Al_Nafuur on discord playing with a 2600 version of 5 Card Stud? - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359421-fujinet-for-atari-2600/?do=fi 

• 1090XL expansion unit and 320K RAM board - reifsnyderb 

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

  • Purchase - https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/1090xl-modernized-reproduction-main-board/ 

• Jersey Atari Computer Group newsletter and PD library archiving:

  • JACG newsletter and PD disks discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/313036-jersey-atari-computer-group-jacg-disk-archive/ 

  • Some archived PD disks - https://archive.org/details/jacg-disks1 

• VCF SoCal - http://www.vcfsocal.com 

  • Jason Moore - https://atariprojects.org/ 

  • Rob Sherman - AtariBBS - ​​https://www.southernamis.com/ 

  • The VintNerd - https://thevintnerd.com/index.html 

  • Thom Cherryhomes - FujiNet - https://fujinet.online/ 

  • Steve & Jeff Fulton - https://intotheverticalblank.com/ 

• Atari Demo Compilation tape 

• ANTIC Interview 413 - Valerie (Atkinson) Manfull, Atari Game Research Group (2021 interview) 

• Computer History Museum 

• Lee Pappas Interview - ANTIC Interview 19 - The Atari 8-bit Podcast - Lee Pappas, ANALOG (2015) 

News

• Atari 400 Mini!!! - https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1 

• Other “Company that calls itself Atari” shenanigans —

  • https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tourism/plans-for-atari-themed-hotel-in-las-vegas-not-dead-yet-2983080 

  • https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atari-spins-limited-series-documentary-191500837.html 

  • https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/01/atari-goes-celestial-in-new-lunar-lander-beyond-narrative-trailer 

  • https://boingboing.net/2024/01/19/atari-files-for-trademark-on-rogue-a-44-year-old-game-it-did-not-make-and-does-not-appear-to-own.html 

  • https://www.anbmedia.com/news/2024/02/atari-sets-celebrity-game-show-in-motion/ 

  • https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/atari-celebrity-game-show/ 

• AtariAge High Score Club - therealbountybob - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/360206-hsc21-round-1-super-pacman-new-season-jan-2024-join-in/ 

• CHIP-8 interpreter updates:

  • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/82003-chip8-emulator-version-10/page/3/#comment-5398586 

  • https://github.com/pkali/Chip-8/releases/tag/v2.2 

• BASIC 10-Liner Contest on! - https://www.homeputerium.de/ 

• Nancy Taitt has died:

  • https://www.adamsfuneralchapel.com/obituary/Nancy-Taitt 

  • Henry and Nancy Taitt, Creative Learning Association (2020 interview) 

• Making new 1020 plotter pens - FieroDoug5 and RetroHax: 

  • https://retrohax.net/atari-1020-plotter-plotting-pens-replacement/ 

  • Discussion on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361837-atari-1020-plotter-diy-replacement-pensretrohaxnet/ 

• 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards: 

  • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/356719-6th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-voting-information-discussion/ 

  • Awards Show - ZeroPage Homebrew Twitch Stream 

• Thorn EMI's Wargames "inspired" Computer War is now HighScoreEnabled - Full list at http://apps.irata.online/Atari_8-bit/Games/High%20Score%20Enabled/ 

• Linejewels 0.5 (public beta) - cross platform basic game (c64,atarixl,ms-dos(gw), amstrad, micro bbc) - la1n - https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=83997 

• KARAI -  https://github.com/dcerisano/karai 

• Atari 8 Bit USB-C Power Adapter - Mozzwald - https://mozzwald.com/product/atari-8-bit-usb-c-power-adapter/ 

• next Texas Atari 8-bit Computer Owners (T.A.C.O.) meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 9th at the National Videogame Museum - https://www.facebook.com/events/7127872797260111/permalink/7127872823926775/ 

• RM 800XL - https://x.com/rm_800xl/status/1757070239672488338 

Upcoming Shows

• Interim Computer Festival SPRING - March 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ 

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ 

• VCF East - April 12-14, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org 

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ 

• VCF Europa - April 27-28, 2024 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ 

• VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ 

• Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info 

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21,  2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 

• Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/  

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-28 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se  

• VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - NEW VENUE TBD - http://vcfmw.org/ 

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

• Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we  

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

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

YouTube Videos

• 25 FPS and 3D Action Games to Rock Your Atari400 Mini and Atari8bit - Into the Vertical Blank (the Fulton brothers) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkYhQLx1tqE 

• All *25* Atari 400 Mini Games!!! Hidden Gems and Classics!!! - Greg’s Game Room - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9vlGMKNvLc 

• Let's install $800 of upgrades into an Atari 800XL - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_XhKtQoLUE 

• Upgraded Atari 800XL comes back butchered - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BBkx4Rw6Mk 

• Yorky Memory Expansion - Atari 800XL - RetroAndGaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLsNzeZyaKw 

New at Archive.org 

• Allen:

  • https://archive.org/details/creation-story-from-genesis-ziza-presents-inc

  • https://archive.org/details/christian-signs-and-symbols-ziza-presents-inc

  • https://archive.org/details/microrec-compumax

  • https://archive.org/details/lawrence-atari-computer-club-newsletter-june-1986

  • https://archive.org/details/milwaukee-area-atari-users-group-newsletter-june-1986/

  • https://archive.org/details/modesto-atari-computer-club-newsletter-june-1986

• https://archive.org/details/soundn_202402

• https://archive.org/details/1987-07-08-mil-atari-newsletter

• https://archive.org/details/1984-05-mil-atari-newsletter

• https://archive.org/details/atari-news-primavera-1983/page/n3/mode/2up

• Neponset NiteLite Atari BBS Listing 1985 https://archive.org/details/scn-0001_202401 

Feedback

• Chris LaBuda - http://vintagegamingmemories.com/ 

• "That Atari Show 63: "Frantic For ANTIC!" ( w/ Special Guest, Bally Alley), Newsline & Kay Savetz" today - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxpyfkx9_RU 

• Atari Wiki - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/ 

• Adam-Tree genealogy program 

 

ANTIC Episode 104 - You’re Gonna Label Me a Failure

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Kay plays with Pokey the AI chatbot some more, Kay’s cat tries to smack Randy in the head, we discuss what happens if we don’t meet our interview goals (hint: Randy will be labeled a failure), and we bring you all the Atari 8-bit news from the last month of 2023

READY!

Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kay’s Book “Terrible Nerd” 

New Atari books scans at archive.org 

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge 

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge 

Interview index: here 

ANTIC Facebook Page 

AHCS 

Eaten By a Grue 

Next Without For 

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we’ve been up to

• The genealogy program Max Derhak mentioned when he was interviewed in 2014 was just found - http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-adam-trace_42271.html 

• Antic Magazine v1n3, v1n4 and v1n5 (Aug, Oct and Nov 1982) software - https://www.atarimagazines.com/software/software.html 

• Space War source - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358800-apx-space-war-source-code-for-you/ 

• Wade’s podcast link - https://inverseatascii.info/ 

• Kay’s 2023 Wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2023-95465097

• Kay’s Juiced.GS articles - https://archive.org/search?query=identifier%3Asavetzarticle_* 

Recent Interviews

• ANTIC Interview 436 - Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile 

News

• Digital Eclipse announces Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story - https://www.gamesasylum.com/2023/12/06/digital-eclipse-announces-llamasoft-the-jeff-minter-story/

• VCF East 2024: Dean Notarnicola - http://www.vcfed.org 

• It’s Alive! - RM800XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_5IXmZHu_Y 

• Archer Maclean A8 Defender and Stargate: 

  • https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2023/12/defender/ 

  • https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2023/12/stargate-2/ 

• Altirra 4.20 released - https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html 

• Homemade 300 baud modem - JohnPolka AKA Mark - https://www.southernamis.com/forum/general-discussions/homemade-300-baud-modem-from-the-80s 

• 2023 Advanced PCB Remake For the 800XL -- Revision 1.1 - reifsynderb - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/357302-2023-advanced-pcb-remake-for-the-800xl-revision-11/ 

• Forgotten Gems: Lucasfilm's Rescue on Fractalus! At IGN: 

  • https://www.ign.com/articles/forgotten-gems-lucasfilms-rescue-on-fractalus 

  • ANTIC Interview 37 - David Fox, Lucas Arts/Rescue on Fractalus 

• New FujiNet HighScoreEnabled Games! - Tom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358628-new-highscoreenabled-games/ 

• Pokey - https://chat.openai.com/g/g-t3fdHnbbK-pokey-the-atari-guru 

• Tenebra 2 ported to Atari 8-bit (tip of the hat to Philsan):

  • Video: https://youtu.be/Owg8E8ZyGNU  

  • Download: https://h4plo.itch.io/tenebra-2 

• Enjoy 2024 New Years Disk - https://ppsberlin.de/ppsberlin/downloads/new-years-disc/58-nyd2024 

• Jerry White's Poker Solitaire 2024:

  • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359008-jerry-whites-poker-solitaire-2024/ 

  • http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-poker-solitaire-2024_42465.html 

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeGwMqngN08 

Upcoming Shows

• Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com 

• Interim Computer Festival SPRING - March 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ 

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ 

• VCF East - April 12-14, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org 

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ 

• VCF Europa - April 27-28, 2024 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ 

• VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ 

• Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info 

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21,  2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 

• Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/  

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-28 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se  

• VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - NEW VENUE TBD - http://vcfmw.org/ 

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

• Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we 

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

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

YouTube Videos

• From Bill Kendrick: Peter Dell (JAC! / WUDSN guy) recent demo videos - ​​https://youtube.com/@jacofwudsn 

• Lumacode Easy HDMI for Retro Computers - YARC Yet Another Retro Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ7hEoClJ3A 

• Making of Time Wizard - a game for Atari 8-bit computer - amarok - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB6YIItiB8Q its development.

• The ATARI Christmas Massacre - Rebuilding an 810 from shattered pieces - Retro is the new black - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S17Kfs0jblw 

• SWP ATR8000 : The most expandable, versatile disk interface available for the Atari! - Vintage Gaming Memories - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f47l2FTiSN0 

• The story of the Atari 800XE, why did Atari release this model? - GeSpy Builds Stuff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObKY4O4O14 

• The Granddaddy of Atari Computing - the Atari 800 -  the power of vintage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH5UAh5Rt_U 

New at Archive.org 

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

• https://archive.org/details/maplin-electronics-vol-5-iss-17/mode/2up?q=Atari

• https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_dataprodatariM09080108207AtariAtari400800_212178

• https://archive.org/details/atari_video_dvd1/ 

New at GitHub

• https://github.com/TobyLobster/multiply_test

• https://github.com/pedgarcia/tection

• https://github.com/HolgerJanz/BW-DOS

• https://github.com/jking11/Cattlezone

Feedback

• Book -  Smoke-Mirrors-Rise-Serial-Antipreneur 

 

Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile   Rodrigo Castro was one of the organizers of an Atari Expo that took place July 22, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. He told me it was probably the largest Atari show in that country to date, with an estimated 300 attendees. Panelists included Robert Jaeger, creator of Montezuma's Revenge, who attended via videoconference.   Rod and I talked about that event, as well as Atari's popularity in Chile, in this interview that took place on December 15, 2023.   Video from Expo Atari Chile 2023   Chilean Atari magazine and newsletter scans   ANTIC Interview 320 - Robert Jaeger, Montezuma's Revenge   Kay's XC-11 Program Recorder

ANTIC Episode 103 - POKEY The Atari Guru

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…results of the ABBUC 2023 Software Contest, upcoming 2024 shows (and an Atari Party yet in 2023), and Kay has a great time testing out POKEY The Atari Guru…

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

• QSO Today Episode 475 Kay Savetz - https://archive.org/details/qso-today-475 

• The 1056 Board -- Atari 400 1056k Memory Upgrade - https://www.ebay.com/itm/275939475102 

News

• Version 6.4.0 of the RECOIL (Retro Computer Image Library) graphics browser - http://recoil.sourceforge.net 

• POKEY The Atari Guru by Andy Diller - https://chat.openai.com/g/g-t3fdHnbbK-pokey-the-atari-guru 

•  Atari 8-bit clubs - https://www.virtualatari.org/user-groups.html 

  • ABACUS - Atari Bay Area Computer User Society --  https://www.abacusonline.org/

  • ABBUC - Atari Bit Byter User Club --  https://www.abbuc.de/

  • ABBUC HAR - Hanover ABBUC Regional Group --  https://www.bertelmann.org/har/

  • ABBUC RAF - Frankfurt ABBUC Regional Group --  https://www.abbuc-raf.de/

  • ABBUC RENO - ABBUC Regional Group North --  https://andymanone.dyndns.org/reno/

  • ACEC - Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Columbus -- https://acec.atari.org/

  • AKPV - Atariklub Prostejov --  https://atariklub.prostejov.cz/

  • CCC - Chestnut Computer Club (UK) -- https://homepage.ntlworld.com/derryck123/

  • HA - HispAtari - El porto hispano de Usarios de Atari -- https://hispatari.mforos.com/

  • Rose City Atari Club http://www.rosecityatariclub.com/ 

  • SAK - The Swedish Atari Club (Svenska Atariklubben) -- https://www.sak.nu/

  • SCAT - Suburban Chicago ATarians --  https://www.scatarians.org/

  • SPACE - Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts --  https://space.atari.org/ 

• Terry Stewart new video on Atari 800 - https://x.com/classiccomputNZ/status/1723091786619658314 

• ABBUC software contest 2023 - All entries in ABBUC Special Magazine 53 and on associate disk: 

  • ABBUC official results - https://abbuc.de/2023/10/ergebnis-abbuc-software-wettbewerb-2023-result-abbuc-software-contest-2023/ 

  • Thread at AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350228-abbuc-software-contest-2023/ 

  • Zero Page Homebrew, Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9UAk2Zsfc 

  • Zero Page Homebrew, Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKL0rPzVvLY 

• Videos of the top 5 ABBUC winners:

  • Time Wizard by Krzysztof "Amarok" Piotrowski - video by Saberman RetroNews 

  • Night Knight by Lars Langhans - video by Saberman RetroNews 

  • Zauberball by Olivier Cyranka - video by Saberman RetroNews 

  • Double by PopMilo - video by Saberman RetroNews 

  • Der Schranker 3 by Janko Grewe - video by Saberman RetroNews 

• Atari WozMon by freetz - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352757-atari-wozmon-for-abbuc-software-contest-2023/ 

• Zylon Defenders, iOS game tribute to 1979 Atari 8 Bit computers killer app Star Raiders 

  • Apple Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zylon-defenders/id1191618583

  • Github - https://github.com/jglasse/ZylonDefenders 

• New Atari podcast from Wade (Inverse ATASCII) called The ANTIC Files - https://inverseatascii.info/ 

• Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew Games Released/Completed/WIP in 2023 - Zero Page Homebrew - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345916-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-games-releasedcompletedwip-in-2023/ 

• Celebrating the Iconic Atari Logo - AUSRETROGAMER - https://ausretrogamer.com/celebrating-the-iconic-atari-logo/ 

Upcoming Shows

• Atari Party 2023! - Saturday, December 2, 2023, 1pm to 4pm - Quakertown Train Station, Quakertown, PA - https://quakertowntrainstation.org - organized by Peter Fletcher

• Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com 

• Interim Computer Festival SPRING - March 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ 

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ 

• VCF East - April 5-7, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org 

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ 

• VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ 

• Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info 

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 

• Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/  

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-28 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se  

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

• Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we  

YouTube Videos

• A8PicoCart flash-cart ATARI 8-bit XL/XE/XEGS - hichal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zp8EeBGnIk 

• How Do You Make Cartridges for the Gorgeous Atari 800? YARC Yet Another Retro Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjSOJErwtvQ 

• New Atari solderless HDMI mod - LumaCode GTIA-digitizer - TheRetroChannel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prNM38bC1zM 

• 8x Cross Platform Games (Atari 8-Bit) from Fabrizio Caruso - ZeroPage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbWK5rz24OQ 

New at Archive.org 

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2023 Program 

• https://archive.org/details/6502-assembly-language-programming-for-apple-commodore-and-atari-computers-christopher-lampton-1985/page/n11/mode/2up 

• Atari Explorer espana - https://archive.org/details/@bultro?query=atari 

• SBACE Gazette 1989-01 

• SBACE Gazette 1989-03 

• Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-07 

• Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-05 

• Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-11 

• Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-09 

New at Github

• https://github.com/pvbestinfoo/Atari_8-Bit_Rom_Image_File_Explorer 

• https://github.com/fredlcore/AtariWozMon 

Feedback

• Michael Mulhern scanning of “Your Computer” - https://archive.org/details/@jongleur? 

• Ellen Jameson comment at Bob Evans, Capital Children's Museum administrator — Atari computer lab — interview 

• Bill Hogue, Miner 2049er — interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=593uvgt4USo&lc=UgyxxFpZPUlLLvimQ7x4AaABAg 

ANTIC Episode 102 - Randy, You Used to be a Nice Guy!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… All the Atari 8-bit news for this month, Kay breaks his Atari mug, Brad impersonates Kay, Kay decides to start up a cable company, and Randy changes in retirement …

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

• ICD Atari 8-Bit Info - https://archive.org/details/icd-atari-8-bit-info-flyer 

• ICD Multi I/O Board Manual - https://archive.org/details/icd-multi-io-board-manual 

• EPG Jr. thread on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/171349-prevue-guide-epg-jr-reverse-engineering/ 

• The Atari 8-Bit FujiNet N: device, in Perspective by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqz_AZgxaVY 

• Atari 130XE Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner (Retro Reproductions) (sponsored link) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1789824338?tag=ataripodcast-20 

• A8PicoCart - https://github.com/robinhedwards/A8PicoCart 

• ABBUC Annual General Meeting 10/22 - http://abbuc.de 

• Fastbasic install for Mac! - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger 

Interviews

• Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman (video to come) -  https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-435-cynthia-solomon-and-brian-silverman-logo 

News

• GTIAdigitizer HDMI output, by c0pperdragon:

  • https://www.tindie.com/products/c0pperdragon/gtiadigitizer/

  • https://www.tindie.com/products/c0pperdragon/rgbtohdmi-mono-lumacode/

• New Fujinet resource (ABBUC) - tnfs://fujinet.atari.social 

• FujiNet release 1.2 - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-platformio/releases/tag/v1.2.0 

• FujiNet RAPID by massiverobot - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355710-rapid/ 

• 130XE keyboard replacement:

  • https://x.com/mindthreat/status/1705197317551239289?s=20 

  • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352558-decent-xe-mechanical-keyboard-for-atari-xe-computers-how-to-order-one/ 

• ultra-small DOS called uDOS - https://abbuc.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1130 

• Super SpartaDOS X cartridges now available from COREi64:

  • Announcement at AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355946-super-spartados-x-cartridges-now-available/ 

  • Buy here - https://corei64.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=444 

• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/how-to-make-almost-any-computer-a-modern-day-plato-terminal/ 

• Pro(c) Atari Issue 16 - https://proc-atari.de 

• Pitfall II's Secret Sequel - https://www.ign.com/articles/pitfall-iis-secret-sequel 

• SDrive mini at Lotharek - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=375 

• Starring the Computer - https://www.starringthecomputer.com/ 

• Revive 800XL Update (requires Twitter account) - https://twitter.com/rm_800xl?fbclid=IwAR2VhqAhUSnp3HwbcIOcTY7M7UvfKsDhC8PWKG9czYigmmXNVaE53z7CVC0 

Upcoming Shows (Remaining in 2023 and first half of 2024)

• Atari Party 2023! - Saturday, December 2, 2023, 1pm to 4pm - Quakertown Train Station, Quakertown, PA - https://quakertowntrainstation.org 

• Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com 

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ 

• VCF East - April 5-7, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org 

• Indy Classic Computer & Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Indianapolis, IN - http://www.indyclassic.org 

• VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ 

• not a show, but an Atari user group meeting - There’s one at the National Videogame History Museum in Frisco, TX (DFW area) every quarter - Texas Atari 8-bit Computer Owners (T. A. C. O.) 

YouTube Videos

• Darren Doyle's Unofficial Atari: A Visual History - Vintage Gaming Memories (Chris in the IVCC) - https://youtu.be/alWojz4e3QU?si=gq49YDfPb0DpEiol 

• Final results of the 3rd ATASCII Compo 2023 for Atari 8 Bit computers revealed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTgYwAaLklU 

• Wozman for Atari 8-bit - freetz - https://youtu.be/3MdVf_60dfo 

• FujiNet Game Alert System by Andrew Diller:

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D-QOtfR1fQ

  • https://www.atariorbit.org/2023/10/15/game-alerts/ 

• The Atari 800XL (as seen in Terry Stewart's computer collection) -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E47q5dNXiOg 

• Atari 8-bit SIO Midi Player - Lotharek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTha3Ebepyc 

New at Archive.org 

• https://archive.org/details/dynacomp-catalog-33 

• https://archive.org/details/stx_Home_Computing_Journal_Volume_1_1986 

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

• https://archive.org/details/computer-kurs 

• EOR #$FF: 6502 Ponderables and Befuddlements - https://archive.org/details/eor6502 

• https://archive.org/details/youtube-aGfwHcHQiO0 

• BRE 1991 800/XL/XE Software Catalog - https://archive.org/details/atari-800-xl-xe-bre-1991-software-catalog 

• Computer Shopper Magazine, March, 1988, Volume 8, Number 3, Atari Articles Computer Shopper Magazine, April, 1989, Volume 9, Number 4, Atari Articles 

• Computer Shopper Magazine, October, 1987, Volume 7, Number 10, Atari Articles 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-sept-1987-vol-7-num-9-atari-articles/page/n7/mode/2up 

Feedback

• https://ghidra-sre.org/ 

 

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 Episode 101 - “The Pronunciation Episode”

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…We discuss the antics of the company that calls itself Atari and their purchase of AtariAge and bring you all the other Atari 8-bit news we could find, while mispronouncing names all over the place…

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

• MULE Online with Thom, Wade, Robin - https://puzzud.itch.io/mule-online 

• Muffinterm:

  • https://twitter.com/atari_bbs/status/1695216646338793591?s=20 

  • https://muffinterm.app 

• VCFMW - http://www.vcfmw.org 

• http://www.ataribbs.com/ 

• https://www.southernamis.com/ 

• SCAT - http://www.scatarians.org/ 

News

•  Atari buys AtariAge:

  • https://www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-acquires-atariage 

  • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/354589-atariage-atari-qa/ 

  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2023/08/25/atari-revisits-weird-past-with-summer-camps-merch-range/?sh=33e01a086df3 

  • Interview with the new Atari CEO Wade Rosen on Mirror Gaming - https://youtu.be/l0Y2B9ljCv8?si=dV--bYuAFW7dqAyg 

• Infocom's Z-Machine ATR generator - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/354888-infocoms-z-machine-atr-generator/ 

• FujiNet guide at SouthernAMIS - https://www.southernamis.com/_files/ugd/2800fc_3d4e4623a1f44862b46ccf643b9d65f0.pdf 

• Preorder open of FujiNet Professional for Atari 8-Bit computers - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=374 

• ATRFS: Mount ATR files as local directories under Linux or Mac - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/354735-atrfs-mount-atr-files-as-local-directories-under-linux-or-mac/ 

• RM 800XL update - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html 

• Silly Venture - https://sillyventure.eu 

• Firefighter - https://tuxpaint.org/ftp/atari/games/firefighter/alpha/ and https://github.com/billkendrick/firefighter 

• Popeye VBXE - https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/07/popeye-vbxe-another-arcade-port-but.html 

• New 576NUC+ Daughter Board in the Works - https://ataribits.weebly.com/blog/new-576nuc-daughter-board-in-the-works 

• Article on SillyVenture that just wrapped up - https://retrohclab.eu/the-silly-venture-2023-summer-edition-event-report-english/ 

• ABBUC made a special English edition of its magazine to celebrate the Silly Venture 2023 Summer Edition - https://abbuc.de/2023/08/abbuc-magazine-special-edition-for-sillyventure-sommer-2023/ 

• Pigwa collection - http://ftp.pigwa.net/ 

• Damien Guard’s "ZX Origins" font collection over on Facebook - https://damieng.com/typography/zx-origins/ 

• Atari 8-bit fonts - https://github.com/a8bit/EightBit-Atari-Fonts 

• A Look Back at the Greatness of the Atari 800 and Its Games By Jamie Lendino - https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/celebrating-the-atari-800-and-its-games 

• Backbit Pro Cartridge - https://store.backbit.io/product/backbit-pro/ 

• New podcast “The 8 Bit Files” with Atari 8-bit content and hosts John and Dave - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-8-bit-files/episodes/007---Atari-8-bit-Computers-e26e53q

• ATASCII Compo 3rd Edition 2023 - https://logiker.com/ATASCII 

Upcoming Shows

• World of Retrocomputing - September 16-17 - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - https://www.worldofretrocomputing.com/2023-worc-expo 

• The Interim Computer Festival - Oct. 7-8 - Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ 

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - 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 - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ 

YouTube Videos

• Hopman - Retro PC - https://youtu.be/mXCCs9zYe5s 

• Atari 800 Joystick Trigger Repair - Artifact Electronics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PH0hbfOve0 

• Building a better Atari 400 and Atari 800 diagnostic cartridge - AnotherMaker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdpx5usBi0E 

• Warranty Return 800XL - Client Video - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wRnngBTwSs 

• Building Eastern Front 1941 with the help of FujiNet - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Syzcwl1Tg 

• A pretty rare Atari computer shows up in the basement - Adrian’s Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIlxjd82ig0 

• The Complete Asteroids on Atari Home Systems Five Part Series - Steve and Jeff Fulton - https://intotheverticalblank.com/2023/08/01/the-complete-asteroids-on-atari-home-systems-series-the-latest-top-our-top-15-countdown/ 

New at Archive.org 

• Wing War Prototype - https://archive.org/details/wing-war-prototype/ 

• Atari User Magazine May 1991 - https://archive.org/details/atari-user-1991-05 

• Three Generations of Animation Machines Joe Decuir - https://archive.org/details/VCFW2023_Three_Generations_of_Animation_Machines_Joe_Decuir 

• Early Atari History and Stories - Al Alcorn -  https://archive.org/details/VCFW2023_Early_Atari_History_and_Stories_Al_Alcorn

• Early Commodore History - Leonard Tramiel - https://archive.org/details/VCFW2023_Early_Commodore_History_-_Leonard_Tramiel_and_Dave_McMurtrie 

• Computer Chronicles Revisited, Volume 6 (1987-1988) - https://archive.org/details/computer-chronicles-revisited-vol-06

New at Github

• https://github.com/pfusik/energy.scene.pl 

• https://github.com/tebe6502/Atari-8-bit-zines 

• https://github.com/atari8warez/ALibPc 

• https://github.com/sarnau/Atari8BitGhidra 

• https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/A8CLibrary 

• Box art - https://github.com/libretro-thumbnails/Atari_-_8-bit 

• https://www.retroarch.com/ 

ANTIC Episode 100 (Or Episode 4 in Binary)

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We celebrate our 100th (or is it the fourth, for you binary geeks out there?) episode by bringing you the latest news from across the Atari 8-bit computer landscape.

READY!

Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kay’s Book “Terrible Nerd” 

New Atari books scans at archive.org 

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge 

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge 

Interview index: here 

ANTIC Facebook Page 

AHCS 

Eaten By a Grue 

Next Without For 

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we’ve been up to

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

• All Current Notes at Internet Archive - https://archive.org/details/currentnotesnewsletter?tab=collection&sort=-addeddate 

• MULE Online - http://muleonline.com 

• Discord thread on the Atari BASIC AI model, led by Jason Moore - https://discord.gg/WnEcxSvtS 

News

• AtariProjects, Jason Moore, back to publishing new material - https://atariprojects.org/ 

• Ted Richards died (April) - https://archive.org/details/TedRichardsInterview 

• Dealers Demo paper:

  • https://www.academia.edu/10744534/Computer_Dealer_Demos_Selling_Home_Computers_with_Bouncing_Balls_and_Animated_Logos?email_work_card=view-paper 

  • https://archive.org/details/computer-dealer-demos 

  • https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-434-michael-park-swan-and-fujiboink-demos-midi-maze 

• Atari custom controllers - https://www.vikingvg.com/atari-controllers 

• UgBASIC:

  • You can find the source by clicking here - https://github.com/.../main/examples/contrib_asm_mos6502.bas 

  • The IDE for Windows can be found here - https://spotlessmind1975.itch.io/ugbasic-ide 

  • Official site - https://ugbasic.iwashere.eu/ 

• Unijoysticle 2 800XL - gamepad for Atari 800XL: 

  • On sale at Tindie - https://www.tindie.com/products/riq/unijoysticle-2-800xl-gamepad-for-atari-800xl/ 

  • At VCF West - ​​https://twitter.com/ricardoquesada/status/1687706816044752896?s=20 

• Game Cartridge Holder for Atari 400 & 800 - Tray Holds Up To 6 Games 400/800 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/175582283812 

• WEAVE MASTER - The Textile Design Tool Atari 400/800/XL/XE Cartridge: 

  • https://www.ebay.com/itm/195892965783 

  • https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-315-sarah-haskell-computerized-weaving 

  • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/274921-atari-grad-school-thesis-weavemaster-and-designers-delight/?do=findComment&comment=5290125 

• Atari FujiNet Updates:

  • High Score Enabled PAC-MAN - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352884-high-score-enabled-pac-man-playthrough/ 

  • game-dos folder added to DOS folder on atari-apps - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352878-game-dos-folder-added-to-dos-folder-on-atari-apps/ 

  • FujiNet Game Lobby - http://fujinet.online:8080/ 

• A8PicoCart - electrotrains - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351546-a8picocart-unocart-on-a-raspberry-pi-pico/ 

• Sub(AVG)Cart - https://miscretro.com/product/subcart/ 

• SVI-CAS (link is broken)

• Poker Solitaire 2023 by Jerry White - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352920-poker-solitaire-2023-by-jerry-white/ 

• Decent XE mechanical keyboard for Atari XE computers - ScreamingAtTheRadio - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352558-decent-xe-mechanical-keyboard-for-atari-xe-computers-how-to-order-one/ 

Upcoming Shows

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 17-20 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2023-se 

• Fujiama 2023 - Aug. 30 - Sep. 3 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2023/ 

• VCF Midwest - September 9-10 - Waterford Banquets and Conference Center, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ 

• The Interim Computer Festival - Sep. 30 - Oct. 1 - Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ 

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - 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 - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ 

YouTube Videos

• SIDE3 troubles with upgraded Atari 1200XL (U1MB, Sophia 2, Spectre AV) - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUJbWSWC9EM 

• Atari XEGS with SAVO (Saturn Atari Video Output), TK-II, Ultimate 1MB, VBXE and PokeyMAX - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bFajyugXF0 

• Let's repair an Atari 800XL - Adrian’s Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjOLAOrSY9M&t=342s 

• Atari XL/XE -=Doom=- - Saberman RetroNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGfXhZJqHbY 

• Fixing the Atari 130XE: A Step-by-Step Repair Guide for Keyboard Issues - Steve’s Retro Gaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWrtAdvn5EY&t=2s 

• FujiNet, Atari 8-bit, and N: Fun: Making Game Disks - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S56KufpXlDQ&t=630s 

New at Archive.org 

• Facebook group for Cin’Tari - https://www.facebook.com/groups/cintari 

• https://archive.org/details/cintari-vol-10-no-2-winter-92 

• https://archive.org/details/cintari-vol-11-no-1-jan-93 

• https://archive.org/details/cintari-vol-11-no-2-feb-93 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-february-1987 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-january-1987 

• http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5543 

• https://archive.org/details/kaos-newsletters 

• Atari ST emulator now! - https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_atari_st_games?tab=collection 

ANTIC Episode 99 - 10-Year ANTICversary!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We bring in some of our Atari friends and talk about the last 10 years of Atari 8-bit happenings in this celebration of the ten-year anniversary of ANTIC!

READY!

Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kevin’s Book “Terrible Nerd” 

New Atari books scans at archive.org 

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge 

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge 

Interview index: here 

ANTIC Facebook Page 

AHCS 

Eaten By a Grue 

Next Without For 

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

• Scantastix project manual scanning - https://archive.org/search?query=identifier%3Astx_%2A&sort=-publicdate 

• Editing VCFE videos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_e5fSxflvrx86M2x_D5rQLIGjeffQuUM 

• “How to Excel on Your Atari 600XL and 800XL” by Timothy Knight - https://archive.org/details/how-to-excel-on-your-atari 

• “Let’s Learn BASIC” by Ben Shneiderman - https://archive.org/details/Let_s_Learn_BASIC 

• Wade Ripkowski (Inverse ATASCII) text mode libraries for Action!, CC65, and MadPascal:

  • https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/A8ActionLibrary 

  • https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/A8CLibrary 

  • https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/A8MadPascalLibrary 

• Inverse ATASCII web site: https://inverseatascii.info 

• Atari Projects (Jason Moore) - https://atariprojects.org/ 

• Bill Lange, Atari archivist - http://atari8bitads.blogspot.com/ 

• Bill Kendrick, Atari game and utility programmer - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atari/ 

• Atari Party events 

• Robin McMullen, Player/Missile podcast https://playermissile.com/ 

• Thom Cherryhomes, FujiNet - https://fujinet.online/ 

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

• VCF: https://vcfed.org 

• Old School Gamer Magazine: https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/ 

• Audacity Games (David Crane/Kitchen brothers, Circus Convoy): https://adgm.us/portal/index.html 

• Jamie Lendino’s Books - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jamie+lendino&crid=2BJGJAZOJ5A2P&sprefix=jamie+lendino%2Caps%2C98&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 

• Jason Moore’s Book - https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Projects-Jason-Moore/dp/0578556421