ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold
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We cover Atari news, reviews, and a special feature each show for the Atari 8-bit line of computers (400/800/XL/XE/XEGS)

  1. -4 j

    ANTIC Interview 459 - Mike Lorenzen: Atari Program-Text Editor, Pitfall II

    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

    2 h 28 min

  2. 30 juin

    ANTIC Episode 129 - SDX and FNSlots

    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

    1 h 43 min

  3. 21 juin

    ANTIC Interview 458 - Allan Bushman, Atari archivist

    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/

    37 min

  4. 6 juin

    ANTIC Interview 457 - Atari at the Science Fair: Lisa Link Melville, Weather Prediction

    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

    22 min

  5. 26 mai

    ANTIC Episode 128 - Stepping in a Pile of 800XLs

    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

    2 h 1 min

  6. 15 avr.

    ANTIC Episode 127 - Brad's 76K Brain

    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=1*1q0lmdo*_ga*MjAwNTA1MjM4My4xNzczOTQyNzgw*_ga_4ZPZBFRVR6*czE3NzM5NDI3NzkkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzM5NDI3NzkkajYwJGwwJGgw&sortField=date&sortDir=asc&showUncatalogedFiles=true https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/cb76651a-d993-47d0-8085-33ccfe32923d?_gl=1*1q0lmdo*_ga*MjAwNTA1MjM4My4xNzczOTQyNzgw*_ga_4ZPZBFRVR6*czE3NzM5NDI3NzkkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzM5NDI3NzkkajYwJGwwJGgw&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

    1 h 28 min

  7. 17 mars

    ANTIC Episode 126 - All Atari All the Time

    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

    1 h 40 min

  8. 17 févr.

    ANTIC Episode 125 - Combining SQL with Fun (and Poo)

    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

    1 h 39 min
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We cover Atari news, reviews, and a special feature each show for the Atari 8-bit line of computers (400/800/XL/XE/XEGS)

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  • Création
    Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold
  • Années d’activité
    2013 - 2026
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    593
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    ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

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