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)
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ANTIC Episode 107 - 4 Times!
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 -
ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, Do you ever sleep?
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 Exp -
ANTIC Episode 105 - Secret Club Meeting with Andy Diller
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- -
ANTIC Episode 104 - You’re Gonna Label Me a Failure
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 Ce -
ANTIC Interview 436 - Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile
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
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://quakerto
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Lot’s of news and background info about the Atari universe. Great entertainment for all, who witnessed this era. Go on!