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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

By: Randy Kindig Kay Savetz Brad Arnold
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  • Retrocomputing podcast about the Atari 8-bit line of personal computers
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  • ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, Do you ever sleep?

    ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, Do you ever sleep?
    Mar 31 2024
    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: ...
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • ANTIC Episode 105 - Secret Club Meeting with Andy Diller

    ANTIC Episode 105 - Secret Club Meeting with Andy Diller
    Feb 29 2024
    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...
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    2 hrs and 18 mins
  • ANTIC Episode 104 - You’re Gonna Label Me a Failure

    ANTIC Episode 104 - You’re Gonna Label Me a Failure
    Jan 8 2024
    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...
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    1 hr and 21 mins
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