ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Interview index: here

What We've Been Up To

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

News

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

Shows

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

YouTube videos this month

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

Commercial

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

New at Archive.org

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

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ANTIC Episode 65 - Cats with umbrellas and dogs! Feb 20, 2020

Show notes

ANTIC Episode 65 - Cats with umbrellas and dogs!

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

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Recurring Links

Interview index: here

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

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

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

What We've Been Up To

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

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

Recent Interviews

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

News

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

https://twitter.com/Basic10L/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shows

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

YouTube videos this month

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

ANTIC Interview 378 - Craig Hickman, Atari Photography Software and Security System Feb 01, 2020

Show notes

Craig Hickman, Atari Photography Software and Security System Craig Hickman was featured in the June 1982 edition of Atari Connection magazine for his photography software tools. "Craig has developed two programs written in Atari BASIC for use in his darkroom. One of the programs times the negative's development, and the other monitors and times enlargements and the making of the positive prints." His Developing program could store up to 30 film processing combinations. "Once the film is developed into a negative, you are ready to use Craig's Enlarger/Timer program to make a positive print." The Atari 400 was connected to the enlarger with relays: the computer would turn the enlarger on and off at precise intervals for making photographic prints. Craig also rigged up an apartment security system using his Atari 400, which he wrote about in an article on his web site. He wrote: "I designed a home surveillance system for our apartment in Seattle that used little magnetic switches from Radio Shack. It displayed a representation of our apartment on the screen and showed when a door or window was open. It worked so well I expanded the system to include little tilt switches placed on bushes outside the windows. This also worked fine until one windy night when I was away from home and it set off the alarm every few minutes. The next day my wife told me to dismantle it." Later, Craig created the popular program Kid Pix for the early Macintosh computer. This interview took place on January 29, 2020. See the show notes for links to Craig's web site and YouTube channel, and the Atari Connection magazine article. Craig's web site Craig's darkroom timer in Atari Connection Magazine Craig's YouTube channel

ANTIC Episode 64 - Living in the Future Jan 26, 2020

Show notes

ANTIC Episode 64 - Living in the Future

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

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Recurring Links

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

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

What We've Been Up To

Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution by Jamie Lendino - https://amzn.to/2v5823V
Kevin's annual computer history work post mortem article - https://www.patreon.com/posts/2019-post-mortem-33065636
Punctuation Put-On - https://archive.org/details/PunctuationPutOn4amCrack https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1217869228939862023
Portland Retro Gaming Expo panel "Atari 800 series computers: 40 years" that Kevin did with Joe Decuir and David Crane, is now on youtube - https://youtube.com/watch?v=lIaxXumt1zY
Kevin's Poker Machine and Blackjack games for 10-line BASIC contest - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1210786683135725571
Dneiper River Line & Tanktics - http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-dnieper-river-line_1651.html
Atari Visual History book - https://www.greyfoxbooks.com/
SDrive Max 1050 Case - Steve Boswell (A8bit) - https://atari8bit.net/sdrive-max-cases/
SDrive Max 810 (labeled) - Vintage Computer Center - Gavin Haubelt - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/atari-810-sdrive-max
Incognito for Atari 800 - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=275

Interviews

Interview index: here

Atari News

High Score Club Season 17 - https://atariage.com/forums/messenger/447762/?tab=comments#comment-1667618
Rescue Expedition - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-rescue-expedition-para-computadoras.html#more
Allan Bushman antic disks 1-9 https://archive.org/details/@allan52?and[]=creator%3A%22antic+magazine%22
Atari article in Fast Company by Benj Edwards - https://www.fastcompany.com/90432140/how-atari-took-on-apple-in-the-1980s-home-pc-wars
Fandal's monthly update http://a8.fandal.cz/ and Monty On The Run - http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7774
Runner Bear, first game of 2020 for Atari - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2020/01/runner-bear-primer-juego-del-2020-para.html
Atari Retro-pen: mass storage device for Atari 8-bits - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2019/12/atari-retro-pen-dispositivo-de.html
Great website to download game XEXs is Homesoft
SIO2Midi 3D-printed Case - https://ataribits.weebly.com/midi-3d-printed-cases.html
Thanks to Mr Robot (Steve Boswell) of AtariAge there is now a 3D printed enclosure design available to protect your SIO2MIDI board (https://ataribits.weebly.com/midi.html)
Atari800 emulator new version 4.2.0 - https://github.com/atari800/atari800/releases/tag/ATARI800_4_2_0

Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers

March 21 & 22, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest, Living Computers:Museum+Labs in Seattle,Washington - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest
March 21, Indy Vintage Computer Club Expo 2020, Camby, IN - https://www.facebook.com/events/188334755647918/
April 24-26, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east
Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8
Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/
New event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/

YouTube Videos

Debugging With the Altirra Atari 8-bit Emulator by Jonathan Halliday (flashjazzcat) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4sS_xv7oBs
Sprites using Assembly language on the Atari with Joystick control by 8-bit and more - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYc1cdB-mY
Atari 800XL MiSTer Core Available on DE10-Standard and Arrow SoCKit FPGA by ModernHackers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ7lcWp3B0k
Atari 8 Bit - Sphere Demo Benchmark in Fast BASIC by Atari 800XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRr94ZxaOLw
Lesson S4 - Bitmap Drawing on the Atari 800 / 5200 by ChibiAkumas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogt1WFoHTvk
Second Life Syndrome Demo by Lamers group in SillyVenture 2k19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2fzv3-mXKs
Far Away By Agensa group Demo at SillyVenture Atari Party Poland - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYDLX1-c8NI

New at Archive.org

Issues of Hardcopy newsletter (Lehigh Valley, PA) - https://archive.org/details/@allan52?and%5B%5D=hardcopy
McDonnell Douglas Recreational Computer Club's Atari Syncalc Demo - https://archive.org/details/syncalcdemojune1985mcdonnelldouglasrecreationalcomputerclub/
Elfin Magic's Super 3D Plotter II manual - https://archive.org/details/super3dplotter2elfinmagic/

Feedback

Incognito firmware from FJC (Jonathan Halliday) - https://atari8.co.uk/firmware/incognito/

ANTIC Interview 377 - James Hugard, Neanderthal Computer Things Dec 20, 2019

Show notes

James Hugard, Neanderthal Computer Things James Hugard was co-founder of Neanderthal Computer Things, a company that created just one product. "810 Turbo" was a hardware conversion board for the Atari 810 disk drive that promised true double density storage, and faster data reading and writing. The device, released in 1983, could be installed inside your 810 disk drive with "no jumpers, no soldering, no extra box." It cost $295. James wrote the firmware for the device. Check the show notes for links to the 810 Turbo Manual and advertisement, photos of the board, and a lively discussion on AtariAge (in which James has answered some questions and added more commentary.) This interview took place on June 7, 2019. 810 Turbo ad 810 Turbo Manual 810 Photos and software NCT Letter to Atari users groups Discussion on AtariAge

ANTIC Episode 63 - SillyVenture and FujiNet! Dec 15, 2019

Show notes

SillyVenture and FujiNet

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: In the tradition of bringing you the latest Atari 8-bit news, we have a couple of very special guests in this episode. First of all, Bart comes to us literally direct from the fabulous SillyVenture show to give us a rundown, and then Thomas Cherryhomes tells us all about the amazing work going on with FujiNet!

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Recurring Links