ANTIC Episode 101 - The Pronunciation Episode

ANTIC Episode 101 - "The Pronunciation Episode"

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

READY!

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kay's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Next Without For

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we've been up to

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

• Muffinterm:

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

• https://muffinterm.app

• VCFMW - http://www.vcfmw.org

• http://www.ataribbs.com/

• https://www.southernamis.com/

• SCAT - http://www.scatarians.org/

News

• Atari buys AtariAge:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Silly Venture - https://sillyventure.eu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Upcoming Shows

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

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

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/

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

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

YouTube Videos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New at Archive.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

New at Github

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

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

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

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

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

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

• https://www.retroarch.com/