ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast ANTIC Episode 24 - Book Club, Turbo BASIC XL, Competitions
On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast:
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We offer a library’s worth of geeky reading material, and - - did we just start a book club?
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Randy delves into another programming language
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We talk about a couple of competitions that will give you something to do through these summer months
Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
What we’ve been up to
Wayne Green FOIA Request Response
Interview Discussion
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
News
Ancient Atari classics to be reworked as 'graphic novels'
ATARI GAMER Limited Printed Edition OUT NOW
New book from Evan Koblentz - "Abacus to Smartphone, The evolution of mobile and portable computers"
AspeQt ported to Android - greblus on AtariAge
posted by electrotrains on AtariAge - In development - SD card based Multicart
ABBUC Software Competition 2015
Peter Dell on ANTIC, Interview 27
Classic Gamefest - July 25, 26 Austin, TX
VCF Midwest 10 - August 29-30, 2015, Elk Grove Village, IL
Portland Retro Gaming Expo October 17-18 in Portland OR
New at Archive.org
Official Hint Book for Scott Adams adventures 1-12
GDC 2015: Howard Scott Warshaw - "Classic Game Postmortem: Yars' Revenge"
3 Centro Atari newsletters in Portuguese from Chile
Atari 400 Home Computer 48K RAM Expansion Kit Installation Instructions
Atari 820 Printer Field Service Manual
Atari CX 5200 Retail Demonstrator Field Service Manual
Feature - Turbo BASIC XL
Atari 8-bit Pages with original Turbo BASIC articles (German)
Page 6 - DS#20 - Turbo Basic Support
Page 6 - DS#105 - Turbo BASIC Programmer’s Kit
Page 6 - DS#6 - Turbo BASIC/Turbo Compiler
AtariAge discussion of Turbo BASIC
Turbo BASIC Expanded Documentation by Ron Fetzer
How to Compile Turbo BASIC Programs Video (English/Polish) by Bronislav Tyf Haluza
ATR image of Turbo-Basic 1.5 and 1.4
Bill’s Modern Segment
Wikipedia article on 1986 "The Great Escape" video game
Atari 8-bit port of “The Great Escape” - thread at AtariAge forums
Original Action! “Gem Drop” game for Atari
C port for Windows, Mac, Linux ("Gem Drop X")
Floppy Days #41, Jason Scott, "Every Computer in Your Browser"
Hardware of the Month
Website of the Month
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