ANTIC Episode 111 - Is Kay Really Funny, or is it Just a Courtesy Snicker?

ANTIC Episode 111 - "Is Kay Really Funny, or is it Just a Courtesy Snicker?"

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We go over the ABBUC Software Contest winners, we cover PRGE, Kay accelerates his interview publishing schedule, and we ask the question: Is Kay really funny, or are Randy's snickers simply courtesy? You decide …

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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

What we've been up to

• PRGE - https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/

• Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution by David and Theresa Welsh - https://amzn.to/40l4vv1 (sponsored link)

Recent Interviews

• ANTIC Interview 439 - Making Modern Atari Hardware

• ANTIC Interview 440 - Ed Sabo, UltraBASIC

• ANTIC Interview 441 - Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer

News

• ABBUC 2024 Software Contest:

• https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/10/ruff-in-trouble-ganador-del-abbuc-2024.html

• https://abbuc.de/2024/10/ergebnis-abbuc-softwarewettbewerb-2024-result-abbuc-software-competition-2024/

• ABBUC Magazines - https://abbuc.de

• 4th ATASCII Compo 2024 - Presentation

• Pre-Launch for Clear Case for 800XL has begun:

• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seethruit/injection-molded-clear-case-for-atari-800xl-computer/

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/373926-pre-launch-for-clear-case-for-800xl-has-begun/

• Bouncy World Server Available - https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/09/27/bouncy-world-server-available/

• Replacement cartridge slot - Screaming at the Radio - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/373896-replacement-cartridge-slot/

• Mastertronic Collectors Archive - Atari (8-Bit) Mastertronic Checklist - https://mastertronic.co.uk/atari-mastertronic-checklist/

Upcoming Shows

• Retro Computer Festival 2024 - November 9-10 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November/

• Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we

• Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub

YouTube Videos

• Atari XL/XE -=Go! Tony Go!=- - Saberman RetroNews - Atari XL/XE -=Go! Tony Go!=-

• LIVE from PRGE 2024 Day 1: AtariAge New Releases & WIP - ZeroPage Homebrew - LIVE from PRGE 2024 Day 1: AtariAge New Releases & WIP (FIXED!)

• Videos of the ABBUC winners, such as:

• Atari XL/XE -=Eat Me!=- ABBUC Software Contest 2024 - Saberman RetroNews - Atari XL/XE -=Eat Me!=- ABBUC Software Contest 2024

• 1K Rainbox - Saberman RetroNews - Atari XL/XE -=1K RainBox=- ABBUC Software Contest 2024

• My Atari 800 prints out the news and weather every morning! - Sascha Segan - My Atari 800 prints out the news and weather every morning!

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/horten-computer-welt-11-85-preise/

• https://archive.org/details/brace-bits-vol-3-no-1/BraceBits%20vol1%20no4/

• https://archive.org/details/@allan52?query=portland

Github

• https://github.com/marktmiller/atari-8-bit-forth-projects/tree/main/fig-forth1.1/FP%20library

• https://github.com/ivop/saprtools