ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast ANTIC Episode 74 - Name Wars
Jan 16, 2021
01:26:48
ANTIC Episode 74 - Name Wars
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast… Kevin (er... Kay) and Randy have a name fight and, as usual, we bring you all the Atari 8-bit news that's fit to print.
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Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
Interview index: here
What We've Been Up To
- Atari Party Dec 19 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/281252672436874
- Kay's 2020 Post-Mortem - https://www.patreon.com/posts/2020-post-mortem-45658000
- Retrotink zero-latency HDMI converter - https://www.retrotink.com/product-page/2x-mini
- Sid Meier's Memoir - https://amzn.to/3oyobG4
- BASIC games Kay recovered - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/315354-a-few-basic-games-i-recovered/
- SIO2PC-USB case - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/sio2pc-universal-interface-case , https://atariage.com/forums/topic/313161-atarimax-sio2pc-and-sio2pc-usb-cases/#comments
Recent Interviews
- ANTIC Interview 401 - John F. White: Writing Strategy Games On Your Atari Computer & Superquerg
- ANTIC Interview 402 - The Famous Computer Cafe
News
- Fractalus 1.0 Released - https://www.lsdwa.com/blog/2020/12/18/fractalus-1-0-released/
- ACE80 cart run at Vintage Computer Center - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/312362-ace80-ace80xl-dt80-pre-order/
- Tfhh list - http://www.van-radecke.de/STUFF/tfhh_HW_info.pdf
- Mystery cart - https://www.facebook.com/groups/floppydays/permalink/2840376299554125/
- Fresh interview with Mark Reid, Author of Getaway - https://www.everythingamiga.com/2021/01/a-conversation-with-mark-reid-author-of-getaway.html
- Rob's 2016 interview with Mark - http://playermissile.com/podcast/ep019.html
- A-Train Systems A-TRACK - model railroad electronics and control - https://www.a-train-systems.co.uk/getatrack.htm
- History and Features of the Original Atari A-TRACK Version - https://www.a-train-systems.co.uk/projects.htm#atHistory
- 'FLOP' Magazine - http://flop.atariportal.cz/index.en.php
- Atari800MacX v5.5.0 - https://github.com/atarimacosx/Atari800MacX/releases/tag/Release_5.5.0
- Authentic Reproduction ATR8000 Interest - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/312890-authentic-reproduction-atr8000-interest/#comments
- Invitation to play in the new season of the HSC, first round starting now! - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/
- Real 16KB RAM game compo from Sikor Soft - Sikor on AtariAge - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/315158-real-16kb-ram-game-compo-from-sikor-soft/
- Atari 8-bit on hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2020/12/30/alien-inspired-cyberdeck-packs-vintage-atari-800xl/
- https://github.com/eizen6/6502portable
- AspeQt on a Raspberry Pi how-to - https://13leader.net/AspeQT2RasPI.pdf
- Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry Paperback – December 14, 2020 by Howard Scott Warshaw - https://amzn.to/3mjSC0u
- http://www.atariwomen.org
Shows
- Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
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- April 9, 10 & 11, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival East 2021 (VCF East)
- VCFSE June 11-13 http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/
- KansasFest July 19-25 https://www.kansasfest.org
- August 7 & 8, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival West 2021 (VCF West)
- 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
- Atari Quirks and Solutions - Thomas Cherryhomes - https://youtu.be/3lPsd0FkNss
- Thomas Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwP6ehTJXvcI-JOWTEwnyGQ U1MB and SpartaDOS X with FujiNet and a whole series of videos around FujiNet
- FujiNet Disk Copy - Vintage Computer Center (Gavin Haubelt) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YovR3mrCmQ0&t=731s
- Building the FujiNet - Vintage Computer Center - Parts 1-5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqKOGyEjYec
- SDrive-Max videos - Vintage Computer Center - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOp5f6eC-yh4cLnxfw2yrxQ
- FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4nx-i-2K34RDHyDn06i7Ng Atari XEGS with UAV, VBXE, U1MB, and PokeyMAX, Various videos on repairing and upgrading a 600XL
New at GitHub
- https://github.com/codingbychanche/atariParallelDataTransfer
- Bill Lange's Exploring Atari Action https://github.com/billlange1968/ExploringAtariAction to accompany https://exploringaction.blogspot.com
New at Archive.org
- New collection "Atari Computer Disk Images" https://archive.org/details/ataridiskimages
- Antic magazine renewal letters https://archive.org/details/1986.07-antic-renewal https://archive.org/details/1986.05-antic-renewal
- https://archive.org/details/rearc_atr-8000-newsletter-august-1984-08-swp-inc-us/mode/2up
- Chalk Board Inc's Power Pad Programming Kit manual https://archive.org/details/power-pad-programming-kit-chalk-board-inc/mode/2up
- Strategic Simulations, Inc. Spring, 1987 Catalog https://archive.org/details/strategic-simulations-inc-spring-1987/mode/2up
- Atari Home Computer Products Premium Incentive Confidential Price List https://archive.org/details/atari-home-computer-products-1-1-82/mode/2up
Feedback
- Adam Trionfo video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJcftw31VQw
- a nice tweet we got - https://twitter.com/dneedham8302/status/1335755648278155267?s=21
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