ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast ANTIC Episode 92 - I Played 1,000 Hours!
Oct 10, 2022
01:25:23
ANTIC Episode 92 - I Played 1,000 Hours!
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Randy talks about his great barn find and VCFMW, Kay gets a new personality (board), and Brad tries to accumulate 1,000 hours on Miner 2049'er.
READY!
Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
Interview index: here
Links for Items Mentioned in Show:
What we've been up to
- Secret Guide to Computers and Tricky Living on IA - https://archive.org/details/secret-guide-33/page/684/mode/2up?q=Atari
- Atari 800 Personality Board by santosp:
- VCFMW - http://www.vcfmw.org
- Suburban Chicago Atarians - http://www.scatarians.org/
- Atari FujiNet NOS - https://www.atariorbit.org/
- The Taylor and Amy Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI8b_XAuYXU
- 800XL cover from Paulo Garcia (Vintage is the New Old - https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/ )
News
- Retrochallenge 2022/10 - https://www.retrochallenge.org/2022/09/rc-202210-is-go.html
- ASMA - Atari SAP Music Archive - http://asma.atari.org/
- "Computer Ads from the Past" substack entry on Alan Alda and Atariwriter- https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/alan-alda-and-atariwriter
- Atari XL/XE fan scarf. Power Without the price since 1982 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/325252579215
- Thom Cherryhomes call for game conversion for FujiNet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeImwNKp-yY
- Andrew Diller (@atariorbit) put together a video showing the evolution of the FujiNet codebase, since its inception as "Atariwifi." - https://youtube.com/watch?v=pfeUelE9cYc… #RetroComputing
- Atari 50th Anniversary Collection - https://park.london/products/atari-50-star-raiders-print-wall-art
- Star Raiders will be included in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - https://twitter.com/DigitalEclipse/status/1577690194156785665
- "Save Atari History" by playing minigames - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QErw-mKwLg
- 3D printed Atari cases and keycaps - https://gp61.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR0jISsGhUARscNVb0ojRw8PQIuR8WZ2Z9BdLvHSefCmfuLzeLvELUl_MQU
- 2nd ATASCII Compo - http://logiker.com/ATASCII
- Atari EPROM Programmer - https://www.ebay.com/itm/374261668413
- Atari sticker - https://www.ebay.com/itm/325374564098
- ABBUC Magazine #150 - https://abbuc.de
Upcoming Shows
- Portland Retro Gaming Expo = October 14-16 https://www.retrogamingexpo.com
YouTube Videos
- Hibernated 1, Directors Cut on the Atari 8-bit (adventure game), with talk about FujiNet, XEP-80, CPM and the game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPViSZD_O90 - Andrew Diller (@atariorbit)
- Heavily modified NTSC Atari 600XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8YdqUTKvSw - FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday)
- A bunch of things still in development from Lotharek and Candle like the Atari 400 Incognito Lite! - https://youtu.be/UN-8P3iK1IM - FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday)
- Evolution of Atari computers and consoles 1972 - 2022 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFtTWKdXaGQ - World in Statistics
New at Archive.org
- (Josh Malone->Allan for scanning)
- Art Of Computer Game Design PDF
- https://archive.org/details/the-gospel-of-st.-pong-revisited-vol-4-april-1977
- Scanned by https://archive.org/details/@decode_document_digitize
Listener Feedback
- Piotr Bugaj's ECI + Cartridge port expander - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/atari-xe--port-expander.-eci-%2B-cart-x2-62320