ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast ANTIC Episode 51 - 5 Year Anniversary and Windows-Only Dealy-Bob
Jun 24, 2018
02:06:08
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: In this five-year anniversary episode of ANTIC, we reminisce back to show #1 all those years ago, our friend Nir Dary tells us all about Atari Invasion, Jeff Fulton of the Into the Vertical Blank Podcast gives us a game review of Star Island, plus all the Atari 8-bit news that we could find. Happy 5-Year Anniversary to us!
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Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz
TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com
What We've Been Up To
- Dorsett paperwork https://archive.org/details/DorsettLessonQA
- Charlie Kulas sent and were scanned
- How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation by Steve S. Thomas - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/984539495268696065
- How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation by Jamie Lendino - https://amzn.to/2MdWLCC
- Someone Stole My Entire Book (and My Job) and Is Selling It On Amazon - https://www.extremetech.com/internet/267446-someone-stole-my-entire-book-and-my-job-and-is-selling-it-on-amazon
- Update On My Stolen Book (and Job) on Amazon - https://www.extremetech.com/internet/268109-an-update-on-my-stolen-book-and-job-on-amazon
- Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming by Jamie Lendino - https://amzn.to/2xZlYO1
- E.R.I.C. laserdisc project - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/265316-eric-cart-electronic-retail-information-center/page-2#entry4036420
- Sofia Video Upgrade - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258702-new-development-gtia-in-cpld/
Interview Discussion
- Interview index: here
- Alan Alda on Id10T podcast: https://www.acast.com/thenerdist/alan-alda
- Video: Eric and Robert Anschuetz Talk About Programming Atari 8Bit Computer Games in the 1980s
- updated PDF document that describes games - https://archive.org/details/AnschuetzWesigerberAnschuetzDevelopmentNotes
- Original interview: ANTIC Interview 297 - Robert Anschuetz, Eric Anschuetz, John Weisgberber, Antic magazine games
News
- Ted Dabney died - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/obituaries/ted-dabney-dead-atari-pong.html
- 2010 Retrogaming Roundup interview with Ted - http://www.retrogamingroundup.com/shownotes/2010/roundup024_2010.10.php
- Time Pilot released - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/278834-time-pilot-final-release/
- Time Pilot Website - http://timepilot.atari.pl/
- SAM (Software Automatic Mouth) - https://github.com/s-macke/SAM
- VCF East article at Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2018/05/30/vcf-east-the-mail-order-app-store/
- VCF East article at Ars Technica - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/09/a-trip-down-memory-lane-and-beyond-at-vintage-computer-fest/
- ALibPC - https://www.facebook.com/ALibPc.Atari/
- Rob at Player/Missile found a reverse engineering of the Atari 8-bit M.U.L.E from 2009 - http://bringerp.free.fr/RE/Mule/mule_document.html
- Atariteca on hiatus? - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/
- Retro Roundup - https://retroroundup.com
- Into the Vertical Blank — new general Atari podcast - Jeff Fulton
- Jonathan Halliday's website - https://atari8.co.uk
- MacRorie's website The Brewing Academy - http://www.thebrewingacademy.com
- Restoring an Atari 800 XL that's Beyond Restoring | Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2018/06/09/restoring-an-atari-800-xl-thats-beyond-restoring/
- AtariInside seems to be trying to catalog Atari 8-bit software - https://atarinside.dyndns.org/blog/
- Atari Software Pack - Dean Garraghty (Scotland) - DGS Software - DGS-Atari on AtariAge - http://www.dgs.clara.net/
- Pete Meyer's Delta Space Arena - http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/3782-delta-space-arena-deluxe-edition/
- Atari Force comics reprint - https://amzn.to/2xDaL5y
- Jurgen van Radecke (tf_hh on AtariAge) makes all sorts of Atari 8-bit upgrades - http://www.van-radecke.de/STUFF/tfhh_HW_info.pdf
- Wap-Niak is a Polish event dedicated to Atari 8-bit computers. All the releases from this year's edition are now on Demozoo - https://demozoo.org/parties/3569/
- Silly Venture 2017 8-bit Results Pack - JAC! - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/279559-sillypack-2k17-released/
- Season 7 Episode 9 of the Comic Book Men (Atari Dump Dig) - https://www.amc.com/shows/comic-book-men/season-7/episode-09-power-man-vs-counter-man
- BASIC Ten-Liners - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/274782-basic-ten-liners-are-back-for-2018/page-4
- IEC cables - http://iec.net/?s=atari&post_type=product
- Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
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- Southern Fried June 8-10 http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com
- KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ , July 17-22, 2018, Kansas City, Missouri
- Atari Fujiama 2018 - from Thursday, July 26 to Sunday, July 29 in Lengenfeld (Vogtland) Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2018/
- VCF West - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ , August 4-5, 2018 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA
- VCF Midwest - http://www.vcfmw.org/ - September 15-16, 2018, Elk Grove Village, IL
- Portland Retro Gaming Expo - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ - Oregon Convention Center on October 19-21, 2018
- International Atari Shows (Nir Dary) - https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=io8bv441r87ffratdj1ir2lggs@group.calendar.google.com&pli=1
YouTube videos this month
- YouTube videos this month - using the search term "Atari 800"
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- Nir Dary (The Modern Atari 8-bit Computer)
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rrc2zptsbU - A simple way to connect the Atari computer to HDMI TV using mini Av to Hdmi adapter
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxmhfTRr-PM - Playing Time Pilot on the Atari 8-bit computer
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A40-57v-tu8&t=45s - Time Pilot cartridge in Rapidus Mode
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19VG1BJ3zG4 - Atari Party in Warsaw, Poland
- Others
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlQESoROic - Sio2Arduino project with Atari 800 XL via Arduino Uno - Murat Özdemir
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9HkRe7tgis - The Pulse Rifle Plays - Gyruss (Atari 800) (World Record run 2018-05-20) - New world record: 308800 - Redfeyer
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2nj73mNgAE - qbertaddict1 - How to setup Atari 5200 using lr-atari800 and RetroPie - This tutorial works on the pi 3, pi 3b+, and the odroid but it should work on any system that has RetroPie Installed.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyXBSMzZ3E4 - Atari Bluetooth - connecting a Wiimote to an Atari 800XL via Bluetooth
New at Archive.Org
- Academy On Computers Hands On Atari 400/800 Beginner's Manual
- Atari CP/M Machine Preliminary Requirements Specification and Feasibility Study
- https://archive.org/details/AtariCPMMachineStudy
- Atari DOS 3 Disk Cleanup Utility FRS
- Atari Speech Handler External Reference Specification
- Draper Pascal Manual
- Kyan Pascal v1 Manual
- Kyan Pascal v2 Manual
- Presenting The Atari 1200XL
- Hollywood Squares - Atari PILOT Demo Program
- https://archive.org/details/AtariPOWERGermanAtariClubDuesseldorf
- Ultra Steve Green:
- Allan:
- Bill Lange:
Nir's Segment - Atari Invasion Party Netherlands 2018
Jeff Fulton's Segment - Star Island Game Review
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