ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast ANTIC Episode 29 - Turtle-y Goodness
Jan 17, 2016
01:34:09
On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast: We explore the possibilities of new Atari software and hardware mods (yea faster Star Raiders explosions); and Randy delves into the turtle-y goodness of Atari Logo. Trigger warning: there may be some Amiga lust and gentle Apple // bashing in this episode.
Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
What we’ve been up to
- “The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga (Platform Studies)” - Jimmy Maher, The MIT Press - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0262017202/?tag=ataripodcast-20
News
- Brad Fuller Interview on Antic
- RetroChallenge - http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/retrochallenge-2012sc/
- Mr. Atari releases new game called Lost In Space
- Fujiology Archive V2.1 – Biggest Atari Demoscene archive
- New Years Disk 2016
- Listen to the Antic podcast on your Android device with a new app (by Trevor Holyoak) at Google Play
- New Racing Game ‘E-Type’ – From 1990 BBC Micro to 2015 Atari 8-bit , http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7249
- OpenEmu 2.0 brings your old Nintendo, Sonic and Sega games on OS X - News4C, http://openemu.org/
- Atari 800 Raspberry Pi 2 case by Tim Klus - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1237748
- Atari XL Parallel Bus cover - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1241053
- Ultimate Atari Video upgrade by Bryan Edewaard
- Super SpartaDOS cartridges, http://www.bitsofthepast.com/
- Upcoming Shows:
- VCF Southeast 4.0 - April 2 & 3 2016, Roswell, GA
- VCF East - April 15-17, 2016 - InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ
- KansasFest - July 19-24, 2016 - https://www.kansasfest.org
- BASIC 10-liner contest rules - http://gkanold.wix.com/homeputerium#!basic-tenliners-2016/c450
- BASIC 10-liner contest discussion - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/247971-basic-tenliners-contest-2016/
New at Archive.org
- many new issues of Personal Computing Magazine - https://archive.org/details/personalcomputingmagazine?sort=-publicdate
Of the Month
- Atari 800 Best Game Pack - http://atari800.tistory.com/
Programming Languages Segment (Atari Logo)
- PILOT YOUR ATARI, ATARI LOGO LOOKING GOOD, New language joins Turtle tuss by Ken Harms, ANTIC VOL. 2, NO. 6 / SEPTEMBER 1983 - http://www.atarimagazines.com/v2n6/logo.html
- Atari Logo at AtariMania - http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-atari-logo_15782.html
- Logo video with Alan Alda at YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BENdNkoZwb8
- Atari Logo Demonstration at YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGHs_4vwGWU
- About Logo - Logo Used in a School - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nisFUjnO87g
- Atari Cambridge Research - Logo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR2CwKculBU
- Atari Logo at Atari Wiki - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Logo
- “LogoWorks: Challenging Programs in Logo”, edited by Cynthia Solomon, Margaret Minsky and Brian Harvey - https://logoworks.wikispaces.com/
Closing
- END OF SHOW MUSIC — Music from Lulu, Russ Wetmore’s heretofore-lost, unfinished game - Russ Wetmore - Lulu - Atari 800 - YouTube