ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: In this first episode of 2018, we talk about the fact that ANTIC has been downloaded over ½ million times, we get a surprise visit from Thomas Cherryhomes, who talks about PLATO for the Atari, we offer Atari 8-bit gift options for Valentine's Day, Nir Dary tells us about some things he's been exploring, plus all the Atari 8-bit news that we could find. Happy New Year! READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd" New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com What We've Been Up To Laserdisc project - https://archive.org/stream/creativecomputing-1982-01/Creative_Computing_v08_n01_1982_January#page/n92/mode/1up/search/aurora Trans Lux - Trans Lux, Atari 800 art by Hal Glicksman & Trans Lux, an Atari 800 demo by Hal Glicksman Theses - https://archive.org/details/@savetz?and%5B%5D=thesis Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time by Bill Loguidice and Matt Barton - https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Game-Consoles-Commodore-Platforms/dp/0415856000 Indy Vintage Computer Club - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1082702455167563/ Interview Discussion Interview index: here News Prototype PLATO cart from Lance at Video61 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsFthVymI4Q Thom & company got the PLATO cart working - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/196354-ataris-plato-cartridge-question/?p=3952844 1984 article about Atari PLATO cart - https://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n3/platorising.html Cyber1 - https://www.cyber1.org Friendly Orange Glow book - http://amzn.to/2E0ZWsN Demo video by Thomas Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4B4DjFT8U8 8-bit High Score Club Season 15 - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/ Altirra 3.00 out - http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html BASIC Ten-Liners are back for 2018 - http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/basic-10liners-2018 13th Issue of Pro(c) Magazine - https://proc-atari.de/de/proc-atari-magazin Cult game Pong bounces back as quiz show - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/cult-game-pong-bounces-back-as-quiz-show-f7ht0dc2w Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people): Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest/ , When: Saturday February 10th and Sunday February 11th, 2018, Where: Living Computers: Museum+Labs, 2245 First Avenue South, Seattle, WA VCF Southeast, April 21 & 22, 2018, this year at the Computer Museum of America Roswell, GA Vintage Computer Festival East - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ , When: May 18-20, 2018, Where: InfoAge Science Center, 2201 Marconi Rd., Wall, NJ KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ , July 17-22, 2018, Kansas City, Missouri Portland Retro Gaming Expo - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ - Oregon Convention Center on October 19-21, 2018 other shows that will definitely occur but not yet announced: VCF Midwest - Elk Grove Village, IL - September Atari Party - keep eye open 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" Mister FPGA Board Emulating ATARI 800 XL Computer (Nir Dary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRitIyId5Ws - Mister is an open source FPGA Retro machine emulation system, in this Video i demonstrate the Mister board emulating the ATARI 800 XL computer Trans Lux, an Atari 800 demo by Hal Glicksman uploaded by Kevin Savetz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aa_DkAcmdc&t=228s Atari 800/400 "E.R.I.C. P.O.P. #1" Kiosk Video Rip - Ben Henmueller - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Ajm0RweL0 - This video was ripped from a laserdisc that was used in kiosks set-up by Atari to promote the Atari 800 and Atari 400 computer systems. My 1983 Diary Episode 3: More Atari Games and Pelham Puppets - JohnnyCeed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ_Ybu8nDlM Valentine's Day Gift Ideas Atari T-shirts at Target - https://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=atari CB101280E2 Atari Enhanced 2nd Generation Custom made Composite Video Cable - Best Electronics - http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/Atari%20CV%20E2%20cable.htm Controllers at Best Electronics - http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/quickguide.htm Replace your Atari ingot power supply https://twitter.com/blakespot/status/946527186344988672 Identify the ingot - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/95416-power-supplies/?p=1157349 Replacement power supply $20 - $27 at Best Electronics - http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/power%20guide.htm Atari 1088XEL by MacRorie http://ataribits.weebly.com/1088xel.html http://atariage.com/forums/topic/271135-1088xel-atari-itx-motherboard-pre-order-interest-thread/ Atari 1050 Drive SD Card Reader $80 - https://www.etsy.com/listing/217822136/atari-1050-drive-sd-card-reader?ref=shop_home_active_19 Atari 800XL Brushed Aluminum Badge $4.29 - https://www.etsy.com/listing/448890934/atari-800-xl-label-logo-sticker-badge?ref=shop_home_active_25 Atari 800 Embroidered Custom Dust cover $19.50 - https://www.etsy.com/listing/548440655/atari-800-computer-custom-made-dustcover?ref=shop_home_active_20 Breakout Book $17.99 - https://www.amazon.com/Breakout-Atari-Computers-Defined-Generation/dp/0692851275/ Nir's Segment - SilliVenture 2017 http://8bit-slicks.com/ https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki http://atariage.com/forums/topic/260646-new-hardware-atari-400800-super-color-cpu-card/ Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. 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Rawson Stovall, The Vid Kid newspaper column As you no doubt gleaned from the clips of his appearances on CBS Morning News and The Tonight Show, Rawson Stovall was only a child when he started writing a syndicated newspaper column in which he reviewed computer games and home video games. The column, called Vid Kid, appeared in 20 newspapers around the United States. He was in fact the first nationally syndicated reviewer of video games in the country. He is author of The Vid Kid's Book of Home Video Games — a compilation of his reviews — which was published in 1984, when Rawson was 12 years old. This interview took place on January 23, 2018. Rawson Stovall on the CBS Morning News Rawson Stovall on Tonight Show Rawson on Wikipedia Rawson on Twitter The Vid Kid's Book of Home Video Games

Chris James, Thorn EMI Chris James worked at Thorn EMI, where he was a programmer and later a project manager. Later he founded James Software, which specialized in game conversions to various computer platforms. His long list of Atari game credits includes Darts, Tank Commander, and several jigsaw puzzle games such as European Scene Jigsaw Puzzles and Hickory Dickory Dock. He is also the husband of Hanan Samara, whom I interviewed previously, and whom you can hear providing color commentary in the background from time to time. This interview took place on November 13, 2017. Teaser quote: "We didn't feel like we were sort of on a frontier as such, but we were, I guess — and breaking ground." AtariMania's list of Chris games: http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-james-chris_team_650_8_G.html Hanan Samara interview: http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-325-hanan-samara-jumbo-jet-pilot-and-jinn-genie

Hanan Samara: Jumbo Jet Pilot and Jinn Genie Hanan Samara was a programmer at Thorn EMI, where her work included programming the game Jumbo Jet Pilot. Later she founded Dalali Software, a company that specialized in converting games to various computer platforms. There she created the Atari computer game Jinn Genie. This interview took place on November 13, 2017. Her husband, Chris James, can be heard in the background, and is the subject of my next interview. Teaser quote: "We just had to really learn fast. I mean really, really learn fast." Atarimania's list of Hanan's software Hanan in January 1985 Popular Computing Weekly Hanan in January 1988 Advanced Computer Entertainment

Geoffrey Card, kid game reviewer In my interview with Orson Scott Card, he mentioned that his son, Geoffrey, helped him review Atari games — thoroughly playing games, then providing a sort of executive summary for his dad, who then wrote about the games for Compute! magazine. I thought it would be fun to get Geoffrey's perspective about that time. This interview took place on January 19, 2018. Teaser quote: "One of the interesting, great things about that era was the fact that somebody could sit there in their garage and they could make something, and it really was indistinguishable from what the professionals were making." Video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/r17r_AzoLrI Orson Scott Card interview: http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-323-orson-scott-card-compute-books

Orson Scott Card, Compute! Books Orson Scott Card is a Hugo Award winning, best-selling science fiction author, perhaps best known for his 1985 novel, Ender's Game. But we're not here to talk about that — because for about nine months, Orson Scott Card was an editor at Compute! Books, where we worked on several books about the Atari 8-bit and other computer platforms. His work appears in Compute!'s Third Book of Atari and Compute!'s Second Book of Atari Graphics. He also wrote extensively for Compute! magazine, primarily about computer games. His FontByter and ScreenByter graphics utilities for the Atari computers were published in Compute! His short story The Lost Boys features a character that plays games on an Atari computer. This interview took place on January 5, 2018. A video version of this interview is also available. Teaser quote: "I really miss programming. I miss those nights, starting after the kids were in bed — 8:30, 9 o'clock — just solving problems ... noticing that there was now light coming through the basement windows, and realizing that I had pulled an all-nighter ... just debugging three minutes of a game." Video version of this interview Card's articles in Compute! magazine Home Computer Games Grow Up Card's final column in Compute! Compute!'s Second Book of Atari Graphics Reading the Keyboard Codes in Compute!'s Third Book of Atari Bill Wilkinson interview Bev and Bryan Wilkinson interview Richard Mansfield interview

Maurice Molyneaux, Atari animation guru Maurice Molyneaux was a game artist, Atari graphics animator, and writer. He wrote articles for Video Games & Computer Entertainment Magazine and A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing Magazine, and wrote "The Animation Stand" column for ST-Log magazine. He created many animations primarily using MovieMaker, an animation program for the Atari published by Reston Publishing. This interview took place on November 20, 2017. Teaser quote: "[Lee Pappas] said 'Oh, we get the reader service cards in, your column is like the most popular thing in the magazine.' And I said, 'Well, then you won't mind paying me the technical rate instead of the standard rate.' ... He said 'Oooh, you got me.' So I ended up making my rent every month writing that damn column." Video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/4W6NtaEKccI Maurice's web site: http://mauricemolyneaux.com Maurice's blog posts about Atari animation: https://mmolyneaux.wordpress.com/category/animation/ Maurice Molyneaux's articles in ST-LOG magazine: http://www.atarimagazines.com/st-log/index/index.php?author=Maurice+Molyneaux YouTube playlist of Atari MoveiMaker animations: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT-oeGyO1WeNvjmDEV3cyCAfOiIRAWysi Colecovision vs. Atari 5200 Hardware Comparison: http://www.atarihq.com/5200/cv52/ Maurice's Atari ST game demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrqcawTaWqg

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: In this 2017 year-end episode, we get a surprise visit from our international correspondent, Nir Dary, we hear about Kevin's dream find, and we unwrap our surprise Christmas gifts from Nir Dary. Nir Dary tells us about his visit to SilliVenture. (It's a whole lot of Nir Dary!) Plus all the Atari 8-bit news that we could find. Happy New Year! READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd" New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com What We've Been Up To Revive 1027 - Roller Rubber Replacement for ATARI®1027 Printers - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/271589-revive1027-order-thread/ SIDE2 Cart - http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=68 TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com WePlash Atari 8bit Demo - SillyVenture 2017 - Nir Dary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YC4QP8YDgE Interview Discussion Interview index: here News SIO2MicroSD system made in Chile - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2017/11/atari-sistema-sio2microsd-hecho-en-chile.html Connecting multiple devices in series with Atari SIO Hub - http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=213 3D Printed Case for SIO2SD / Atari 800XL style - 3D Printed Case for SIO2SD / Atari XE style , 3D Printed Case for SIO2SD / Atari 800XL style Zylon Defenders - iOS Star Raiders-inspired game - by Jeff Glasse - https://github.com/jglasse/ZylonDefenders Before he was the CEO of a $75 billion company, Marc Benioff was a teenage video game entrepreneur — check out his old games - http://www.businessinsider.com/marc-benioff-wrote-video-games-for-atari-computers-in-the-1980s-2017-11 BASIC Interpreter Speed Comparison - Darklantha - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1shS83CTAG2av0ZzUTzgen2AH0KOZyYsBmBCX0HX1tI8/edit#gid=0 , https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOoCXsFhz0tlHCinV0rm64PQifIOApqdp ABBUC 2017 software contest - http://www.abbuc.de/softwarecontest-2017 Vacation project - got SIO2Arduino running with the 130XE - Jeff Piepmeier - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ataripodcast/permalink/2018431408434162/ new Arduino-based SDrive with touch screen - https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forum64.de%2Findex.php%3Fthread%252F78122-projektvorstellung-sdrive-max%252F%26pageNo%3D1&h=ATOAP8ZGxO7Fy2JU-ESMpgq0i1cUNrc_UjX82y-w1yh00b3vu4HmC_kA9NK62okGiZ3mFT_V1qG3WHu7MmK_4kt8nyP_rjGU1ZznWWFdoCemxygOGtAJxYrjRdepidAQtCyDmdqKp3CDWPI3 Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people): Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest/ , When: Saturday February 10th and Sunday February 11th, 2018, Where: Living Computers: Museum+Labs, 2245 First Avenue South, Seattle, WA Vintage Computer Festival East - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ , When: May 18-20, 2018, Where: InfoAge Science Center, 2201 Marconi Rd., Wall, NJ KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ , July 17-22, 2018, Kansas City, Missouri other shows that will definitely occur but not yet announced: VCF Southeast - Roswell, GA - April VCF Midwest - Elk Grove Village, IL - September Atari Party - keep eye open 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 - 366 using the search term "Atari 800" McDonald's Atari promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsAlLrXzGzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bat0n5ZV_4 Donkey Kong Atari 400/800/800XL 164,600 Points - TwinGalaxies World Record - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_18iHa3nL4 WePlash Atari 8bit Demo - SillyVenture 2017 - Nir Dary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YC4QP8YDgE SillyVenture Atari Party 2017 - Nir Dary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-qdnnbVTM ATARI FPGA - Mist v1.3 Vs EclaireXL - Nir Dary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9EQWBlg6bc Sofia Rev C - DVI Video output for the ATARI 8bit Computer - Nir Dary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao2m5cy9g14 New at Archive.org Atari 1030 Modem Manual ABC Basic Compiler — Monarch Data Systems Assembler - Quality Software 6502 Disassembler - Quality Software 4VEP—Four Voice Editor Player for Atari 8-bit ACR — Atari Cash Register APX Wordmaker APX Cubbyholes manual Eastern Front (1941) Scenario Editor Eastern Front (1941) Scenarios For 1942, 1943, 1944 6502 Games by Rodnay Zaks Atari 600XL, 800XL, 1400XL, 1450XLD Pamphlets Add-On Software CP/M for Atari flyer Unofficial Atari Computer Users' Groups 1982-12-01 AtariTel Announcement Eastern House Software catalogs Monkey Wrench II manual EHS KISS Manual https://archive.org/details/CandyColleenIOSubsystem https://archive.org/details/Atari400800SerialInputOutputPortUsersHandbook https://archive.org/details/Timeworks_Catalog_for_Commodore_and_Atari Current Notes Volume 9 Number 1 https://archive.org/details/FastPakABBS https://archive.org/details/NewsStationReeveSoftware CBS Software's K-Razy Kritters manual CBS Software's K-Razy Shoot Out manual CBS Software's K-Razy Antiks Atari 400 800 Commercial Cards Atari Game Recorder From Radio Electronics Magazine December 1984 https://archive.org/details/Compuclub Nir's Segment - SilliVenture 2017 http://www.sillyventure.eu/en/ https://demozoo.org/parties/3173/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-qdnnbVTM&t=11s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpkaWSQ9A14&list=PLHDxrzOvt6kQuSyJFtrMJLkwINflIdn1p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKe1aEg0Ly4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKyl2MhwfCQ Commercial Season's Greetings from Atari (1983) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeXvW-Ig16A Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. 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Databar OSCAR This is a story about the rise and fall of a compter peripheral and the company behind it. The company was Databar, and the product was called OSCAR, which was short for Optical SCAnning Reader. In 1983, it wasn't easy to get inexpensive software for your home computer. Floppy disks were expensive. Modems were slow and expensive. You could get software in magazines — a variety of computer magazines offered computer program listings that you could type in. You might spend hours laboriously typing in a program, and it might work. Or more likely, it wouldn't, because of a typo or because of errors in the published listing. It wasn't easy to get inexpensive software for your computer. One solution that a couple of companies came up with was to distribute software in books and magazines — but instead of printed listings that you'd have to type in, the programs were distributed as bar codes — long collections of black and white dots. You could use a bar code scanner to read the programs into your computer. The best known solution was, perhaps, Cauzin Softstrip. And although Softstrip may have been the best known, it was by no means a success. I've already published interviews with the people who created Softstrip. Another contender in this niche — and the one that this episode is about - was the Databar OSCAR. OSCAR was released two years before Softstrip. OSCAR had two parts — the hardware, the Optical SCAnning Reader that would connect to your Atari 8-bit computer, or your Texas Instruments 99/4A, or your Commodore 64. And, the bar code software, which was to be published in a special magazine, called Databar. First, let's talk a little about the hardware. A silver plastic device, a little smaller than a loaf of bread, was the brains of the operation. A hand-held removable wand, connected via a telephone-style coiled wire, held the optical reader. That's the part that you would roll over the bar code to read the software into your computer. Finally, there was an interface cable that connected the main device to your computer. This is the only bit of hardware that's different in the Atari, Commodore, and Texas Instruments versions of the product. The Commodore version, for instance, connects to the C64's cassette port. The Atari version also emulates a cassete tape drive, and connects to the Atari's SIO port. The hardware alone cost $79.95, but it wouldn't do much good without the bar-code printed software, which was the Databar magazine. A 1-year subscription to the Databar magazine would cost an additional $120. So let's talk about the software: the magazine. "Databar - The Monthly Bar Code Software Magazine" which was published in 1983, and turned out to only have one issue published, so it wasn't very monthly after all. Databar ran some advertisements in the Atari, Commodore, and Texas Instruments computer magazines. I'm going to read a bit from one of them. [ad excerpt] The magazine was published in three versions: one for the Atari 8-bit computer, one for the TI 99/4A, and a version for Commodore 64. The cover and front part of the magazine was the same in all editions, with general-interest articles like "Computer Gaming," "To Your Health - Your Health Is Up To You," and "Climbing the Slippery Financial Hills." The second part of the magzaine was different in each edition. This was the part with the bar codes. Each version has pretty much the same set of programs, but customized to the dialect of BASIC used on that particular computer. The selection of non-confrontational, milquetoast programs includes OSCAR's Match (a memory game), Financial Quiz, Math Challenge, Health Assessment, The Law and You, and Miles Per Gallon Calculator. Only 9 programs were ever published in this format for the Commodore and TI, and they are all in the magazine. 13 Atari programs were ever published in this format, in the Atari version of the magazine. The OSCAR box claims that the hardware is also compatible with the Timex Sinclair 1000, 1500, 2000, and the TRS-80 Color Computer. But I haven't seen any evidence that versions of the magazine were created for those systems, nor the hardware adapters to connect to them. One of the benefits of the reader was that it was supposed to be faster than typing. My favorite ad for the OSCAR reader says "Programming the Home Computer — Expert Typist with Keyboard vs. Eight-year-old with OSCAR." The task: entering a two-page BASIC program. The expert typist with a 100 word-per-minute speed and a degree in computer programming can do it in 1 hour and 9 minutes. The little girl with bows in her hair and bubble gum in her mouth, with no prior computer experience, can enter the program using OSCAR in 8 minutes. Now that we've set the stage, it's time for the interviews. There are three: first, Don Picard, the Executive Editor of Databar magazine; then Kim Garretson, the publisher of the magazine; and finally Neal Enzenauer, the principal engineer for OSCAR. ## interview 1: Don Picard Don Picard worked for Webb Publishing, a large printing company that owned a number of magazines. Don worked in a division called Creative Communications, that was a custom publishing house for corporate clients. The division did work such as in-flight magazines for airlines, and custom magazines for Farmer's Insurance and the American Automobile Association. He was the Executive Editor of Databar magazine. Teaser quotes: "Concept was basically dead before it got born." "When money's invested there becomes a sort of momentum involved. Nobody wants to say, 'This was a mistake.'" ## interview 2: Kim Garretson The next interview is Kim Garretson, the founding editor and publisher of Databar magazine. Teaser quote: "Sometimes you had to go across a single line of code three or four or five or seven times to hear the little beep." ## interview 3: Neal Enzenauer Our final interview is with Neal Enzenauer, the principal engineer for OSCAR. Teaser quote: "We thought we were going to set the world on fire and make magnetic media obsolete — but I guess we didn't." ## closing Thanks to Don Picard, Kim Garretson, and Neal Enzenauer. Thanks to Allan Bushman for scanning the Atari version of the Databar magazine and OSCAR instructions; @doegox on Twitter for writing the python script to decode the barcodes without the scanner, @paulrickards for wrangling the Commodore software, and @travisgoodspeed for the PoC||GTFO 'zine, which was instrumental in bringing the pieces together. Thanks to the Internet Archive for hosting scans of the magazines and all the software. The interview with Don Picard took place on April 5, 2016. The interview with Kim Garretson took place on June 27, 2016. (A video version of that interview is available, including an extended version where we also discuss CD-ROM publishing and the Prodigy online service.) The interview with Neal Enzenauer took place on April 12, 2016. ANTIC interview with creators of Cauzin Softstrip, another software bar code system PoC||GTFO Databar Magazine - Atari edition Databar Magazine - Commodore edition Databar Magazine - TI 994/A edition Decoded Software from Databar Magazine - Atari edition Decoded Software from Databar Magazine - Commodore edition Decoded Software from Databar Magazine - TI 994/A edition An Introduction To Oscar And Bar Code Scanning - Atari Version Databar OSCAR Box scans Databar OSCAR unboxing video Databar OSCAR Software Binder Kim Garretson interview, extended video version More background on the format Decoding software in python Databar Bar Code Reader patent Expert Typist with Keyboard vs. Eight-year-old with OSCAR Databar ad in Antic magazine Another ad in Antic Databar mention in JACG Atari newsletter Databar article in Enthusiast '99 magazine PC Magazine article about OSCAR

Robert Jaeger, Montezuma's Revenge Robert Jaeger is best known in the Atari community as the programmer of the popular game Montezuma's Revenge, which was published by Parker Brothers in 1984. He also programmed Chomper, published by MMG Micro Software; and Pinhead, published by Robert's own company, Utopia Software. This interview took place on December 2, 2017. Digital Press interview with Robert Montezuma's Revenge group on Facebook AtariMania's list of Robert's games Gary Walton interview Wikipedia on Montezuma's Revenge Google DeepMind AI learns to play Montezuma's Revenge