ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast: Brad gets mad about Kevin’s swap meet finds We discuss the release of source code for Action!, BASIC XL, and Star Raiders ROB (Player/Missile Podcast) fills us in about Atari emulation on the Android Brad gives a technical overview of the Atari 400 and 800 machines Randy tells you everything you ever wanted to know about Atari BASIC but was afraid to ask and we discuss the release of thousands of Atari program screenshots Links mentioned in this episode: Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevins Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge the Atlanta Historical Computing Society What We’ve Been Up To Assembly Lines the Complete Book by Roger Wagner Antic Magazine FBI FOIA Response ANALOG Computing FBI FOIA Response STart Magazine FBI FOIA Response Texas Instruments FBI FOIA Response Stimulating Simulations (Atari Version) by C.W. Engel Midi-Maze software at AtariMania Midi-Maze cartridge from Lance Ringquist, Video 61 & Atari Sales Midi-Mates from Bruce Carso, B&C ComputerVision Atari networking cartridge from Dan Winslow and Mark Dusko History of Personal Computing Podcast. Topic: The Atari 400/800 News VCFSE 3.0 Atari Party KansasFest VCF East X Midwest Gaming Classic Atari User Action! Code Released Discussion Action! Code OSS Basic XL 1.02 Source Code Atari Personal Finance Management System (1981) - complete with software, manuals 2015 10-line BASIC contest Follow-up to RetroChallenge 2015/01 Functional demo of GOS graphic multi-tasking OS New “Atari Antics” newspaper - Michael Allard Issue 4 of Pro(c) available in English Chimera+ The source code behind microsoft basic for 6502 comes to light new season of High Score Club on AtariAge repository dedicated to reverse engineering the classic 1979 game Star Raiders The Classic-Gaming Bookcast New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/AtariStockCharting (Wade at Inverse ATASCII) Old Best Electronics catalog Lots of new additions of the Atari 8-bit Computer Manuals section - 384 items (from Alpha Shield to Zorro) https://archive.org/details/DeReAtari_Alternate_Early_Version 4,500 Atari 8-bit screenshots 2,170 more screenshots - from Atari 800 Best Game Pack Advanced Programming Techniques For Your Atari Including Graphics & Voice Programs By Linda M. Schreiber (programs) https://archive.org/details/AtariPascalLangaugeSystemManual https://archive.org/details/Atari_Pilot_External_Specification_Revision-E https://archive.org/details/Atari_News_Bits_Number_1 https://archive.org/details/Atari_News_Bits_Number_2 https://archive.org/details/AtariAssemblerEditorCartridgeManualErrata https://archive.org/details/AtariComputerCampsLogo https://archive.org/details/AtariChristmas1981 Stone Oakvalley Music Collection (C64 and Amiga music) Feature Topic - Atari Hardware “In-Depth” (Brad) highly detailed document on the internal workings of the Atari 8-bit being created by Avery Lee (Phaeron) Your Atari Computer (YAC) http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/CTIA_and_GTIA http://www.ataripreservation.org/websites/freddy.offenga/megazine/ISSUE5-PALNTSC.html http://www.retromicro.com/files/atari/8bit/antic.pdf http://www.retromicro.com/files/atari/8bit/gtia.pdf http://www.atariarchives.org/dere/chapt02.php The Atari 8-Bit FAQ by Michael Current http://atariage.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_id=379120 Atari Emulation on Android (Rob at Player/Missile) episode 16 of Antic, Atari emulation on iOS by Chris Olsen Rob’s website Colleen emulator in the Play store Atari OS ROMS Planetary Defense Programming Language Segment - Atari BASIC (Randy) Atari BASIC Source Book Atari BASIC Reference Manual Atari BASIC A Self Teaching Guide Inside Atari BASIC (PDF) De Re Atari http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_BASIC Interview with Paul Laughton for ANTIC Interview #1 Interview with Bill Wilkinson for ANTIC Interview #7 Feedback article about WAACE and Current Notes from Antic Magazine

Lee Pappas was co-founder of A.N.A.L.O.G Magazine, which was the first magazine about Atari computers, and (along with Antic) one of the big two Atari magazines in the United States. LINKS Picture of Lee with Crash Dive original art Lee Pappas on Twitter Lee Pappas' A.N.A.L.O.G. photo archive Newspaper scans of early interviews with the founders Mike DesChenes interview at Player Missile Podcast A.N.A.L.O.G. page scans at archive.org A.N.A.L.O.G. full text at AtariMagazines.com Play Buried Bucks ANALOG Computing FBI FOIA Response

Gardner Pomper was president and co-founder of Games Computers Play. Games Computers Play was almost certainly the first graphical online service (except for maybe PLATO, depending on how you're counting). It was devoted exclusively to interactive, multi-player games, and it was only for Atari computers. You probably didn't get a chance to use Games Computers Play -- it only managed to get about 1,000 subscribers at its peak. But you may have seen the colorful, enticing advertisement that they ran in the Atari magazines, or read the article about the service in Antic magazine.A word about the source code mentioned in the interview: they haven’t found it yet, but they believe they have it and are still looking. we’ll let you know here if and when they uncover it.This interview took place January 28, 2015 over Skype.LINKSAntic Magazine article about GCPGames Computers Play Magazine adAtariAge discussion about GCP

Hello, welcome to this interview-only episode of Antic, the Atari 8-bit podcast. I am Randy Kindig, one of the hosts of the podcast, and this interview is with Sal Esquivel, also known as KJMANN on AtariAge. Sal has been very involved in the Atari community and owns a company by the name of Atlantis Games Group out of Portland, Oregon that produces software for the 8-bits. That software includes games like Outrun, Venture, Tempest Xtreem and others, which are sold through Video 61 & Atari Sales by Lance Ringquist. Sal also sells some 8-bit hardware upgrades and used to run a store called KJMANN’s Atari Sales & Service. I hope you enjoy it and please write in to antic@ataripodcast.com and let us know what you think. Atlantis Games Group Video 61 and Atari Sales

This is a different sort of interview. Kevin talked to three old friends reminiscing about their Atari days. Those friends are Dean Wittmann, Max Derhak and Dean Derhak (Max and Dean are brothers.) These guys were best friends, Atari pals living in Salt Lake City, Utah area going to Atari computer club meetings, cracking programs, and running a BBS. This interview was conducted on September 27, 2014 over Skype. Links: Encore video system for hotels - AtariAge discussion Picture of the "Atari Computer Enthusiast" t-shirt Back of the shirt, all three interviewees Adam-Trace, Max Derhak's genealogy program

Sometimes fun to talk to CEOs, and sometimes fun to talk to the people in the trenches. This is an interview from the trenches. Kent Smith was an Atari customer service/technical support rep for the Atari 400/800 from 1982-1984. I interviewed him on September 19, 2014 via Skype. The videotape that he mentions at the end of the interview -- you'll want to watch that too, for a look at life in some of the Atari offices around Christmas 1981, which has never been on the Internet until now. Kent sent it to me, and I posted it to Archive.org. Link: Atari Christmas 1981 Video

Hello and welcome to Antic the Atari 8-bit podcast. My name is Randy Kindig and this is a special interview-only episode of Antic. This interview is with Chuck Peavey, who worked on games for the Atari 8-bit computer like Blue Max, Lode Runner, Fight Night, One on One Basketball, Panther, Ace of Aces, and Dark Chamber. We had a great conversation about his days programming the Atari and I hope you enjoy it. This interview was recorded via Skype on October 4, 2014. links: Universal Net Chuck’s Environmental Journal Green Certified Business Atari Gamer Magazine with Chuck Peavey interview and review of Panther Atari User Magazine (Issue 27) with review of Panther Retro Gamer #132 - Chuck interviewed about the 7800 in the 30-year retrospective Dark Chambers Panther

Ihor Wolosenko was co-founder of Synapse software, the company that brought us SynFile and SynCalc, and an amazing list of games including Blue Max, Zeppelin, Fort Apocalypse, Alley Cat and Shamus. And Nautilus, and Rainbow Walker, and Protector II, and others. Kevin interviewed Ihor on December 23, 2014. LINKS Scans of Synapse art Can a Computer Make You Cry (EA ad)

On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast: We debrief on the current state of atari retail Kevin delves into the best and worst Atari 8-bit magazines We learn how to stuff a raspberry pi into a miniature, 3-D printed 800XL We try -- and fail to -- avoid becoming bird food Links mentioned in this episode: Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevins Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge the Atlanta Historical Computing Society What We’ve Been Up To FOIA Request for Coleco Commercial that advertises the Smurf Power Cycle FOIA Request for Imagic FOIA Request for Activision/Infocom Dungeon Hunt game News RetroChallenge 2015/01 HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY, GAMING PC Washington Post talks about an early attempt of Atari’s at fitness RAM 320XE/576 Atari 7800 Game-by-Game Podcast (The No Swear Gamer) The No Swear Gamer Facebook The No Swear Gamer Twitter The Silly Venture 2014 Cyberpunk by LAMERS (YouTube) New Atari-8-bit game BIRDFOOD by Mr-Atari Creating a Commodore 64 Emulator in GameMaker Lotharek sio2pc -USB at AtariAge Lotharek sio2pc -USB at lotharek.pl New Atari emulator for Android Charles Mangin 3d-printed Atari 800XL that fits Raspberry PI computer cancer fighting nanobots are as powerful as an Atari 800? MARCH yahoo group 8-bit networking discussion for VCF East X (10) New at archive.org Computer Palace Spring 1984 Catalog APX Catalog Winter 1981 APX Catalog Fall 1981 APX Catalog Summer 1981 World of Atari Las Vegas 1998 Atari Claim Jumper Development Notebook Big news: in-browser DOS emulation, 2400+ games Software of the Month - Midi Maze Midi Maze information at atariprotos.com Midi Maze at Wikipedia Midi Maze at AtariMania Hardware of the Month - Quintopus Quintopus review at realdos.net Website of the Month - Google Alerts Google Alerts Feedback Atari Age Forum Blog "Out of the Pack" by Kevin Packard Feature Topic - Atari Magazines AtariMagazines.com Computer Magazines at Archive.org Atari Magazines at AtariMania Full images of every Antic issue at Archive.org Episode 3 of Antic interview with publisher of Antic, Jim Capparell ANALOG Magazine at Archive.org Episode 4 of Player/Missile interview with Mike DesChenes, co-founder of ANALOG Hi-Res Magazine Atari Classics Atari Explorer ROM Atari User (UK) Page 6/New Atari User Input/Output Softside Magazine Atari User (Current) Pro(c) Magazine Atari Magazine info at Player/Missile Podcast page Closing Atari SAP Music Archive Audio Overload

Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of Antic, the Atari 8-bit computer podcast. My name is Randy Kindig and I’ll be conducting the interview for this show. The interview is with Paul Westphal, a much more recent Atari vendor than Brad Koda, Bruce Carso, or Lance Rinquist that I’ve recently interviewed. Paul not only offers some hardware and software but also offers service, which is hard to come by these days. Paul is located in Portland, Oregon and the interview was conducted on November 8, 2014. Links: Paul's Eight Bit Fix Website