ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Kevin’s interview with Dave Small. Dave was half of the prolific writing and software team Dave and Sandy Small. He wrote the Outpost: Atari column in Creative Computing magazine, and the book Creative Atari. He also wrote for ANALOG, Antic, and Current Notes magazines. He was co-founder of LE Systems, a company that made disk duplicating hardware and the Integrator hard drive interface; and Gadgets By Small. He created Magic Sac and Spectre GCR, emulators that let you run Mac software on the Atari ST. He and Sandy developed a pair of Atari computer games for Boeing to be shown at trade shows, which they described in the Nightmare Mission series in Antic magazine. LINKS Dave’s articles in Antic Dave's articles in Creative Computing Nightmare mission articles: part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 The 1450XLD Is Not Dead article from Creative Computing The Creative Atari Book @ AtariArchives The Creative Atari Book @ Archive.org

Kevin interviews Mark Rustad, Mark worked at Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) where he developed "Classroom Star", classroom networking hardware for the Atari 8-bits -- a product that was not released by Atari. Then he worked at Atari 1983-1984 as Systems Project Leader, where he troubleshooted the DTMF dialing on the Atari 1030 modem. We also talk about Mark’s work with the PLATO educational computer system. LINKS Software provided by Mark Classroom Star mentioned in Creative Computing magazine

Hello, welcome to Antic, the Atari 8-bit podcast. My name is Randy Kindig and this is a special interview-only episode. This is the third in an ongoing series of interviews with the people behind the companies that still provide hardware, software, or service today for our Atari 8-bit computers. The interview is with Lance Ringquist, owner of the Video 61 and Atari Sales Website. Lance has been in business selling Atari items and services for over 30 years and has a lot of great stories to share about his time in this business. I hope you enjoy this interview as much I enjoyed talking with Lance. Please let Lance know you appreciate everything he has done and continues to do for the Atari community. Enjoy! Links: Video 61 and Atari Sales

Hello, welcome to a special interview-only episode of Antic, the Atari 8-bit podcast. This interview is part of the ongoing set of interviews for the holiday season where I talk to many of the people still out there providing hardware, software, and/or support for our favorite computer. This interview is with Bruce Carso, of B&C ComputerVisions. As you will hear during the interview, Bruce has been in the Atari business for 34 years as of the recording of this episode and has many amazing stories to share. Bruce not only has a website where he sells hardware, software and service, but he also has a store on ebay. I hope you find this interview interesting and let Bruce know that you appreciate all he has done and continues to do for the Atari community. Links: B&C ComputerVisions

Kevin interviews Bill Wilkinson, of Optimized Systems Software fame! Links: Bill’s INSIGHT: Atari column in Compute! Magazine INSIDE ATARI DOS book by Bill The development of Atari Basic and Atari DOS, article by Bill

On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast: -Our Atari Holiday Gift Picks - which is apparently now a tradition on our show -Randy’s definitive roundup of virtual drive options -Bill plays three new, award-winning games -and lots of listener feedback about the Atari 850 interface 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 SocietyWhat We’ve Been Up To Terry Stewart's Classic Computers Website Dig Dug variant discussion at AtariAge Another Dig Dug variant discussion at AtariAge FOIA request with the FBI looking for records about Mattel News ABBUC Software Competition results at AtariAge ABBUC Software Competition results at ABBUC “Game Over” movie (dump dig) at XBox Live The Capitalism of Late Archaeology: Alamogordo's Atari Games on Ebay NEW TURBO CARD for ATARI 8bit - RAPIDUS Web version of Preppie WUDSN The!Cart Studio Pro(c) Magazine Issue #3 Available in English New Game "Dungeon Hunt Gold" mention at Retro Gaming Mag "Dungeon Hunt Gold" at AtariAge Atari 8-bit at reddit VCF East 10.0 (VCFeX) APX Authors Guide at Archive.org Atari User Group Packet at Archive.org ValFORTH documentation at Archive.org Atari 8-bit Manuals at Archive.org Internet Arcade at Archive.org Christmas Gift Ideas Under $25 Atari Logo Folio Style Protective Case For Apple Ipad (3rd Generation) Red Atari Keyboard Stickers Atari 800XL Dust Cover Atari Computers For People Pin Button Badge Pro(C) magazine 800XL Mug 3-D printed, 2” Atari 400 5" Logo Sticker $25-$50 Best Electronics Atari CX2 Joystick (5200) Flashback consoles - Atari 2600, Intellivision, or Colecovision Classic USB Joystick Over $50 ATARI GameRoom Neon Light Sign 1980's Atari Video Game cabinet Original Display Case Raspberry Pi inside Atari 65XE USB Technical Topic (Virtual Drive Replacements) SIO2PC/10502PC Dual-USB device SIO2OSX SIOSERVER AspeQt4Mac CF/SD/SIO2PC/SIO2USB Options Comparison SIO2PC/APE (AtariMax) MyIDE II cartridge (AtariMax) SIDE2 cartridge (Lotharek) SIO2SD (Lotharek) Bill’s Modern Segment Dimo's Quest (Atari 8-bit)Dimo's Quest (Amiga) RGB (Fandal)RGB (AtariAge) Nemezyro DownloadNemezyro Blog (English)Nemezyro (AtariAge) Listener Feedback ProComm+ script from Wade Ripkowski ASCII Version of Claim Jumper Source from Dan Boris Joystick Controller/Keyboard Controller hybrid that uses two joystick ports Atari 850 vs P:R: Connection Discussion (Jack Nutting) Closing AD:6502 (Arsantica 2) Atari XL/XE mega demo 128kb PAL by Desire at YouTube

Diane Gaw, Managing editor of A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing Links: A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing magazine at AtariMagazines.com A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing magazine at archive.org Juiced.GS magazine Solatrium House

Welcome to this special, interview-only episode of Antic the Atari 8-bit podcast. This is the first of a few interviews we’re planning to air in the month of December, 2014, leading up to the traditional US holidays of Christmas and New Years. As December tends to be a month where lots of purchases are made, I thought it might be a good idea to talk to each of the remaining Atari dealers in the US and to get their stories. This interview is with Brad Koda, proprietor of Best Electronics, certainly one of THE most popular Atari 8-bit outlets still in existence. Best Electronics is celebrating it’s 30TH year of business this year, which is absolutely amazing! Brad has a lot of stories about what it’s been like over those 30 years, from working closely with Atari in the 80’s & 90’s to what it’s like now. Please enjoy and let Brad know you appreciate what he provides for the Atari community. Links: Best Electronics

Randy interviews a long-time friend of the show, Chris Olson. Chris is an Atari enthusiast from a very early age, as he discusses in this interview. His father taught in the computer camps that Atari used to run in the 80’s. Chris is known as CGOApps in the forums. I hope you enjoy this interview with a general Atari 8-bit fan. Links: Aviation Careers Podcast episode with Chris as a guest (Episode 35, From Computers to the Cockpit) DOS Nostalgia Podcast on flight simulators with Chris as a guest (mentions Atari 8-bit sims such as Flight Simulator II, Solo Flight, F-15 Strike Eagle) Chris’ "Bingo Fuel" iOS Application (iPhone version) Chris’ "Bingo Fuel" iOS Application (iPad version) Rob Hubbard Soundtrack to Atari 8-bit version of Jet Set Willy (YouTube clip) Chris’ Twitter: @CGOApps Chris’ App Blog

On this episode of Antic, the Atari 8-bit PODCAST: We look at the Atari 850 interface, the SIO2SD device, and the right cartridge slot --- we strike out with Alan Alda --- and our friend Gray Chang sends us a care package of amazing previously-unreleased books and software. Also with a great segment by our good friend Bill Kendrick about games converted from the Atari 2600 to the computers. And, a special segment by Chris Olson about Atari 8-bit emulation on IOS. It’s an information-packed episode you won’t want to miss! 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 Atari ITalk II Owners Manual Commodore MOS FBI FOIA Response Halftime Battlin’ Bands record, audio-instructions for CBS Software carts AtariAge Forum - found pre-release versions of Atari documentation Atari Operating System Users Manual November 1980 Atari 400/800 Hardware Manual November 1980 De Re Atari early version Atari Company Store Price List Gray Chang Source code! AtariAge Discussion of Gray Chang source code and printed matter Gray Chang ephemera collection Blue Yeti Microphone Mercenary: Escape from Targ Best Electronics News New Video Game History Museum Being Built Near Dallas MidiJOY Atari 2600-PC-Interface Digitized music demos Digitized Music Demos Discussion on AtariAge SIO2PC/10502PC AtariAge discussion on FTDI chip brickingTHE!CART Website AtariAge Discussion of The!Cart "Classic Atari" book by Jason Morris at iTunes Software Library at archive.org Review Segment - SIO2SD SIO2SD at Lotharek’s Web Site Bill’s Modern Segment "Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System" by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost "Midnight Magic (Atari 2600)" at Wikipedia "Midnight Magic for Atari 800" thread at AtariAge forums Original Atari 2600 Midnight Magic manual at AtariAge Seaquest AtariMania entry "Seaquest for the 800" thread at AtariAge forums Original Atari 2600 Seaquest manual at AtariAge "Stampede new 2600 conversion" thread at AtariAge forums Original Atari 2600 Stampede manual at AtariAge "The Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast", epsiode 52: Stampede & Ice Hockey Atari 8-bit Emulation on IOS by Chris Olson Guide to Atari 8-bit Emulation on IOS Hardware/Software/Website of the Month Atari 8-bit at Reddit Listener Feedback tutorial series on Programming the Atari XL/XE Jay Kint blog post on rediscovering the Atari 8-bits AtariAge link with joystick port pinouts and discussion about controllers Feature Topic - Atari 850 Interface Module Atari 8-bit FAQ 850 Information at Atari Museum "Atari Meets the Real World" by Richard Kushner from Compute!s First Book of Atari 850 Interface Operator’s Manual 850 Interface Technical Manual Closing NEW music from RaphelGoulart using the TriTone GTIA beeper engine