ANTIC Episode 98 - Don’t Toss Those Disks!
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We talk about all the feedback we got concerning tossing or copying old non-commercial disks, we discuss the we-hope-it’s-not-vaporware RM800XL 800XL remake, we mention Thom Cherryhomes and FujiNet like 100 times, and all the other news we could find.
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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
Interview index: here
ANTIC Facebook Page
AHCS
Eaten By a Grue
Next Without For
Links for Items Mentioned in Show:
What we’ve been up to
“Apple II Age” by Laine Nooney - https://amzn.to/3BOxbPC
Indy Classic Expo - http://indyclassic.org
8-Bit Classics shop
Jakadapter Dual Atari joystick adapter v2 - http://kair.us/projects/jakadapter/index.html
Happy 1050 from 8-Bit Classics
ATR8000 - https://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n4/ATR8000.html
Brian Snyder (Reifsnyderb) and the 1090XL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318373-1090xl-remake/
Southern AMIS and Atari non-commercial disks - https://www.southernamis.com/
News
RM 800XL:
Home page - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html
Atariage - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350395-new-atari-800xl-revive-machine/#comment-5240788
YouTube video by GenXGrownUp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCv2v08Amnc
Cease and desist tweet - https://twitter.com/atari_bbs/status/1654986930818531328
Bob Smith died:
ANTIC Interview 238 - Bob Smith: Video Pinball; Imagic co-founder; Sleazy Adventure
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obituary-bob-smith-atari-2600-programmer-has-passed-away
https://twitter.com/SeamusBlackley/status/1657795929951571968
FujiNet game server - https://twitter.com/tschak/status/1652819232067837952
Computer Chronicles Revisited, Volume 5 (1987) by S.M. Oliva. - https://archive.org/details/computer-chronicles-revisited-vol-5
8-bit Slicks - https://8bit-slicks.com/
FujiNet presentation from VCF East 2023 by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQn_0nZ3Jo
Leonard Tramiel recent interview - https://hanselminutes.com/892/computing-history-with-atari-and-commodores-leonard-tramiel
Leonard Tramiel interview on Floppy Days - https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-104-interview-with-leonard-tramiel
A8DS - An Atari 8-bit Emulator for the DS/DSi/XL/LL:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/a8ds-an-atari-8-bit-emulator-for-the-ds-dsi-xl-ll.632331/
https://github.com/wavemotion-dave/A8DS
Using a #FujiNet, a SIDE 2 or 3 cart, and an Ultimate 1MB together (Thom Cherryhomes):
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350148-using-a-fujinet-a-side-2-or-3-cart-and-an-ultimate1mb-together/
https://youtu.be/4mxJsTGNoGo
PAS6502 - https://syntaxerrorsoftware.itch.io/pas6502
ABBUC hardware and software contests 2023:
https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/hardware-competition/
https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/software-competition/
Atari XL/XE font maker for PC - https://github.com/matosimi/atari-fontmaker
Inertia, new game for Atari 8-bit computers converted from 1990 original BBC Micro game - https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=8440
Fast BASIC starter project - Eric Carr - https://github.com/EricCarrGH/fastbasic-starterproject
Upcoming Shows
The 64 bits or less Retro Gaming Festival - June 3-4 - Benton County Fairgrounds in Corvallis, Oregon (sponsored by the PortlandRetro Gaming Expo) - https://www.64bitsorless.com/
Boatfest Vintage Computer Exposition - June 23-25 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info
VCF Southwest - June 23-25 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX - http://vcfsw.org
KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 18-23, 2023 (in-person), July 29–30, 2023 (virtual) - Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri - https://www.kansasfest.org/
Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 28-30 2023 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/
Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 17-20 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2023-se
Fujiama 2023 - Aug. 30 - Sep. 3 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2023/
VCF Midwest - September 9-10 - Waterford Banquets and Conference Center, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/
Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/
YouTube Videos
Installing Ultimate 1MB in Atari 800XL - Retro Tech Corner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he6RbVR_5nw
Atari Reimagined! - This Week In Retro 122 - This Week in Retro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0POBEBrfeg8
Bad Apple!! SV2K18 - a demo for Atari XL/XE with Rapidus by MadTeam (2018) [real HW] (re-upload) - VoyAtari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns8V44pjrRs
ATARI XE/XL - Flashing and testing new OS rev 6.00, 2023, real HW - w1k-atari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEDngCCnQdc
Randy Glover - Jumpman (1983):
Q&A Sac Gamers Expo 2022 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ppmTKIdyc
Kay’s interview - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-171-randy-glover-jumpman
BOULDER DASH: The Complete History - SGR | Retro Gaming Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rYqG3GYvA
New at Archive.org
Computer Entertainer - https://archive.org/details/@gameguy365?query=computer+entertainer
DX Distance and Bearing program for Atari computers - https://archive.org/details/atari-distance-and-bearing
New at Github
Bill Lange:
https://github.com/billlange1968/Killer_Chess
https://github.com/billlange1968/Trails_In_Action
https://github.com/billlange1968/Demon-Birds
https://github.com/ivop/atariterm
Feedback
“Starting Forth” by Leo Brodie - https://www.amazon.com/Starting-Forth-Introduction-Professionals-Prentice-Hall/dp/0138430799/
The SLCC Atari club - meeting weekly on Zoom, and monthly in person at the San Leandro Library - https://slcc.wdgeo.com/
ANTIC Episode 109 - Host Wars
ANTIC Episode 108 - Randys Eyes Are Bleeding!
ANTIC Interview 437 - Kristina Hooper Woolsey, Atari Research Labs and Apple Multimedia Labs
ANTIC Episode 107 - 4 Times!
ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, Do you ever sleep?
ANTIC Episode 105 - Secret Club Meeting with Andy Diller
ANTIC Episode 104 - You’re Gonna Label Me a Failure
ANTIC Interview 436 - Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile
ANTIC Episode 103 - POKEY The Atari Guru
ANTIC Episode 102 - Randy, You Used to be a Nice Guy!
ANTIC Interview 435 - Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman - Logo
ANTIC Episode 101 - The Pronunciation Episode
ANTIC Episode 100 - 100th Show!!! (or is it 4?)
ANTIC Episode 99 - 10-Year ANTICversary!
ANTIC Episode 97 - Don't go to the Commodore Show!
ANTIC Episode 96 - Atari Dreams
ANTIC Episode 95 - Party at Brad's House!
ANTIC Episode 94 - Are we just a chat bot?
ANTIC Episode 93 - All FujiNet, All The Time
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