May 13, 2020
Rik Dickinson, Encore Video Productions
Rik Dickinson is founder of Encore Video Productions, a company
that rented Atari 8-bit computers to hotels for use as character
generators. The computers would show information about the hotel on
channel 2 of guests' televisions. This was part of a service that
Encore offered to...
May 10, 2020
ANTIC Episode 67 - Still Socially Distant
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast...Randy forgets to call the artist, formerly known as Kevin, as Kay about 100 times, we continue discussion on AtariFests and World of Atari, we help you with your free time by telling you about papercraft computers and...
May 3, 2020
Youth Advisory Board: Tracey Cullinan
This is the seventh in a series of episodes featuring the kids of
Atari's Youth Advisory Board. In 1983, Atari formed a Youth
Advisory Board, selecting teenagers from around the United States
to share their opinions about computers and video games, test
software, and promote...
Apr 26, 2020
Atari Speed Reading: Karlyn Kamm and Brad
Oltrogge
The Atari Speed Reading software package was released by Atari in
1981. It was a self-paced program, for use with the Atari computer
and a cassette drive, that promised to teach you to increase
reading speed and comprehension with 30 days of practice. The
package...
Apr 17, 2020
Gabriel Baum: Atari Conversational French and
Spanish
Gabriel Baum worked at Thorn EMI, where he managed the project to
create two early language learning programs that were published by
Atari: Conversational French and Conversational Spanish. (Atari's
language learning series would also include Conversational
German...