ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

ANTIC Interview 314 - Randall Lockwood, Choose-A-Pooch

Nov 24, 2017

Randall Lockwood, Choose-A-Pooch

There's an article in the August 1984 issue of Family Computing magazine, by Bill Camarda — Behind The Screens: Family Dog. It's about Choose-A-Pooch, an Atari computer program created by Dr. Randall Lockwood, to help match people with the breed of dog that will work best in...

ANTIC Interview 313 - Frank Schwartz and Richard Lewis, Virtusonics

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Nov 21, 2017

Frank Schwartz and Richard Lewis, Virtusonics

Last last year, I received a batch of Atari disks. One of the disks was labeled Virtuoso Play Mode Sampler — a music demonstration disk from Virtusonics, a company I had never heard of.

Thanks to some old articles in Antic magazine, I learned a bit about the product...

ANTIC Interview 312 - Paul Wehner, APX Saratoga

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Nov 18, 2017

Paul Wehner, APX Saratoga

Paul Wehner created one program for the Atari 8-bit computer, Saratoga, which was published by Atari Program Exchange. The American revolutionary war game first appeared in the fall 1983 APX catalog, where it won second prize in the Entertainment category.

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ANTIC Interview 311 - Alan Reeve, Reeve Software

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Nov 15, 2017

Alan Reeve, Reeve Software

Alan Reeve is the founder of Reeve Software, a company that stated in 1984, creating software for the Atari 8-bit computers. Reeve Software published a variety of applications including Diamond GOS, News Station and News Station Companion, Publishing Pro, The Business Manager, and Diamond...

ANTIC Episode 47 - Artificially Intelligent?

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Nov 12, 2017

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: The artificial intelligence that acts as the hosts of the show laments the lack of Atari goodness this month. Nir Dary avails us of his world travels, this time to the ABBUC meeting. Plus all the Atari news we could find.

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