Jun 19, 2016
Steve Cavin: Minotaur, Juggles' House, Juggles' Rainbow
Steve Cavin started at Cromenco where he built computer kits and tested hardware. Later he wrote several programs for the Atari 8-bit computers: Minotaur, which was published by Atari Program Exchange — it first appeared in the fall 1981 APX catalog; and the...
Jun 17, 2016
Neil Harris: Commodore, Atari, GEnie
Neil Harris started at Commodore as a member of the VIC-20 launch team, then continued to be a writer, programmer, and product manager there. He moved to Atari, where he was from 1984 to 1988. There he was hardware products manager, director of communications, and director of...
Jun 15, 2016
Jay Jaeger, APX Space War
Jay Jaeger released one program for the Atari computers: Space War, which was published by Atari Program Exchange. It appeared in the fall 1983 APX catalog.
This interview took place on March 16, 2016.
Teaser quote:
"It took a couple revisions back and forth. The program was fine; getting the...
Jun 13, 2016
Joel Gluck: Babel, Attank!, Pushover, Fun-FORTH
Joel Gluck published four programs through Atari Program Exchange: Babel, Attank!, Pushover, and Fun-FORTH. The first, Babel, was published when he was just 16 years old. He later worked at Atari's corporate research under Alan Kay. He also wrote a few articles for...
Jun 11, 2016
Ted Kahn, Atari Institute for Educational Action Research
Ted Kahn was creator of the Atari Institute for Educational Action Research, which awarded major grants of Atari home computer products, and consulting services to individuals, schools, and non-profit organizations. The group granted more than $1.25 million in...