Dan Reinhart published one program for the Atari 8-bit
computers: Yahtman, a Yahtzee-style game that was published by
Atari Program Exchange. Yahtman first appeared in the winter
1982-1983 APX catalog.
This interview took place on August 28, 2017. In it, we
discuss Paul Cubbage, whom I...
This interview is with David Seuss, co-founder of Spinnaker
Software. Spinnaker was one of the first companies to focus
exclusively on educational software. Spinnaker's software line-up
included Snooper Troops, Delta Drawing, FaceMaker, Adventure
Creator, In Search of the...
Hal Glicksman was head of the book division at Datamost.
In two years from 1982 to 1984, Datamost was one of largest
publishers of computer books. In 1983 alone, Datamost published
over 40 titles and shipped 100,000 books per month. Their Atari
books included Atari Roots, Kids and the Atari,...
Lee Konowe was founder of American Software Club, a mail-order
software company. American Software Club sold software for CP/M,
Atari 8-bit, TRS-80, Apple II, IBM PC, Commodore 64, and other
platforms. It started out with a sort of Columbia House "software
of the month" model, where...
Patricia Mitchell started at Thorn EMI in 1981. She
worked in the home computer software division, evaluating software
that had been submitted by programmers.
Thorn EMI published many games for the Atari 8-bit computers,
including River Rescue, Carnival Massacre, Orc Attack,...