ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

ANTIC Interview 446 - Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine

Nov 30, 2024

Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine

Mary Eisenhart was editor of MicroTimes magazine, a free, advertising-supported magazine that was distributed in California. The first issue was May 1984, and Mary remained at the magazine until 1998, producing more than 180 issues. MicroTimes provided interviews, computer industry...

ANTIC Episode 112 - Keeping Warm with Sweaters and Hot Sauce

Nov 26, 2024

ANTIC Episode 112

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have several Christmas ideas for you, we tell you about projects that would allow creating a new reproduction Atari 800XL, and we wet our appetites for the current Atari’s hot sauce while wearing their ugly Christmas sweater …

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ANTIC Interview 445 - Vince Cate, The Critical Connection

Nov 22, 2024

Vince Cate, The Critical Connection

In my last interview, I talked with the creator of SIO2PC, which let Atari users use a DOS computer as its disk drive and printer. This interview is with the creator a product which - six years earlier - let Atari users use a CP/M computer as its disk drive and printer (and...

ANTIC Interview 444 - Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and ATR

Nov 15, 2024

Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and the ATR File Format

Nick Kennedy is the creator of SIO2PC, the hardware and software combination that allowed Atari 8-bit computer users to use a PC as a peripheral. In 1989, this was unprecedented, a new way to connect the little Atari to the bigger world, to the (relatively) massive storage...

ANTIC Interview 443 - Rick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine

Nov 8, 2024

Rick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine's 8-bit Editor

Rick Reaser was the 8-bit Editor of Current Notes Magazine, a popular magazine dedicated to the Atari computers. He began in 1992, and wrote a column called 8-Bit Tidbits. Rick used his Atari 8-bit computer exclusively through his college years and for programming for...