ANTIC Episode 110 - Are the Grandkids Listening!?

Sep 23, 2024

ANTIC Episode 110 - Are the Grandkids Listening!?

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Kay makes TI users unhappy, VCFMW recap, we drool over an Atari Home Computer Demonstration Center display, we bid farewell to an Atari podcast, and Randy uses a word he wouldn’t want his grandkids to hear…

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Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kay’s Book “Terrible Nerd” 

New Atari books scans at archive.org 

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge 

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge 

Interview index: here 

ANTIC Facebook Page 

AHCS 

Eaten By a Grue 

Next Without For 

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we’ve been up to

• TI Fest West 2017 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/260465-fest-west-2017/page/15/ 

• Kay as Radio Survivor podcast guest about Famous Computer Cafe - Podcast #342 – The Famous Computer Cafe 

• ComputerLand radio commercials:

• https://archive.org/details/ComputerLand_Radio_Commercials 

• https://archive.org/details/ComputerLand_Micro_Minutes_commercials 

• VCFMW - https://vcfmw.org 

• Indus GT drive

• https://atariprojects.org/2021/06/20/purchase-and-install-a-64k-ram-upgrade-for-an-indus-gt-floppy-drive-30-60-mins/ 

• https://atariprojects.org/2021/06/20/run-the-cp-m-operating-system-on-your-atari-8-bit-computer-using-an-upgraded-indus-gt-floppy-drive-30-60-mins/ 

• 10502PC cable - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=157 

• 6502 Software Gourmet Guide & Cookbook by Robert Findley - https://archive.org/details/6502sggac 

• FujiNet-PC and Fujitzee - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-pc/releases 

Recent Interviews

• ANTIC Interview 438 - John Carlsen, Atari Summer Employee - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-438-john-carlsen-atari-summer-intern 

News

• FujiNet update (RAPID 11)

• https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/08/10/fujitzee-fujinet-game-system-gets-new-game/

• https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/08/13/bouncy-fun/

• Atari Calculator/Colleen Calculator information

• https://fosstodon.org/@app4soft/113119855733880407 

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Calculator 

• NotebookLM https://notebooklm.google.com/ 

• Inverse ATASCII update and final episode

• SE8EB1 - Best of/Worst of - https://inverseatascii.info/2024/08/31/s8eb1-best-of-worst-of/ 

• SE8EB2 - https://inverseatascii.info/2024/09/15/s8eb2-summary-announcement/

• Into the Vertical Blank https://intotheverticalblank.com/ 

• (from Philsan) RM 800XL project by @rm_800xl continues. Trademark is now registered and Revive Machines is working on injection molds:

• Revive Machines - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html 

• Trademark - https://t.co/XccGGybXQ1 

• Atari Basics newsletter - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/ 

• XCF12 - https://thingiverse.com/thing:6710517 

• “F-16 Falcon Strike” - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/08/primer-teaser-de-f-16-falcon-strike.html 

• Mention of Atari computer in “It's no longer as simple as hitting the print button” (Bluefield, WV) - https://www.bdtonline.com/opinion/its-no-longer-as-simple-as-hitting-the-print-button/article_a533a3a8-5c1a-11ef-ba19-831e933a50bd.html 

• NUC plus4 - https://ataribits.weebly.com/nucplus4.html 

Upcoming Shows

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

• Tandy Assembly - September 27-29 - Courtyard by Marriott Springfield - Springfield, OH - http://www.tandyassembly.com/ 

• Retro Computer Festival 2024 - November 9-10 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November/ 

• Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we 

• Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub 

YouTube Videos

• Carol Shaw's Road To River Raid - Revealing Gaming's History - Game Informer - https://archive.org/details/youtube-1OcT5zJzVV0 

• 90 Minutes With Atari CEO Wade Rosen | All Things Nintendo - https://archive.org/details/youtube-yn8GTA4HMCU 

• Decent USB Host: USB, Wifi and Bluetooth on Atari 8-bit computers - Screaming at the Radio! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgaEhkeXd_A 

• Santosp Atari XE Remake Motherboard Build Part 1 - flashjazzcat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUMweiI8sOU 

• Atari 8-Bit Series: Part 7: 410 Program Recorder - 8 Bit Milli - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvqy997uL84 

• 1090XL Video With New Cards - reifsnyderb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDsrE2A81y4 

• Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9iqF5uTFk 

New at Archive.org 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-february-1989-vol-9-num-2-atari-articles 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-july-1984-vol-4-num-7-atari-articles 

• https://archive.org/details/alog-pagewriter 

• https://archive.org/details/portland-atari-club-computer-news-january-1988 

• https://archive.org/details/portland-atari-club-computer-news-august-1988 

• https://archive.org/details/portland-atari-club-computer-news-april-1988 

• https://archive.org/details/atari-roots-rev-2-r-1

• Computer studio catalog at SDH Feniks - Warsaw - https://archive.org/details/fhkd_katalog_feniks_warszawa_zelazna_32_

Github

• https://github.com/snorklerjoe/atari8-ham-terminal

• https://github.com/BartGo/forth-atari

• https://github.com/stefanschramm/retroload

• https://github.com/mwenge/attackofthemutantcamels

• https://github.com/ivop/8x8-fonts