Jan 4, 2025
ANTIC Episode 113 - Feeling Fancy!
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… The clear case Kickstarter doesn’t make it, lots of FujiNet news, and we end the year 2024 with a bang by bringing you all the rest of the Atari news; all while Kay is feeling fancy…
READY!
Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
Interview index: here
Links for Items Mentioned in Show:
What we’ve been up to
FASTBASIC on Mac - (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger)
10-liner option of FASTBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic/blob/master/compiler/USAGE.md#passing-options-to-the-compiler
Finished archiving Lee Pappas’ disks!! - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378256-lee-pappas-analog-disks-treasure-hunt/
Eaten by a Grue is back - https://monsterfeet.com/grue/notes/56
Kay TODO - https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/12/26/altirra-arm-and-sequoia/
https://www.smoliva.blog/post/friend-of-the-blog-006-kay-savetz-antic-hybrid-arts/
Keeping Up With Atari: Neoliberal Expectations in Early Electronics Advertising - https://tmgonline.nl/articles/10.18146/tmg.847
keyboard to replace domes on 130XE - https://amzn.to/4i10QZz
News
Clearcase Kickstarter update - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seethruit/injection-molded-clear-case-for-atari-800xl-computer
SpartaDOS 4.50 update - https://sdx.atari8.info/index.php?show=en_download_release
RM800XL update (from Philsan) with images:
Philsan post - https://mastodon.world/@Philsan/113627289787765526
RM 800XL site - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html
FujiNet news:
FujiNet RAPID 13 (2024 wrap-up) and RAPID 12 by Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/rapid/
FujiNet news substack by Brian Cox - https://fujinews.substack.com/
Video by The VintNerd and Brian Cox on FujiNet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XcsSznKbTs
Atari FujiNet User's and Programmer's Guide (First Draft) - Thomas Cherryhomes - https://fujinet.online/2024/12/31/early-draft-of-fujinet-users-manual-for-atari-users-0-0-2/
Atari Party East 2024 update from Andy Diller (Photos):
Atari 1200XL-1MB, Solder-Less 1088K SRAM-Based Memory Replacement Board by MyTek - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378131-atari-1200xl-1mb-solder-less-1088k-sram-based-memory-replacement-board/
The Joy of Sticks article in ROMchip Journal https://www.romchip.org/index.php/romchip-journal/article/view/204
Altirra V4.30 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378003-altirra-430-released/
ABBUC Magazine 159 - http://www.abbuc.de
Bubble-Bobble for the Atari 8-bit released - https://vega.atari.pl/main-page/bubble-bobble/
Via Bill Lange on bluesky: “Playing "Kaiser", a pretty version of "Hammurabi" or "Kingdom" on the Atari 8-bit. I translated most of the German to English here” - https://github.com/billlange1968/Kaiser/wiki
“Archer Maclean’s DropZone returns with 40th Anniversary Edition landing this December” - https://www.flickeringmyth.com/archer-macleans-dropzone-returns-with-40th-anniversary-edition-landing-this-december/
Upcoming Shows
Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 15-17, 2025 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com
Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/
VCF East - April 4-6, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org
Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 12-13 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/
SFGE / VCFSE - June 20-22 Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/
Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/
Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub
YouTube Videos
How Atari 8-Bit Computers Work - The 8-Bit Guy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDAZAgrzNoo
Bubble Bobble:
Saberman RetroNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXo462Es-lg
Atari 8-bits Forever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dZcJqTdIlk
CCA - Atari 8Bit Demoscene - 48k to 128k - The 400 Mini - Exploring Demos - CoffeeCupArcade - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ury9fxpwOvk
Seven Amazing New Atari 8-Bit Games including Bubble Bobble & Time Wizard Deluxe Edition! - ZeroPage Homebrews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P-6zzDZpHg
Silly Trip Demo for the Atari XL/XE PAL, 64kb and single POKEY by Desire - Heaven6502 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUEMvTSUEkE
The Best *#@! Christmas Ever: An Atari 8-bit Journey Into The Vertical Blank - Into the Vertical Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9YfsN51kO0
Atari 2024 Recap video - https://youtu.be/J6PqOM9pXrA
Al Alcorn presents "Early Days of Atari" Lecture @ Museum of American Heritage (August 22) - https://youtu.be/0fnMoMb32ak?si=S_PxYEzDJfemcaFs
6502 coding on Atari - Ellyse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfK78h8cvrQ
New at Archive.org