Jul 30, 2025
ANTIC Episode 119 - Special Guest Joe Decuir
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer
Podcast… Joe Decuir, one of the fathers of the Atari 400/800, joins
us for a super-interesting discussion of what he’s working on and
the current Atari news…
READY!
Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
Interview index: here
What we’ve been up to
Fluxxing Robert Moore Hybrid Arts disks, getting them to https://www.a8preservation.com
Best Electronics - https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/
Scan of JACG Newsletter Volume 5, No. 12 (Aug. 1986) - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-aug-vol-5-no-12
Scan of JACG Newsletter Volume 6, No. 1 (Sep. 1986) - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-sep-vol-6-no-1
ABBUC - https://www.abbuc.de
News
Compute’s Gazette relaunch - https://www.computesgazette.com/
C64 Ultimate - https://www.commodore.net/
Adding Fujinet support to Atari800MacX - Paulo Garcia - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382899-adding-fujinet-support-to-atari800macx/
FastBasic Debugger Extension for VSCode - Eric Carr - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351055-fastbasic-debugger-extension-for-vscode/#findComment-5684231
DecentCart - Screaming at the Radio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-sEndb4mEI
Atari SIO Peripheral Emulator for Flipper Zero:
1090XL remake housing - fokaszalot:
Chat64 for Atari 800XL:
August AtariBasics newsletter from John Zielke - https://ataribasics.com/
Can you help get clean disassemblies to get more FujiNet HighScoreEnabled games? - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383141-can-you-help-get-clean-disassemblies-to-get-more-fujinet-highscoreenabled-games
Upcoming Shows
Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se
VCF West - August 1-2 - Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/2025/03/05/vcf-west-2025-save-the-date/
Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/
VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/
Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/
Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html
Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/
Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub
YouTube Videos
Atari Expo at CCCL25 - CmosGames - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwgK88ztkDA
Ultimate 1MB 2K25 Revised and XEGS modding missteps - FlashJazzCat:
A close look at the 'U1MB 2K5 Revised' - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=56
1980s stock footage of ATARI at Silicon Valley - KinoLibrary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ9KgWlaHe8
The Atari User’s Encyclopedia by Jerry White and Gary Phillips - Vintage Gaming Memories:
Atari800MacX with FujiNet PC - Atari BBS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIjw1pTJ_HU