Jan 20, 2015
On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast:
We debrief on the current state of atari retail
Kevin delves into the best and worst Atari 8-bit magazines
We learn how to stuff a raspberry pi into a miniature, 3-D printed 800XL
We try -- and fail to -- avoid becoming bird food
Links mentioned in this episode:
Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
the Atlanta Historical Computing Society
What
We’ve Been Up To
Commercial that advertises the Smurf Power Cycle
FOIA Request for Activision/Infocom
News
HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY, GAMING PC
Washington Post talks about an early attempt of Atari’s at fitness
Atari 7800 Game-by-Game Podcast (The No Swear Gamer)
New Atari-8-bit game BIRDFOOD by Mr-Atari
Creating a Commodore 64 Emulator in GameMaker
Lotharek sio2pc -USB at AtariAge
Lotharek sio2pc -USB at lotharek.pl
New Atari emulator for Android
Charles Mangin 3d-printed Atari 800XL that fits Raspberry PI computer
cancer fighting nanobots are as powerful as an Atari 800?
8-bit networking discussion for VCF East X (10)
New at archive.org
Computer Palace Spring 1984 Catalog
Atari Claim Jumper Development Notebook
Big news: in-browser DOS emulation, 2400+ games
Software of the Month - Midi Maze
Midi Maze information at atariprotos.com
Hardware of the Month - Quintopus
Quintopus review at realdos.net
Website of the Month - Google Alerts
Feedback
Atari Age Forum Blog "Out of the Pack" by Kevin Packard
Feature Topic - Atari Magazines
Computer Magazines at Archive.org
Full images of every Antic issue at Archive.org
Episode 3 of Antic interview with publisher of Antic, Jim Capparell
ANALOG Magazine at Archive.org
Episode 4 of Player/Missile interview with Mike DesChenes, co-founder of ANALOG
Atari Magazine info at Player/Missile Podcast page
Closing
Hi guys,
Another very good podcast, as usual!! Keep up the good fun work!
In a past podcast the topic turned to the 830 acoustic modem. You all seemed to forget about the 835 direct connect modem that replaced the 830.
Thanks for the explanation about the sound quality. I understand your difficulties. But the sound is not that bad anymore.
I'm sorry that none of you got to see SideSide Magazine back in the day. The same thing over at Player/Missile, he missed it too. This mag was my main place to learn about my 800 until Antic & Analog came out. Later Softside only got better. The type-ins and later disk software was top quality. They were well documented so you could really learn what was going on in the code. Instruction and review articles where very well done too. Also, this is the one major magazine not on the atarimagazines.com site. I have a zip file of all issues scanned, all software ready to run, and many other extras that came with a SoftSide subscription.
Sorry this is getting long.
I think it is Kevin that does all to uploading to Archives.org? Could you also upload to AtariMainia? Archives.org is a bitch to F_#^&ing navigate in!! AtariMania is much easier to use.
The interviews with Best, B&C, AtariSales were great! I pick my Atari stuff direct from Brad's office when I buy from him. I work a few blocks away. The interview reflects just the way he is. When all these guys want to retire, it would great if one group of us were to buy out all 3, put all the stock in one place, do a thorough inventory, and build a good website to sell it.
Take care guys!
ATARI FOREVER!!!
One cool thing about Hi-res is that Leo Laporte used to do Atari 800 game reviews in the magazine.