ANTIC Episode 76 - The Bill Kendrick Show

Mar 28, 2021

ANTIC Episode 76 - The Bill Kendrick Show

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Bill Kendrick gets more mentions than when he’s on the show, Kay discovers he owns more Atari disk drives than the rest of the Atari community combined, and we discuss all the news rocking the Atari 8-bit world.

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Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kevin’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 

What We’ve Been Up To

• Worms? Source code archiving - https://github.com/savetz/worms 
• Atari Speed Reading Receipts - https://archive.org/details/atari-speed-reading-receipts 

News 

• 800XL PCB remake:
• • https://ezcontents.org/atari-800xl-pcb-soldering-and-troubleshooting
  • https://ezcontents.org/atari-800xl-bill-materials-bom
  • https://ezcontents.org/atari-800xl-pcb-remake
• ATasm, a command-line based 6502 cross-assembler that's compatible with OSS's 1982 "Mac/65" macroassembler:
• • SourceForge page - https://sourceforge.net/projects/atasm/ 
  • The documentation - https://sourceforge.net/p/atasm/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/atasm.txt#l54 
• Atari Projects - Jason Moore does it again! - http://atariprojects.org/ 
• • Learn about Vertical Blank Interrupts in BASIC for Atari 8-Bit Computers (30-60 mins)
  • Read “How Atari took on Apple in the 1980s home PC wars” by Benj Edwards (5-10 mins) 
• Atari Flashback X with Atari Computer Games - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2021/03/pack-con-mas-de-130-juegos-para-consola.html
• Paul Nicholls’ Coded Snippets Cookbook - 6502 edition - https://syntaxerrorsoftware.itch.io/code-snippets-cookbook-6502-edition 
• Atari Giant - http://atarigiant.com/ - Web site store that caters to Atari 8-bit 
• Pro(c) issue 15 - https://proc-atari.de/en/proc-atari-magazine/proc-atari-issue-15-softcover-book-edition 
• USB Keyboard Interface available from Lotharek - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=311 
• Belts for 1050 - https://console5.com/store/fabric-reinforced-belt-for-atari-1050-tandon-tm100-4p-floppy-drive.html 
• Atari Compendium Website - Mostly 2600, with a smattering of computer - http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/controllers/controllers.html 
• Gem Drop Deluxe - Bill Kendrick - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/gemdrop_deluxe/ 

Shows

• Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
• • VCFSE August 20-22 http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/ 
  • KansasFest July 23-24 https://www.kansasfest.org ; virtual event 
  • PRGE - cancelled 
  • August 7 & 8, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival West 2021 (VCF West) 
  • October 8, 9, 10, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival East 2021 (VCF East) 
• Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8 
• Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ 
• Event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/ 

YouTube videos this month

• The real fight Atari versus Commodore - IT Guy in Action - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFhAX9gijXY 
• Atari 800 - Part 2 - Replacing Electrolytic Capacitors - ShadowTron Blog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-dgDZ4MJYM 
• NEW IMPROVED VERSION EN Atari 8-bit emulator (Atari800 emulator) - IT Guy in Action - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoONYg8Yehs 
• Gem Drop Deluxe! (Atari 800) - ArcadeUSA (William Culver) - Programmed by Bill Kendrick - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SNvh88SiW4 
• Also Gem Drop Deluxe! video by Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HBQOjnBKu8 
• Gem Drop Deluxe! blog by Bill Kendrick - http://newbreedsoftware.com/gemdrop_deluxe/?fbclid=IwAR3VrwTV4-XAVd-S1exD5EiDdMhy0CQtRZIWBH8oqkfGqTVUJzWva3aE94M 
• Quarter Express - 256 bytes intro for Atari XL/XE by Ilmenit / Agenda - For Lovebyte party 2021, "Low-End 256 byte intro compo" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UKnPHhKaFg 
• Atari 800 XL Lite Rally Motorcycle racing game - The Modern Atari 8bit Computer (Nir Dary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnG43ooEHtE 

New at Archive.org

• Pigeons at Internet Archive Scholar. Several researchers tested pigeons' perception and visual ability using Atari 800 computers. A dozen papers dated 1983-1993 - https://scholar.archive.org/search?q=%22atari+800%22+pigeons&sort_order=time_desc 
• Atari HQ Archive #1 -  https://archive.org/details/atari-hq-archive-1 
• Allan Bushman:
• • Your First Atari Program by Rodnay Zaks https://archive.org/details/your-first-atari-program-rodnay-zaks
  • Software Merchandising magazine, January, 1983 https://archive.org/details/software-merchandising-january-1983/
  • Current Notes magazines 1994-1995 https://archive.org/details/current-notes-volume-15-number-1-january-february-1995
  • Portland Atari Club newsletters 1994-1995 https://archive.org/details/portland-atari-club-january-1985 
  • Adventure International's Airline manual https://archive.org/details/airline-adventure-international/page/n19/mode/2up 

Commercial

• Touch Me By Atari (Commercial, 1979) - https://archive.org/details/touch-me-by-atari-commercial-1979 

New at Github 

• Atari 800 Soundbox https://github.com/zbyti/atari800-soundbox 
• ATARI XE Replacement Keyboard https://github.com/gianlucarenzi/A130KB_MX 
• XEGS-DS https://github.com/wavemotion-dave/XEGS-DS 
• • Also A5200DS https://github.com/wavemotion-dave/A5200DS
• Atari800-Display-Lists https://github.com/pedromagician/Atari800-Display-Lists 
• Atari 1090XL expansion box remake https://github.com/kenames99/1090
• Atari800-benchmarks https://github.com/pedromagician/Atari800-benchmarks
• Micview https://github.com/tschak909/micview
• Turbo Decoder https://github.com/baktragh/turbodecoder
• MidiJoy https://github.com/fredlcore/MidiJoy 
• USB_to_RS232 Connector https://github.com/pjones1063/USB_to_RS232#usb_to_rs232-connector-usbmodem 

Listener Feedback 

• Vegas 1988 World of Atari show - https://archive.org/details/WorldOfAtariConventionLasVegas1998/ 

Closing

• END OF SHOW MUSIC: Donnie Iris and the Cruisers - Do You Compute? (1983) - music video featuring an Atari 1200XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Rjyu_4HzI