ANTIC Episode 79 - Basically MyTek and Nir

Jun 29, 2021

ANTIC Episode 79 -  Basically MyTek and Nir

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we discuss all the great work that MyTek is doing with Atari hardware (including the 576NUC), Nir Dary surprises all of the hosts with (late/early) Christmas (or birthday) Atari gifts, and Randy gets unmercifully teased about his overuse of the word “basically”.

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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

• Magic Dump! - http://atariprojects.org/2019/02/12/dump-your-atari-computer-screen-to-printer-or-disk-10-15-mins/ 
• CircuitScribe - https://circuitscribe.com/ 
• Monkey Wrench II - http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-monkey-wrench-ii_17608.html 

News 

• MyTek’s 576NUC+ and internal FujiNet!! - https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/myteks-576nuc-atari-computer/products/myteks-576nuc-and-internal-fujinet 
• Latest Atari Projects by Jason Moore - http://atariprojects.org/ 
• • Upgrade an Atari 400 to Composite Video with the Super Color CPU Card (1-2 hours)
  • Read Creative Computing Magazine (30-60 mins)
  • Read the Book “The Creative Atari” (30-60 mins)
  • Upgrade an Atari 400 to 48K of RAM (1-2 hours)
  • Update the Firmware of Your Ultimate 1MB Upgrade for Atari 8-Bit Computers (5-10 mins)
  • Watch Curt Vendel’s Exhibit Presentation at VCF-East (30 mins)
  • Purchase or Download the Atari 8-Bit Programming Reference Book “Mapping the Atari” (5-10 mins)
  • Purchase the Book “Art of Atari” (5-10 mins) - Tim Lapetino
  • Purchase and Install a 64K RAM Upgrade for an Indus GT Floppy Drive (30-60 mins)
  • Run the CP/M Operating System on Your Atari 8-Bit Computer using an Upgraded Indus GT Floppy Drive (30-60 mins)
• Vice article about Best Electronics - https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvkx9/dont-piss-off-bradley-the-parts-seller-keeping-atari-machines-alive 
• Randy’s interview with Brad (interview #5 from 2014!) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-5-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-brad-koda-of-best-electronics 
• Brewing Academy stocks Lotharek items - https://twitter.com/BrewingAcademy/status/1383459449692516352?s=20 
• ABBUC site status - http://abbuc.de 
• Online version of Atari emulator for web browsers: “Good Enough Atari Emulator" is the project of Mariusz "emrk" Kryński (Poland)
• • Article - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2021/06/version-en-linea-de-emulador-atari-para.html 
  • Try it at - https://mrk.sed.pl/bevy-atari/dev/#osrom%3D%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fatarionline.pl%2Futils%2F9.%2520ROM-y%2FSystemy%2520operacyjne%2FAtari%2520OS%2520v2%252083.10.05.rom 
• XEP80-II a new beginning - MyTek - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/322186-xep80-ii-a-new-beginning/ 
• SUPDUP terminal emulator
• • Code and discussion - https://github.com/PDP-10/its/pull/2034 
  • More discussion - https://twitter.com/larsbrinkhoff/status/1404700557286203393?s=21 

Shows

• Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
• • KansasFest July 23-24 https://www.kansasfest.org ; virtual event
  • VCF West August 7 & 8, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival West , The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA 
  • VCFSE Aug 20-22 https://gameatl.com/vintage-computing-festival-southeast-8-0-at-sfge/ or http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/ , Atlanta, GA
  • VCF Midwest Sep 11-12 http://vcfmw.org/announce , Elmhurst, IL (Chicago)
  • Fujiama Sep. 12-19, Lengenfeld, Germany, http://fujiama.eu/ 
  • VCF East October 8, 9, 10, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival East , Wall, NJ 
• 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

• Atari Dealer Demo by MS-DOS Friends - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psxSm9PeVgA 
• New Games for Your Atari 8-bit (Part 20) - The New Retro Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWyiI5LNHSA 
• Massive Atari Software Archive - TOSEC and the Internet Archive by The Atari Geek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl7FfLuYGTg 
• Original Atari 800 POKEY Chiptune by Cobra Commander for ANTIC Podcast! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2klUVHRWtyk 

New at Archive.org

• 57 Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletters 1982-1987 via Dale Lutz - https://archive.org/details/@savetz?query=atari+computer+enthusiasts+newsletter 
• Allan Bushman -  https://archive.org/details/@allan52?query=dal-ace 
• Richwood Software's The Gladiator manual - https://archive.org/details/gladiator-the-richwood-software/mode/2up
• Bill Lange - Creative Computing Software Thorn EMI - https://archive.org/details/creative-computing-software-disk-jacket 

New at Github

• https://github.com/kenjennings/Atari-1nvader
• https://github.com/bhall408/atari800-touchpad-keyboard-controller
• https://github.com/GSoftwareDevelopment/SFX-Tracker
• https://github.com/pkali/feudal-economy
• https://github.com/dgreefhorst/fujinews 

Listener Feedback

• Bits & Bytes and the Academy on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/bitsandbytestvo 

End of Show Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2klUVHRWtyk Original Atari 800 POKEY Chiptune by Cobra Commander