ANTIC Episode 82 - FujiNet to Take Over the World!

Oct 29, 2021

ANTIC Episode 82 -  FujiNet to Take Over the World!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast...we have special guest Thom Cherryhomes who tells us why FujiNet is aiming to take over the world, we discuss the recent VCF Midwest and VCF East, and of course tell you everything going on in the world of Atari.

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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

• Thom’s talk about programming FujiNet at VCF East: https://youtu.be/A9jflXkSef4 
• Byte All Atari Articles - inspired by Allan Bushman's Computer Shopper All Atari - https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-atari-articles 
• Dan Kramer engineering notebook from his time at Atari - https://archive.org/details/dan-kramer-atari-engineering-notebook 
• VCF East video processing (Atari 2600 stuff, 8-bit specific stuff) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_e5fSxflvrwAsI8UG2Ey9Nwx2zzP1XED 
• Google Spreadsheet of Atari newsletters at Internet Archive - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing 
• • JACG, newsletter of the Jersey Atari Computer Group https://archive.org/details/jerseyataricomputergroup 
  • I/O Connector, newsletter of the San Diego Atari Computer Enthusiasts. https://archive.org/details/ioconnector 
  • Current Notes, Newsletter of the Washington Area Computer Enthusiasts https://archive.org/details/currentnotesnewsletter 
• Kay on TikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRETKduF/ 
• 576NUC+ -  https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/myteks-576nuc-atari-computer 
• VCFMW - http://vcfmw.org 
• Indy Vintage Computer Club (VCC) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/IndyVCC 

News 

• New Labels – 800 Personality/Memory Modules – Mr. Robot (Steve Boswell) - https://atari8bit.net/new-labels-800-personality-memory-modules/ 
• Prince of Persia for Atari 8-bits - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/298914-unicorns-season-prince-of-persia-for-the-a8/#comments 
• ABBUC Magazine #145 is out! - http://abbuc.de/ 
• Atari User Issue 33 Is Out Now! - https://www.atariuser.com/atari-user-issue-33-is-out-now/ 
• Atari 815 sold on ebay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/124936737856?hash=item1d16cf5440%3Ag%3A3KgAAOSwRchhXcj3&nma=true&si=hxj5YADhiQ0fdSj5M3wmAhFvrcg%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 
• Anschuetz/Weisgerber/Anschuetz remakes - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-297-robert-anschuetz-eric-anschuetz-john-weisgberber-antic-magazine-games 
  • Overflow 2021 - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/321417-overflow-2021-a-new-8-bit-and-5200-game-released-by-awa/ 
  • Kooky Diver - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/322470-kooky-diver-new-8bit-and-5200-game-by-awa/ 
  • Sokoban 2021 - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/322674-sokoban-2021-5200-release-and-8-bit-update/ 
  • Night Rescue 1941 - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/320224-night-rescue-1941-new-awa-game-release/ 
  • Piracy 1621 & Piracy 1981 - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/324486-piracy-1621-and-piracy-1821-new-atari-5200-releases-by-anschuetzweisgerberanschuetz/ 
  • Alien Assault 2021 - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/323778-new-8-bit-and-5200-game-release-alien-assault-2121-by-awa/?tab=comments#comment-4884530 
  • Kooky Klimber (Crazy Climber inspired) - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/319869-abbuc-software-contest-2021/?do=findComment&comment=4891011 
  • Robot Dungeon (Shamus/Berzerk inspired) - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/319869-abbuc-software-contest-2021/?do=findComment&comment=4891009 
  • Space Assailants 2021 - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2021/09/space-assailants-2121-nuevo-shooter.html 
• Brian Hall - Argon, a multi-system emulator -  http://playargon.com 
• XXX2CF3: CompactFlash HDD without using the cartridge port! – The Brewing Academy - https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/xxx2cf3-compactflash-hdd-without-using-the-cartridge-port 
• Shahid Kamal Ahmad’s epic thread about his development career, starting with the Atari 8-bit -  https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/1436771192892018693?s=20 
• FujiNet wiki enhancements - SpicyJack - AtariAge - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/298720-fujinet-a-wip-sio-network-adapter-for-the-atari-8-bit/page/87/?tab=comments#comment-4922271 
• Player MIssile Podcast released ep #30, 8-bit vs 5200 - https://playermissile.com/ 
• Loading Atari software from a record player
  • https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2021/10/cargan-juegos-de-atari-8-bits-desde.html?fbclid=IwAR3UGXLCzJqpB8U0MtGrv1Kd5fQqgdEQ-jHZPGEXxA_a8lYx0YGAaf9x7Bw
  • https://atariage.com/forums/topic/325860-im-loading-silent-service-from-a-vinyl-record/ 
• The 100 MHz 6502
  • http://www.e-basteln.de/computing/65f02/65f02/
  • https://atariage.com/forums/topic/326058-accelerated-6502/ 

Shows

• Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
• • VCF East April 22-24: Vintage Computer Festival East , Wall, NJ 
  • VCF West August 6-7: Vintage Computer Festival West , The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA 
• 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

• “64K ought to be enough for anybody” - Tmp
• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXE6Ua4Qquw 
  • https://atariage.com/forums/topic/278212-avgcart/page/67/#comments 
• “ATARI 800 XL repair + creating a USB power supply, a video cable & doing the CHROMA Mod” - RETRO is the new black (Wolfgang Kierdorf) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoFpFSrLoxA 
• “Atari 400 48k Ram - Sdrive2 & Uno Cart Tech Demo” - Paul Westphal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLuHPxBIgFk 
• “Stop using the Atari 'Ingot' power supply, Seriously!” - The VintNerd - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMlW0Bk_ueI 

New at Archive.org

• Pokey - French Atari newsletter: 
• • https://archive.org/details/pokey-3 
  • https://archive.org/details/pokey-34 
  • https://archive.org/details/pokey-5 
• Alan Bushman - https://archive.org/details/royal-software-catalog-winter-1982/ 

New at GitHub

• https://github.com/savetz/RAMbrandt 
• Eventure - Let's Write a Roguelike Game in 6502 Assembly on the Atari 8-Bit
• • https://github.com/EdSalisbury/edventure
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whhTuBpkcrY 
• companion code for element14 Presents episode 514: "Making a 3D Graphics Card for the Atari 800 XL" - https://github.com/andy-west/atari800xl-3d 
• Updates to annotated Star Raiders source code - https://github.com/achurch/StarRaiders 
• Tools and utils for the Atari xe 8-bit - https://github.com/pjones1063/atarixe 
• Python command line utility to manage file systems on Atari 8-bit and Apple ][ disk images - https://github.com/robmcmullen/atrcopy 

Listener Feedback

• RealSports Curling - https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7657