ANTIC Episode 89 - Choke on It!

Jun 28, 2022

ANTIC Episode 89 - Choke on it!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Brad regales us with his motherload of new Atari stuff, Kay solves the mystery of “Have You Played Atari Today?”, and we discuss lots of other Atari news

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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 

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we’ve been up to

• Kay contributed a story to Taper:
• • https://taper.badquar.to/8/ 
  • https://twitter.com/KaySavetz/status/1537155185713160192 
• “Using Your Atari XL Computer” referenced at https://archive.org/details/Atari_Connection_Volume_3_Number_4_1983-09_Atari_US/page/n32/mode/1up 
• “Have You Played Atari Today?” - https://archive.org/details/graphisnewtalent0000unse_l9l8/page/7/mode/1up?q=atari 
• The ChalkBoard PowerPad by Chalkboard Inc. - https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n10/52_The_legend_of_the_pad_of_.php 

News

• Atari 130XE Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner (Retro Reproductions) - https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1789824338 
• Alan Alda CES tape! - https://archive.org/details/alan-alda-atari-ces-1983 
• Atari chat client for Fujinet, FujiTalk by bocianu:
  • https://atariage.com/forums/topic/336753-ann-fujitalk-fujinet-chat-client/ 
  • https://fujinet.pl/tnfs/networking/fujitalk.xex 
• [K] Computer Chronicles revisited - https://smoliva.blog and in book format at https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator:%22S.M.+Oliva%22
• Floppy Days interview of Stewart Chefeit (host of Computer Chronicles) - (https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-78-interview-with-stewart-chefeit-computer-chronicles )
• 576NUC+ Programmer Pack ROM - mytek - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/308191-the-worlds-smallest-atari-8-bit/page/28/?tab=comments#comment-5062163 
• 8-bit Workshop - https://8bitworkshop.com/ 
• ABBUC Magazine #149 - https://abbuc.de/mitglieder/ 
• Via BIll Lange: Rare Peruvian “Aventuras D'Onofrio” education series for Atari 8-bit family has been archived - http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-aventuras-d-onofrio_37340.html 
• Fujinet servers - maintained by Mr. Robot - https://atari8bit.net/projects/software/fujinet-server-status/ 
• Atari800 updated for Raspberry Pi 4 & 400 - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/336269-installing-atari800-v500-on-the-raspberry-pi/ 

Upcoming Shows

• VCF Southeast - July 15-17  Southern Fried Gaming Expo https://gameatl.com/ 
• VCF West 2022 =  Aug 6, 7, The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ 
• Fujiama - Sept 8-11 in Lengenfeld Germany
• VCF Midwest - Sep. 10-11, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/index.html 

YouTube Videos

• How to Start Atari800 Emulator on RG350 - https://youtu.be/EguoIAq3qn8 - Mike Stringer - https://retrogamecorps.com/rg350/ 
• Atari 400 + UAV + Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di_xhZ8CM20 - Mr Lurch’s Things
• Retro 1982 - McDonald's Atari Game - Dayton, Ohio TV History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKU2BuTAQiw - Craig’s Daybook 
• The start of an Atari 8-bit repair-a-thon! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrC_Ire_jEg - Adrian’s Digital Basement

New at Archive.org

• List of pirated programs on Atari 8 bit computers - https://archive.org/details/elenco-programmi-atari 
• https://archive.org/details/b-c-computervisions-leaflets-1992 
• https://archive.org/details/b-c-computervisions-catalog-handheld-and-8-bit-spring-1992 
• https://archive.org/details/b-c-computervisions-catalog-winter-1992 
• https://archive.org/details/american-techna-vision-catalog-1992 
• https://archive.org/details/american-techna-vision-catalog-1993 
• The Gospel of St. Pong - Original employee newsletter - Early Atari
• • https://archive.org/details/atari1
  • https://archive.org/details/atari2