ANTIC Episode 95 - Party at Brad's House!

Jan 25, 2023

ANTIC Episode 95 - Party at Brad’s House!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…we reluctantly add an “in memoriam” section, discuss other Atari news, and plan a party at Brad’s house during VCFSE.

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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’s 2022 Wrap-up - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2022-wrap-76408972 
• DLARC Amateur Radio Software for Atari computers -  https://archive.org/details/dlarc-software-atari 
• TANK, an unreleased, unpublished game by Pat Kennedy for Atari 8-bit computers - https://archive.org/details/tank_atari 
• Retroid 2 - https://www.goretroid.com/products/retroid-pocket-2-plus-handheld-retro-gaming-system 
• FASTBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic 
• The Personal Computer BASIC S Reference Manual by Donald A. Sordillo
• Home Computer trading card deck - http://www.8bitkick.cc 
• ATARI 50: THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - https://atari.com/products/atari-50th-the-anniversary-celebration 

News

• Rob 'n' Banks, new game - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/342151-rob-n-banks-new-game/ 
• Old School Gamer Magazine - https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/osgdigital/osg31free// 
• Atari Scene news - https://mastodon.world/@Philsan 
• v4.10 of Altirra, the Atari 8 bit computer emulator for Windows - https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html
• Atari Icons for Altirra by LesNick - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346537-atari-icons-for-altirra/
• via therealbountybob on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/
• Ultimate Gated Video Board - https://ataribits.weebly.com/ugv.html
• Atari custom disks (pen plotting) from Paul Rickards - https://mastodon.social/@paulrickards/109661825716424393
• Update to LinguaXE (uses FujiNet) by Amarok:
  • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/343271-linguaxe-google-translator-for-atari-xlxe/?do=findComment&comment=5178964 
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-w5bBl1gUU 
• FASTFP version F+ for 400/800/XL/XE - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346575-fastfp-version-f-for-400800xlxe-in-final-version-5-new-roms/ 
• In Memoriam:
  • Glenn Botts (Glenn the 5200 man) passes away:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-2ep2DMGQ&lc=UgyPp_hkT9Txc36Vw154AaABAg 
    • Atariage discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345726-rip-glenn-botts-aka-glenn-the-5200-man/ 
  • Archer Maclean passes away:
    • https://www.dualshockers.com/archer-maclean-passes-away-aged-60/ 
    • http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-maclean-archer_team_844_8_G.html 
    • https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345523-archer-maclean-has-passed-away/ 
  • Sal Esquivel (KJMANN on atariage) died. He did the soundtrack to space harrier, Tempest extreme and outrun: 
    • ANTIC Interview 17 - The Atari 8-bit Podcast - Sal Esquivel - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-17-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-sal-esquivel 
    • http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-esquivel-sal_team_3357_8_G.html 
    • https://www.youtube.com/@salesquivel8562/videos 
    • http://archive.org/details/sal-esquivel-kjmann 
• Atari 800 Best Game Pack - link update - https://mega.nz/file/0xQn2BgQ#piHWwHpSjqXqImAGAXAkXT949ywvtDyqagxeNgW4F0g
• Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew Games Released/Completed/WIP in 2023 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345916-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-games-releasedcompletedwip-in-2023/ 
• Silly Venture 2022 WE results:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBoKKLquh3E&t=14044s 
  • https://demozoo.org/parties/4441/ 

Upcoming Shows

• VCF East 2023 - Apr 14-16, 2023 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ 
• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 29 & 30 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ 
• Southern Fried Game Expo - July 28-30 2023 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

YouTube Videos

• VGA from a VBXE Atari 800 - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4RBDY0Y100 
• Poison (6502) - TNT (atari music, pokey, chiptune) - Marek Pešout - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAHlaCUJFCU 
• Last Ninja - Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43I0qpM0Udg 
• The Atari 800XL 8-bit computer - Keyboard repair and restoration - Arctic Retro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrsSvlTBEyc 
• Atari 8-bit VBXE Special - Zeropage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjgS_P7BzZU 

New at Archive.org 

• https://archive.org/details/bestofcomputerfa0007vari/mode/2up?q=Atari 
• https://archive.org/details/completehistoric0000davi 
• https://archive.org/details/mundo-atari/MundoAtari-issue-00 
• https://archive.org/details/latarien_sep85/latarien_apr84/ 
• Many Mid-Florida Atari Computer Club Bulletin issues e.g. -  https://archive.org/details/mid-florida-atari-computer-club-bulletin-vol-11-no-10-oct-1994 
• MMG Micro Software's Final Flight Manual - https://archive.org/details/final-flight-mmg/page/1/mode/2up
• Sierra Service's Easyfind Index Disk Images and Documentation - https://archive.org/details/sierra-services-flyer-catalog/Easyfind_Docs/ 

Feedback

• Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment in Oakland California - http://www.themade.org 

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