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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

hosts: Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold
email: antic@ataripodcast.com
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Nov 8, 2024

Rick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine's 8-bit Editor
 
Rick Reaser was the 8-bit Editor of Current Notes Magazine, a popular magazine dedicated to the Atari computers. He began in 1992, and wrote a column called 8-Bit Tidbits. Rick used his Atari 8-bit computer exclusively through his college years and for programming for...


Nov 1, 2024

Bob Stein, Atari’s Encyclopedia Project
 
Bob Stein worked at Atari Research for 18 months beginning in 1981. He was hired by Alan Kay. He worked almost exclusively on an encyclopedia project, a potential collaboration between Atari and Encyclopaedia Britannica that never went anywhere.
 
I learned about Bob after he...


Oct 27, 2024

ANTIC Episode 111 - “Is Kay Really Funny, or is it Just a Courtesy Snicker?”

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We go over the ABBUC Software Contest winners, we cover PRGE, Kay accelerates his interview publishing schedule, and we ask the question: Is Kay really funny, or are Randy’s...


Oct 26, 2024

Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer
 
I was adding a batch of ham radio newsletters to the Internet Archive's Digital Library of Amateur Radio And Communications, and I noticed the word "Atari" on one of the pages.
 
In the September 2019 issue of Solid Copy, the newsletter of The CW Operators Club, Nick Kennedy had...


Oct 18, 2024

Ed Sabo, UltraBASIC
 
Ed Sabo, with the help of his dad, founded UltraBASIC, a company that produced software for Atari 8-bit computers. UltraBASIC's software for the Atari 8-bits, which was all programmed by Ed, were: 
 
Tank Math: "a tutored math exercise plus a bonus roman numeral quiz"
FunSpeller: "use your own...