ANTIC Episode 100 - 100th Show!!! (or is it 4?)

Aug 7, 2023

ANTIC Episode 100 (Or Episode 4 in Binary)

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We celebrate our 100th (or is it the fourth, for you binary geeks out there?) episode by bringing you the latest news from across the Atari 8-bit computer landscape.

READY!

Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kay’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

• The Atari newsletter at Internet Archive spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing 

• All Current Notes at Internet Archive - https://archive.org/details/currentnotesnewsletter?tab=collection&sort=-addeddate 

• MULE Online - http://muleonline.com 

• Discord thread on the Atari BASIC AI model, led by Jason Moore - https://discord.gg/WnEcxSvtS 

News

• AtariProjects, Jason Moore, back to publishing new material - https://atariprojects.org/ 

• Ted Richards died (April) - https://archive.org/details/TedRichardsInterview 

• Dealers Demo paper:

• https://www.academia.edu/10744534/Computer_Dealer_Demos_Selling_Home_Computers_with_Bouncing_Balls_and_Animated_Logos?email_work_card=view-paper 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-dealer-demos 

• https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-434-michael-park-swan-and-fujiboink-demos-midi-maze 

• Atari custom controllers - https://www.vikingvg.com/atari-controllers 

• UgBASIC:

• You can find the source by clicking here - https://github.com/.../main/examples/contrib_asm_mos6502.bas 

• The IDE for Windows can be found here - https://spotlessmind1975.itch.io/ugbasic-ide 

• Official site - https://ugbasic.iwashere.eu/ 

• Unijoysticle 2 800XL - gamepad for Atari 800XL: 

• On sale at Tindie - https://www.tindie.com/products/riq/unijoysticle-2-800xl-gamepad-for-atari-800xl/ 

• At VCF West - ​​https://twitter.com/ricardoquesada/status/1687706816044752896?s=20 

• Game Cartridge Holder for Atari 400 & 800 - Tray Holds Up To 6 Games 400/800 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/175582283812 

• WEAVE MASTER - The Textile Design Tool Atari 400/800/XL/XE Cartridge: 

• https://www.ebay.com/itm/195892965783 

• https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-315-sarah-haskell-computerized-weaving 

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/274921-atari-grad-school-thesis-weavemaster-and-designers-delight/?do=findComment&comment=5290125 

• Atari FujiNet Updates:

• High Score Enabled PAC-MAN - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352884-high-score-enabled-pac-man-playthrough/ 

• game-dos folder added to DOS folder on atari-apps - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352878-game-dos-folder-added-to-dos-folder-on-atari-apps/ 

• FujiNet Game Lobby - http://fujinet.online:8080/ 

• A8PicoCart - electrotrains - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351546-a8picocart-unocart-on-a-raspberry-pi-pico/ 

• Sub(AVG)Cart - https://miscretro.com/product/subcart/ 

• SVI-CAS (link is broken)

• Poker Solitaire 2023 by Jerry White - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352920-poker-solitaire-2023-by-jerry-white/ 

• Decent XE mechanical keyboard for Atari XE computers - ScreamingAtTheRadio - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352558-decent-xe-mechanical-keyboard-for-atari-xe-computers-how-to-order-one/ 

Upcoming Shows

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 17-20 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2023-se 

• Fujiama 2023 - Aug. 30 - Sep. 3 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2023/ 

• VCF Midwest - September 9-10 - Waterford Banquets and Conference Center, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ 

• The Interim Computer Festival - Sep. 30 - Oct. 1 - Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ 

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

• Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html 

• Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ 

YouTube Videos

• SIDE3 troubles with upgraded Atari 1200XL (U1MB, Sophia 2, Spectre AV) - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUJbWSWC9EM 

• Atari XEGS with SAVO (Saturn Atari Video Output), TK-II, Ultimate 1MB, VBXE and PokeyMAX - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bFajyugXF0 

• Let's repair an Atari 800XL - Adrian’s Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjOLAOrSY9M&t=342s 

• Atari XL/XE -=Doom=- - Saberman RetroNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGfXhZJqHbY 

• Fixing the Atari 130XE: A Step-by-Step Repair Guide for Keyboard Issues - Steve’s Retro Gaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWrtAdvn5EY&t=2s 

• FujiNet, Atari 8-bit, and N: Fun: Making Game Disks - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S56KufpXlDQ&t=630s 

New at Archive.org 

• Facebook group for Cin’Tari - https://www.facebook.com/groups/cintari 

• https://archive.org/details/cintari-vol-10-no-2-winter-92 

• https://archive.org/details/cintari-vol-11-no-1-jan-93 

• https://archive.org/details/cintari-vol-11-no-2-feb-93 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-february-1987 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-january-1987 

• http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5543 

• https://archive.org/details/kaos-newsletters 

• Atari ST emulator now! - https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_atari_st_games?tab=collection