Sep 18, 2023
ANTIC Episode 101 - “The Pronunciation Episode”
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…We discuss the antics of the company that calls itself Atari and their purchase of AtariAge and bring you all the other Atari 8-bit news we could find, while mispronouncing names all over the place…
READY!
Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
Interview index: here
Links for Items Mentioned in Show:
What we’ve been up to
MULE Online with Thom, Wade, Robin - https://puzzud.itch.io/mule-online
Muffinterm:
VCFMW - http://www.vcfmw.org
SCAT - http://www.scatarians.org/
News
Atari buys AtariAge:
Interview with the new Atari CEO Wade Rosen on Mirror Gaming - https://youtu.be/l0Y2B9ljCv8?si=dV--bYuAFW7dqAyg
Infocom's Z-Machine ATR generator - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/354888-infocoms-z-machine-atr-generator/
FujiNet guide at SouthernAMIS - https://www.southernamis.com/_files/ugd/2800fc_3d4e4623a1f44862b46ccf643b9d65f0.pdf
Preorder open of FujiNet Professional for Atari 8-Bit computers - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=374
ATRFS: Mount ATR files as local directories under Linux or Mac - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/354735-atrfs-mount-atr-files-as-local-directories-under-linux-or-mac/
RM 800XL update - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html
Silly Venture - https://sillyventure.eu
Firefighter - https://tuxpaint.org/ftp/atari/games/firefighter/alpha/ and https://github.com/billkendrick/firefighter
Popeye VBXE - https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/07/popeye-vbxe-another-arcade-port-but.html
New 576NUC+ Daughter Board in the Works - https://ataribits.weebly.com/blog/new-576nuc-daughter-board-in-the-works
Article on SillyVenture that just wrapped up - https://retrohclab.eu/the-silly-venture-2023-summer-edition-event-report-english/
ABBUC made a special English edition of its magazine to celebrate the Silly Venture 2023 Summer Edition - https://abbuc.de/2023/08/abbuc-magazine-special-edition-for-sillyventure-sommer-2023/
Pigwa collection - http://ftp.pigwa.net/
Damien Guard’s "ZX Origins" font collection over on Facebook - https://damieng.com/typography/zx-origins/
Atari 8-bit fonts - https://github.com/a8bit/EightBit-Atari-Fonts
A Look Back at the Greatness of the Atari 800 and Its Games By Jamie Lendino - https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/celebrating-the-atari-800-and-its-games
Backbit Pro Cartridge - https://store.backbit.io/product/backbit-pro/
New podcast “The 8 Bit Files” with Atari 8-bit content and hosts John and Dave - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-8-bit-files/episodes/007---Atari-8-bit-Computers-e26e53q
ATASCII Compo 3rd Edition 2023 - https://logiker.com/ATASCII
Upcoming Shows
World of Retrocomputing - September 16-17 - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - https://www.worldofretrocomputing.com/2023-worc-expo
The Interim Computer Festival - Oct. 7-8 - 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
Hopman - Retro PC - https://youtu.be/mXCCs9zYe5s
Atari 800 Joystick Trigger Repair - Artifact Electronics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PH0hbfOve0
Building a better Atari 400 and Atari 800 diagnostic cartridge - AnotherMaker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdpx5usBi0E
Warranty Return 800XL - Client Video - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wRnngBTwSs
Building Eastern Front 1941 with the help of FujiNet - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Syzcwl1Tg
A pretty rare Atari computer shows up in the basement - Adrian’s Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIlxjd82ig0
The Complete Asteroids on Atari Home Systems Five Part Series - Steve and Jeff Fulton - https://intotheverticalblank.com/2023/08/01/the-complete-asteroids-on-atari-home-systems-series-the-latest-top-our-top-15-countdown/
New at Archive.org
Wing War Prototype - https://archive.org/details/wing-war-prototype/
Atari User Magazine May 1991 - https://archive.org/details/atari-user-1991-05
Three Generations of Animation Machines Joe Decuir - https://archive.org/details/VCFW2023_Three_Generations_of_Animation_Machines_Joe_Decuir
Early Atari History and Stories - Al Alcorn - https://archive.org/details/VCFW2023_Early_Atari_History_and_Stories_Al_Alcorn
Early Commodore History - Leonard Tramiel - https://archive.org/details/VCFW2023_Early_Commodore_History_-_Leonard_Tramiel_and_Dave_McMurtrie
Computer Chronicles Revisited, Volume 6 (1987-1988) - https://archive.org/details/computer-chronicles-revisited-vol-06
New at Github