ANTIC Episode 102 - Randy, You Used to be a Nice Guy!

Oct 30, 2023

ANTIC Episode 102 - Randy, You Used to be a Nice Guy!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… All the Atari 8-bit news for this month, Kay breaks his Atari mug, Brad impersonates Kay, Kay decides to start up a cable company, and Randy changes in retirement …

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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

• ICD Atari 8-Bit Info - https://archive.org/details/icd-atari-8-bit-info-flyer 

• ICD Multi I/O Board Manual - https://archive.org/details/icd-multi-io-board-manual 

• EPG Jr. thread on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/171349-prevue-guide-epg-jr-reverse-engineering/ 

• The Atari 8-Bit FujiNet N: device, in Perspective by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqz_AZgxaVY 

• Atari 130XE Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner (Retro Reproductions) (sponsored link) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1789824338?tag=ataripodcast-20 

• A8PicoCart - https://github.com/robinhedwards/A8PicoCart 

• ABBUC Annual General Meeting 10/22 - http://abbuc.de 

• Fastbasic install for Mac! - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger 

Interviews

• Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman (video to come) -  https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-435-cynthia-solomon-and-brian-silverman-logo 

News

• GTIAdigitizer HDMI output, by c0pperdragon:

• https://www.tindie.com/products/c0pperdragon/gtiadigitizer/

• https://www.tindie.com/products/c0pperdragon/rgbtohdmi-mono-lumacode/

• New Fujinet resource (ABBUC) - tnfs://fujinet.atari.social 

• FujiNet release 1.2 - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-platformio/releases/tag/v1.2.0 

• FujiNet RAPID by massiverobot - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355710-rapid/ 

• 130XE keyboard replacement:

• https://x.com/mindthreat/status/1705197317551239289?s=20 

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

• ultra-small DOS called uDOS - https://abbuc.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1130 

• Super SpartaDOS X cartridges now available from COREi64:

• Announcement at AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355946-super-spartados-x-cartridges-now-available/ 

• Buy here - https://corei64.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=444 

• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/how-to-make-almost-any-computer-a-modern-day-plato-terminal/ 

• Pro(c) Atari Issue 16 - https://proc-atari.de 

• Pitfall II's Secret Sequel - https://www.ign.com/articles/pitfall-iis-secret-sequel 

• SDrive mini at Lotharek - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=375 

• Starring the Computer - https://www.starringthecomputer.com/ 

• Revive 800XL Update (requires Twitter account) - https://twitter.com/rm_800xl?fbclid=IwAR2VhqAhUSnp3HwbcIOcTY7M7UvfKsDhC8PWKG9czYigmmXNVaE53z7CVC0 

Upcoming Shows (Remaining in 2023 and first half of 2024)

• Atari Party 2023! - Saturday, December 2, 2023, 1pm to 4pm - Quakertown Train Station, Quakertown, PA - https://quakertowntrainstation.org 

• Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com 

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ 

• VCF East - April 5-7, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org 

• Indy Classic Computer & Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Indianapolis, IN - http://www.indyclassic.org 

• VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ 

• not a show, but an Atari user group meeting - There’s one at the National Videogame History Museum in Frisco, TX (DFW area) every quarter - Texas Atari 8-bit Computer Owners (T. A. C. O.) 

YouTube Videos

• Darren Doyle's Unofficial Atari: A Visual History - Vintage Gaming Memories (Chris in the IVCC) - https://youtu.be/alWojz4e3QU?si=gq49YDfPb0DpEiol 

• Final results of the 3rd ATASCII Compo 2023 for Atari 8 Bit computers revealed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTgYwAaLklU 

• Wozman for Atari 8-bit - freetz - https://youtu.be/3MdVf_60dfo 

• FujiNet Game Alert System by Andrew Diller:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D-QOtfR1fQ

• https://www.atariorbit.org/2023/10/15/game-alerts/ 

• The Atari 800XL (as seen in Terry Stewart's computer collection) -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E47q5dNXiOg 

• Atari 8-bit SIO Midi Player - Lotharek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTha3Ebepyc 

New at Archive.org 

• https://archive.org/details/dynacomp-catalog-33 

• https://archive.org/details/stx_Home_Computing_Journal_Volume_1_1986 

• https://archive.org/details/Popular_Computing/ 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-kurs 

• EOR #$FF: 6502 Ponderables and Befuddlements - https://archive.org/details/eor6502 

• https://archive.org/details/youtube-aGfwHcHQiO0 

• BRE 1991 800/XL/XE Software Catalog - https://archive.org/details/atari-800-xl-xe-bre-1991-software-catalog 

• Computer Shopper Magazine, March, 1988, Volume 8, Number 3, Atari Articles Computer Shopper Magazine, April, 1989, Volume 9, Number 4, Atari Articles 

• Computer Shopper Magazine, October, 1987, Volume 7, Number 10, Atari Articles 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-sept-1987-vol-7-num-9-atari-articles/page/n7/mode/2up 

Feedback

• https://ghidra-sre.org/