ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, Do you ever sleep?

Mar 31, 2024

ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, do you ever sleep!?

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we cover all the recent contests involving new Atari software development, bring you all the other Atari news we could find, and marvel at the stamina of Thom Cherryhomes…

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

• Atari’s 1986 prospectus and form S-1 - https://archive.org/details/atari-corp 

• Titan game - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-titan_6337.html 

• https://archive.org/details/tbace-thunder-bay-atari-computer-enthusiasts/TBACE-1985-01%20Minutes/ 

• 2.4A power supply for XL/XE from 8bitclassics.com - https://www.8bitclassics.com/product/atari-xl-xe-2-4a-amp-power-adapter/ (affiliate link) 

• 80-column card for 1090XL - Brian Reifsnyder - https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/80-column-rpp-board-for-the-atari-1090xl1091xl/ 

News

• Custom floppy disk envelopes - https://ataricovers.com/ 

• Atari 400 mini started shipping! (3/28) - https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1 

• BASIC 10-Liner Contest - https://www.homeputerium.de/ 

• Vitoco has bundled Atari 8 Bit computer games competing in the BASIC 10 Liners Contest 2024 into a single disk - https://www.vitoco.cl/atari/10liner/NOMAM2024.atr 

• https://hackaday.com/2024/03/21/video-poker-takes-your-money-in-10-lines-of-basic/ 

• 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/356719-6th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-voting-information-discussion/ 

• Atari in a suitcase - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2142412709436907&set=gm.7187337001303744&idorvanity=181644898539691 

• Anode chat - you can use Anode chat and talk on the Fujinet discord to the anode channel - TNFS://fujinet.pl/anode/anode.xex  and search in it for "chat" - you'll need to register with the anode server first

• Including ACTION! code from GitHub - Thom Cherryhomes:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363311-including-action-code-from-github-yes/ 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W49Uxf-UDk 

• FujiNet Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/fujinet/ 

• ABBUC Software Competition 2024 opened:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363297-abbuc-software-competition-2024-opened/

• You can find all the rules here - https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/software-competition/ 

• ABBUC hardware contest 2024 starts now:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363122-abbuc-hardware-contest-2024-starts-now/ 

• You can find the rules here - Rules AHC 2024

• YAIL (Yet Another Image Loader) - YouTube video by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o54Ds-DwGJI&t=6s 

• https://www.southernamis.com/baudday 

• Best Old School Tech Super Bowl Commercials, Ranked (Gizmodo) - https://gizmodo.com/best-vintage-tech-super-bowl-commercials-ranked-1851235860 

• Atari computer commercial (Atari: Get Started, 1984, with Alan Alda) #7 on the list - https://gizmodo.com/best-vintage-tech-super-bowl-commercials-ranked-1851235860/slides/5 

Upcoming Shows

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

• VCF East - April 12-14, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org 

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ 

• VCF Europa - April 27-28, 2024 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ 

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

• Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info 

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21,  2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 

• KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 16-21 - University of Illinois in Springfield, IL - https://www.kansasfest.org/ 

• Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/  

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-18 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se  

• VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/  

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

• Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we  

YouTube Videos

• The end of the road for the Atari 800XL - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNmzdcSbn2U 

• Saving Archer Maclean's Atari 8-bit Arcade Experiments - Games That Weren’t - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmry_CG_l8I 

• FujiNet: Demoing the atari 8-bit Compuserve VIDTEX Terminal Emulator - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpeaYuWS94o 

• More about Videotex here - https://tandyvideotex.com 

• A version of the demo server is here on GitHub - https://github.com/tlindner/VideoTexD… 

• A bootable copy of the Atari Compuserve VIDTEX 4.0 terminal is here via TNFS and HTTPS - https://apps.irata.online/Atari_8-bit… 

• Writing the FujiNet User's Guide for ATARI 8-bit Users - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqeQP_jVGQ 

• A look at my new Encrypt Decrypt Basic Program for The Hardball Game on Atari 8 Bit - Red Rock Video Productions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOsE4LjJbEU 

New at Archive.org 

• https://archive.org/details/@atariware_doc 

• https://archive.org/details/multieditor-manual-de-uso 

• https://archive.org/details/multificha-manual-de-uso 

• https://archive.org/details/atari-410-schematic-a-skematiks/Atari_410_Schematic_A_Skematiks/ 

• Allan:

• https://archive.org/details/visi-calc-programming-no-experience-necessary-daniel-shaffer

• https://archive.org/details/french-i-ibm-pc-acorn/French_I_Atari_Acorn/

• https://archive.org/details/how-to-operate-the-atari-600-xl-800-xl-learning-express

• https://archive.org/details/personal-finance-version-one-computari

• https://archive.org/details/german-i-ibm-acorn/German_I_Atari_Acorn/

• https://archive.org/details/c.-r.-i.-s.-adventure-international

• Portland Atari Club newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@allan52?query=portland+atari+club 

• Lending:

• https://archive.org/details/spellbound0000stin 

• https://archive.org/details/advancedprogramm0000schr 

• https://archive.org/details/31newataricomput0000nort 

• https://archive.org/details/letslearnbasicki0000shne_k4c8 

• https://archive.org/details/isbn_0942386086 

Github

• https://github.com/drunkeneye/MAFIA.A8 

• https://github.com/gladir/ATARITOOLS (French) 

• https://github.com/tebe6502/Mad-Pascal 

Feedback

• Peter Dell -  installer which makes the installation of his WUDSN IDE for the Atari 8-bits (https://github.com/wudsn/wudsn-ide-install) just two clicks on Windows, macOS and Linux.

• Peter Dell interview on ANTIC (2015) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-27-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-peter-dell-wudsn 

• Chris Lorenzo - Mozzwald's Atari USB-C Power Adapter - Video - https://youtu.be/wLnZ4dyMJ-s?si=tY1CH_q8HJukVJQC 

• https://www.youtube.com/@VintageGamingMemories 

• Mozzwald’s USB-C Adapter - https://mozzwald.com/product-category/atari/