ANTIC Episode 53 - Summer Vacation and Atari Party

Oct 1, 2018

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast:

Bill Lange guest-hosts with us and tells us all about the recent Atari Party East.  We talk about all the traveling and Atari things we did over the summer. Kevin throws in a mini-interview he did.  And, Jeff Fulton reviews Tempest Elite Plus. Plus, all the Atari 8-bit news we could find...

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Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin’s Book “Terrible Nerd”

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue  

Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz

TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com

What We’ve Been Up To

• Atari Party East 2018 video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjvP6AA6xg8
• Glen’s Retro Show - Atari Party East 2018 Stream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjvP6AA6xg8
• Ted Nelson Junk Mail project https://archive.org/details/tednelsonjunkmail
• KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org
• Have you heard the good news? - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1020780246327492608
• VCF West - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/
• Krakow Pinball Museum http://www.krakowpinballmuseum.com/aboutus.html
• Wroclaw Museum Games & Computers Of The Past Era https://gikme.pl/en/
• Dorsett Software - https://archive.org/details/DorsettAtariFractions
• Ground Kontrol - https://groundkontrol.com/
• Powell’s Books - https://www.powells.com/
• Best of Creative Computing, Vol. 2 - https://archive.org/details/bestofcreativeco00ahld
• VCF Midwest - http://vcfmw.org/
• Claus Buchholz - 1978 Pre-production Atari 800 - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/122471-atari-800-engineering-serial-26/?&hl=%20engineering
• Tricky Tutorials - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-tricky-tutorials-1-6
• AtariMax Atari Peripheral Emulator (A.P.E.) - https://www.atarimax.com/
• Atari Party East 2018 T-shirt art - https://www.deviantart.com/doncroswhite/art/Atari-Party-East-2018-761606869
• New joystick BX-80 from Benj Edwards - https://twitter.com/benjedwards/status/1025119835179634689

Atari News

• XL/XE Podcast - https://twitter.com/xlxepodcast
• SDrive Max:
• • Atariwiki - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SDrive-MAX
  • Step-by-Step (German) - http://www.abbuc.de/~atarixle/readthread.php?f=15&t=9451&start=0
  • 1 half SIO cable - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=128
  • case - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2718842
• Bill Lange with his 'brand new" Atari demo package - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/2018/09/con-exito-desarrollaron-atari-party.html
• Altirra on a Mac - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/278822-altirra-30-mac-wine-port/
• The Artists: The Untold History of Video Games -  https://www.topic.com/the-artists/
• Sergio Marchant video series on Atari 8-bit assembly language for beginners (Spanish) - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/2018/07/curso-en-video-de-programacion.html#more
• UnoCart NEW Cartridge Shell Design by Corei64 - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/280028-unocart-new-cartridge-shell-design/
• Corei64 Atari 8-bit Carts - https://corei64.com/shop/index.php?route=product/category&path=62_87
• Atarifreakz - https://www.ebay.com/str/atarifreakz# - source for many of the IC’s used in the 8-bit line of computers
• AtariNews.org domain name for sale - http://www.atarinews.org/
• Old School Gamer Magazine - https://oldschoolgamermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/osg5.pdf
• 8-Bit Apocalypse: The Untold Story of Atari's Missile Command by Alex Rubens Oct 16th. - https://amzn.to/2QhbkXe
• Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
• • Portland Retro Gaming Expo - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ - Oregon Convention Center on October 19-21, 2018
  • http://wp.freeplayflorida.com/ Nov 9-11 orlando
  • http://www.tandyassembly.com November 10th & 11th 2018 Springfield, OH

YouTube videos since last show

• Ben Heck’s Portable Atari 800 - parts 1 & 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiw8LISBVj4&t=25s , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV1lacUcZk8
• Over 100 Atari XE Games System Cartridges In Under 1 Hour -Kieren Hawkin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rqUKzufD6k
• PAUL DANIELS AND ATARI 800 £1000 SYSTEM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhuVqq0w5Zc

Commercial

• SCRAM on the Bits and Bytes TV Show from TV Ontario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWcuh8QLlBc&list=PL77441A2ED0D0B6A8&t=670s

Mini-interviews

• John and Maddie Meyer, son and granddaughter of Ed Meyer - http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-360-ed-meyer-physical-chemistry-experiments-with-atari-computers

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/AtariComputerEnthusiastsNewslettersVolume1
• https://archive.org/details/@savetz?and%5B%5D=IO+Connector
• https://archive.org/details/@savetz?and%5B%5D=JACG
• https://archive.org/details/atari_8-bit_alive_sepoct94/page/n0  
• Bill Lange https://archive.org/details/ATR8000CPMSupplement/page/n1
• Allan https://archive.org/details/APXMapmakerType5/page/n0
• https://archive.org/details/InStoreDemonstrationProgramDiskVersionAtari
• https://archive.org/details/InStoreDemonstrationProgramDiskVersionAtari/page/n0
• https://archive.org/details/CarCostCreativeSoftware/page/n0
• https://archive.org/details/RandomAlleyAdventure/page/n0
• https://archive.org/details/TheCodeBreakers/page/n0

Jeff Fulton

• Tempest Elite Plus game review - http://members.tcq.net/video61/tempestelite.html

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