ANTIC Episode 62 - Incognito and 40 Years of Atari 8-Bits

Nov 9, 2019

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast:  Kevin hobnobs with Atari celebrities at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Brad and Randy find out they’re podcast hosts #2 and #3, respectively, and together we cover all the Atari news that’s fit to print. 

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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

• 1088XLD by The Brewing Academy https://thebrewingacademy.com 
• Charlie Kulas' Leafer Madness — Development Notebook - https://archive.org/details/LeaferMadnessDevelopmentNotebook/ , https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1190788999884886017 
• Incognito from Lotharek - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=275 
• Atari Projects book by Jason Moore - http://www.lulu.com/shop/jason-moore/atari-projects/paperback/product-24223087.html 
• Atari 800 from Bill Lange - https://twitter.com/BillLange1968/status/1183407999492206593 
• Atari cartridge holder from Bill Lange - https://twitter.com/BillLange1968/status/1179041907978244096 
• Vintage computer sign - https://twitter.com/FloppyDays/status/1188147474604539904?s=20 
• Atari video cables from Corey Koltz, 8bitclassics - https://www.8bitclassics.com/ 

Atari News 

•  Team 6502 announces the launch of http://team6502.org 
• Atari Tape Drive Turned Security DVR - https://hackaday.com/2019/11/01/atari-tape-drive-turned-security-dvr/ 
• fan remake of Rescue on Fractalus (Lucasfilm Games, 1984) is in development - https://twitter.com/LucasfilmGames/status/1168913659080445953/photo/1 
• SDrive MAX from Vintage Computer Center - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product-category/atari 
• Popeye hack http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7755 and http://www.indieretronews.com/2019/09/popeye-atari-8bit-arcade-classic.html?m=1 
• TransKey-II  PS/2 Keyboard Adapter (Michael St. Pierre) - https://ataribits.weebly.com/tk-ii.html 
• Moon Patrol Redux - https://vintageisthenewold.com/moon-patrol-redux-a-revamped-version-of-the-classic-game-for-the-atari-xl-xe/ and https://atariage.com/forums/topic/297535-moon-patrol-redux/ 
• PRO(C) Atari #14 - WWW.PROC-ATARI.DE 
• FLOP #64 - New Issue of the Floppy Disk Magazine - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/297963-flop-64-new-issue-of-the-floppy-disk-magazine/ 
• A Compendium of Atari 8-bit Games - Volume One by Kieren Hawken - https://amzn.to/2JhxBTK 
• Star Vagrant XL/XE Game - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/298001-star-vagrant-atari-xlxe-game/ and http://madsoft.us/en 
• Atari Museum patreon - https://www.patreon.com/atarimuseum 
• ABBUC Software Contest - http://www.abbuc.de/atari/software-ressort and http://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=nowinki&ucat=1&subaction=showfull&id=1572114881 

Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers

• March 21 & 22, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest, Living Computers:Museum+Labs in Seattle,Washington - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest  
• April 24-26, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east 
• Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8 
• Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ 

YouTube Videos Since Last Show

• 8-bit and more - Mac/65 Assembler introduction video just posted for those who want to learn about the best assembler/debugger ever created - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5drPFoMi4A 
• Atari XEGS “2 Systems in 1” Ad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Z7MwLu8-4 
• Incognito (Flashjazzcat):
• • Installing Incognito Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vduEeKiMcWA 
  • Installing Incognito Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNXDEm-E3pc 
  • Incognito: Unboxing, Observations and Additional Information - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oIqSevx8X0 
  • Incognito: Hands-on (What it can do and how to do it) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAma2d_QQIE 
• Demos from Poland (Miesiu):
• • Garfield - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpHRc9HIapM 
  • Forever or Never - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjrvCjRhbPM 
  • Five to Five - Mirage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE3K7p2DqA8 
  • Framed Again - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLSmtltww7c 

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/Atari_Woodshop_Physical_Inventory_Procedures 
• Allan Bushman: 
• • https://archive.org/details/metricandproblemsolvingatari 
  • https://archive.org/details/easternfront1941atariposter 
• (Bill Lange) Parrot by Alpha Systems - https://archive.org/details/ParrotDigitalSoundSystem 
• Atari catalog in italian - https://archive.org/details/atarihomecomputercatalogo1984 
• Atari 1050 disk drive users guide in Italian - https://archive.org/details/atari1050guidaalluso 
• Atari 400 users guide (multilingual) - https://archive.org/details/atari400multilingualmanual 
• Bit by Bit, Cell by Cell: Music for Soprano & Atari 800XL by Yoav Gal & Yael Kanarek ‎- https://archive.org/details/cd_bit-by-bit-cell-by-cell-music-for-soprano_yoav-gal-yael-kanarek 

Listener Feedback

• Bombjack archive - http://commodore.bombjack.org/ 

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