ANTIC Episode 86 - Tangents

Mar 5, 2022

ANTIC Episode 86 - Tangents

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… the BASIC 10-liners contest and the AtariAge High Score Club contest are on like Donkey Kong, new software and hardware is available for our favorite machine, K continues his archiving work, and we go off on several tangents

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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 

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

• Kay’s 2021 wrap-up - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2021-wrap-60367090 
• Current Notes (and other Atari magazines) collection at Internet Archive - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing 
• OHAUG disks - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/331816-digitized-ol-hackers-atari-user-group-disk-library/ 
• ABBUC - http://www.abbuc.de 

News

• Goto10 - a retrocomputing substack with a focus on Atari 8-bit - https://goto10.substack.com 
• FujiNet
  • ​​Programming network games for the Atari 8-bit and Coleco Adam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWSmMqzmiyw 
  • Playing a Connect Four game across an #Atari8bit and a #ColecoAdam with FujiNet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehF68h_BD0M&t=1s 
• Atari flight sims on Steam
  • https://www.polygon.com/22892068/f-15-strike-eagle-solo-flight-ancient-art-of-war-skies-harrier-retro-pc-steam-release-date-price
  • https://readretro.com/classic-atari-flight-sims-are-coming-back-on-steam/ 
• Humble Bundle - https://www.humblebundle.com/ 
• AtariAge high score club - https://atariage.com/forums/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/ 
• Feb 26 2022 Atari 8-bit users meeting at the National Videogame Museum - http://nvmusa.org/ 
• Kim Slawson points us to new interviews at Ted Dabney Experience podcast -  https://www.teddabneyexperience.com/episodes 
• Atari Sprite Editor by bacianu
  • https://atariage.com/forums/topic/330217-spred-new-atari-sprite-editor/?fbclid=IwAR20pdi_zzjvgIrn8X3vco-bsqirDa2SdCizxKDD0NlYLD0OrfoF4H42S7o 
  • SprEd in the browser!
• 2021 BASIC 10-Liner Contest
  • https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/2021-basic-10-liner-contest-is-on 
  • https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/rules2021
• SDrive-Simple - mytek
  • https://atariage.com/forums/topic/327764-sdrive-simple-yet-another-hardware-variation/ 
  • This idea was born out of the discussion started by Chris Belcher - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/294991-sdrive-max-mini-no-screen-no-problem/ 
• Gacek - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2022/02/version-de-gacek-para-computadoras.html 
• The Little Book of Sound Chips, Volume 1: 1977-1981 - https://c64audio.com/products/the-little-book-of-sound-chips-volume-1 
• Topic for newbies or veterans returning to Atari - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/176545-topic-for-newbies-or-veterans-returning-to-atari/ 

Upcoming Shows

• VCF East 2022  =   Apr 22, 23, 24, Infoage Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ 
• VCF Southeast - July 15-17  Southern Fried Gaming Expo https://gameatl.com/ 
• KansasFest 2022 = July 19–24, 2022, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org/ 
• VCF West 2022 =  Aug 6, 7, The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ 

YouTube Videos

• RetroVGA RP2040 #MCUME - Multi CompUter Machine Emulator Raspberry PICO - Peter Misenko - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKnAlRh_iew 
• Atari 800 XL Not Booting & Colour Problem Repair - GadgetUK164 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_KoT6X6yjY 
• 4th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards - Ceremony Event! LIVE Acceptance Speeches from Winners! - Zero Page Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieffcAugqto 
• 256-byte demos - For Lovebyte party 2022, "Oldschool 256 byte intro compo" 
• • https://lovebyte.party/ 
  • Rescue on Mars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg4FO7Jf1os 
  • Murkwood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtfwDBb2_a0 

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/compute-best-of-atari-1988-1
• https://archive.org/details/copyservicestuttgart?tab=collection
• https://archive.org/details/ultra-disassembler-adventure-intl-1983/