ANTIC Episode 98 - Don't Toss Those Disks!

May 25, 2023

ANTIC Episode 98 - Don’t Toss Those Disks!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We talk about all the feedback we got concerning tossing or copying old non-commercial disks, we discuss the we-hope-it’s-not-vaporware RM800XL 800XL remake, we mention Thom Cherryhomes and FujiNet like 100 times, and all the other news we could find.

READY!

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

• “Apple II Age” by Laine Nooney - https://amzn.to/3BOxbPC 

• Indy Classic Expo - http://indyclassic.org 

• 8-Bit Classics shop

• Jakadapter Dual Atari joystick adapter v2 - http://kair.us/projects/jakadapter/index.html 

• Happy 1050 from 8-Bit Classics 

• ATR8000 -  https://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n4/ATR8000.html 

• Brian Snyder (Reifsnyderb) and the 1090XL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318373-1090xl-remake/ 

• Southern AMIS and Atari non-commercial disks - https://www.southernamis.com/ 

News

• RM 800XL:

• Home page - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html 

• Atariage - ​​https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350395-new-atari-800xl-revive-machine/#comment-5240788 

• YouTube video by GenXGrownUp  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCv2v08Amnc 

• Cease and desist tweet - https://twitter.com/atari_bbs/status/1654986930818531328 

•  Bob Smith died:

• ANTIC Interview 238 - Bob Smith: Video Pinball; Imagic co-founder; Sleazy Adventure

• https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obituary-bob-smith-atari-2600-programmer-has-passed-away

• https://twitter.com/SeamusBlackley/status/1657795929951571968 

• FujiNet game server - https://twitter.com/tschak/status/1652819232067837952 

• Computer Chronicles Revisited, Volume 5 (1987) by S.M. Oliva. - https://archive.org/details/computer-chronicles-revisited-vol-5 

• 8-bit Slicks - https://8bit-slicks.com/ 

• FujiNet presentation from VCF East 2023 by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQn_0nZ3Jo 

• Leonard Tramiel recent interview - https://hanselminutes.com/892/computing-history-with-atari-and-commodores-leonard-tramiel 

• Leonard Tramiel interview on Floppy Days - https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-104-interview-with-leonard-tramiel 

• A8DS - An Atari 8-bit Emulator for the DS/DSi/XL/LL:

• https://gbatemp.net/threads/a8ds-an-atari-8-bit-emulator-for-the-ds-dsi-xl-ll.632331/ 

• https://github.com/wavemotion-dave/A8DS 

• Using a #FujiNet, a SIDE 2 or 3 cart, and an Ultimate 1MB together (Thom Cherryhomes):

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350148-using-a-fujinet-a-side-2-or-3-cart-and-an-ultimate1mb-together/ 

• https://youtu.be/4mxJsTGNoGo 

• PAS6502 - https://syntaxerrorsoftware.itch.io/pas6502 

• ABBUC hardware and software contests 2023:

• https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/hardware-competition/ 

• https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/software-competition/ 

• Atari XL/XE font maker for PC - https://github.com/matosimi/atari-fontmaker 

• Inertia, new game for Atari 8-bit computers converted from 1990 original BBC Micro game - https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=8440 

• Fast BASIC starter project - Eric Carr - https://github.com/EricCarrGH/fastbasic-starterproject 

Upcoming Shows

• The 64 bits or less Retro Gaming Festival - June 3-4 - Benton County Fairgrounds in Corvallis, Oregon (sponsored by the PortlandRetro Gaming Expo) - https://www.64bitsorless.com/ 

• Boatfest Vintage Computer Exposition - June 23-25 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info 

• VCF Southwest - June 23-25 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX - http://vcfsw.org 

• KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 18-23, 2023 (in-person), July 29–30, 2023 (virtual) - Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri - https://www.kansasfest.org/ 

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 28-30 2023 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 17-20 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2023-se 

• Fujiama 2023 - Aug. 30 - Sep. 3 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2023/ 

• VCF Midwest - September 9-10 - Waterford Banquets and Conference Center, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ 

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

YouTube Videos

• Installing Ultimate 1MB in Atari 800XL - Retro Tech Corner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he6RbVR_5nw 

• Atari Reimagined! - This Week In Retro 122 - This Week in Retro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0POBEBrfeg8 

• Bad Apple!! SV2K18 - a demo for Atari XL/XE with Rapidus by MadTeam (2018) [real HW] (re-upload) - VoyAtari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns8V44pjrRs 

• ATARI XE/XL - Flashing and testing new OS rev 6.00, 2023, real HW - w1k-atari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEDngCCnQdc 

• Randy Glover - Jumpman (1983):

• Q&A Sac Gamers Expo 2022 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ppmTKIdyc 

• Kay’s interview - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-171-randy-glover-jumpman 

• BOULDER DASH: The Complete History - SGR | Retro Gaming Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rYqG3GYvA 

New at Archive.org 

• Computer Entertainer - https://archive.org/details/@gameguy365?query=computer+entertainer 

• DX Distance and Bearing program for Atari computers - https://archive.org/details/atari-distance-and-bearing 

New at Github

• Bill Lange:

• https://github.com/billlange1968/Killer_Chess

• https://github.com/billlange1968/Trails_In_Action

• https://github.com/billlange1968/Demon-Birds 

• https://github.com/ivop/atariterm

Feedback

• “Starting Forth” by Leo Brodie - https://www.amazon.com/Starting-Forth-Introduction-Professionals-Prentice-Hall/dp/0138430799/ 

• The SLCC Atari club - meeting weekly on Zoom, and monthly in person at the San Leandro Library - https://slcc.wdgeo.com/