ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
ANTIC Episode 122 - Atypical Kay In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we introduce a new format for the news, there’s lots of archiving going on, new software and hardware for our favorite 8-bits, and we find out Kay is atypical… READY! Recurring Links Interview index: What we’ve been up to Via Mark Knudsen: 2" binder of "August 1987": Atari newsletter time capsule 1987-08 - And individual newsletters - scanning Harry Stewart material: Here’s his obit - ...
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ANTIC Episode 121 - Dongle Disaster In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Special guest Brent Carroll joins as we bring you the Atari news and narrowly avoid disaster with our dongle talk … READY! Recurring Links Interview index: What we’ve been up to CX40+ Wireless Joystick: Harry Stewart died: his daughter sent me documents Kay’s 2017 interview with Harry - VCFMW - Video interview of Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman - FujiNet-enabled...
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ANTIC Episode 120 - AI Non Grata In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Kay discusses a big Atari haul, we get an Atari report from VCF West, we discuss a new Atari 8-bit emulator, and Kay bans AI-generated content from the podcast … READY! Recurring Links Interview index: What we’ve been up to Spring/Summer 1992 Toad Computers Catalog - Sector Copy program - News Report from Rob McMullen about Ataris at VCF West [4:37] - Shadows of Dimensions - New Atari game from SV 2025 SE: ...
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ANTIC Episode 119 - Special Guest Joe Decuir In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Joe Decuir, one of the fathers of the Atari 400/800, joins us for a super-interesting discussion of what he’s working on and the current Atari news… READY! Recurring Links Interview index: What we’ve been up to Fluxxing Robert Moore Hybrid Arts disks, getting them to Best Electronics - Scan of JACG Newsletter Volume 5, No. 12 (Aug. 1986) - Scan of JACG Newsletter Volume 6, No. 1 (Sep. 1986) -...
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ANTIC Episode 118 - Trigger Warning In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…we have lots of user feedback and user projects to report on, we talk about a postage stamp-sized Atari computer, and (trigger warning!) there are a couple of Commodore references… READY! Recurring Links Interview index: Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to Photos from the Capital Children's Museum Communications Exhibit which opened November 1981 - Narrascope 2025 - Learning about print shop font...
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ANTIC Episode 117 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… lots of scanning talk, more new games for the Atari than you can shake a stick at, and how to win a kiss on the forehead… READY! Recurring Links Interview index: What we’ve been up to New scans for documents sent by Aaron Spurlock: New scan - New scan - Wade Ripkowski’s site - In-progress quick reference book by Randy, with Atari 800 complete (for comment) - Atari 8-bit development episode of...
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ANTIC Episode 116 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk about all the Atari things we did this month and discuss all the “AI-generated nonsense” going on in the Atari world…READY! Recurring Links Interview index: Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to Fujinet update: Brian Cox - Mozzwald (Joe) Problem was Archived 2 JACG Newsletters - March & April, 1986: Indy Classic Expo - Vintage Computer Center...
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Stanley Trost, Electronic Arts Financial Cookbook Stanley R. Trost wrote several books about early microcomputers, including Atari BASIC Programs in Minutes, Doing Business with VisiCalc, Multiplan on the Commodore 64, Useful Basic Programs the for IBM PC, VisiCalc for Science and Engineering, and others. He was also the creator of Financial Cookbook, which was published by Electronic Arts in 1984 (and one of only two "home management" titles released by EA, the other being Cut and Paste, "the Remarkably Simple Word Processor"). Financial Cookbook provided 32 financial...
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Bill and David Lappen, Buy-Phone It's a dangerous game in the computer history field to call anything the "first." But Buy-Phone is a very strong contender call itself the first online yellow pages. Years before before Yahoo!, before Craigslist, Buy-Phone was a text-based dial-up service — available at 300 and 1200 bits per second — that provided business listings, movie times, and personal ads, all for free to callers. The service launched in late 1982 and was limited to the West Los Angeles area. Buy-Phone was the brainchild of brothers Bill and David Lappen. Here's what...
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ANTIC Episode 115 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk lots of contest news, Mr. Paint, a DIY Atari-themed monitor, and lots of other Atari 8-bit news. Plus, we find a book on “exhausting” Atari games! READY! Recurring Links Interview index: Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to Scanned stuff from Timothy Onders Pilot book - “Atari 400/800 Student Pilot Reference Guide” by Atari - Scanned JACG (Jersey Atari Computer Group) newsletters: October,...
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In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have special guest Andy Diller for a FujiNet update and to let us know about all the great things he’s working on…
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Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
Interview index: here
Links for Items Mentioned in Show:
What we’ve been up to
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ANTIC Interview 450 - Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator
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Kay’s 2024 wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2024-119233408
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Lee Pappas ANALOG disks treasure hunt:
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S.T.A.R. newsletter - https://www.atariorbit.org/star/
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Rogul game:
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https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/01/16/rogul-an-interview-with-wojciech-bocianski/
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YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOm0njTd4tI
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Installing Altirra on ARM Macs - https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/12/26/altirra-arm-and-sequoia/
News
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TNFS GUI for OSX & Windows (nwah) - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/tnfsd-gui?tab=readme-ov-file#tnfs-server-manager
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FujiNet Virtual Printer Output Examples (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://fujinet.online/2025/01/22/fujinet-virtual-printer-examples/
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FujiNet and GitHub (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://youtu.be/aYwUGnfU5c0
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FujiNet NOS By Example (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://fujinet.online/2025/01/08/fujinet-nos-a-network-only-dos/
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Atari 65XE in laptop form on Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/05/atari-65xe-in-laptop-form/
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New season 2025 of the High Score Club:
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Replacement Case for 800XL Coming to Kickstarter Q2 2025 - joeventura - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378702-replacement-case-for-800xl/
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from Atariteca: Inufuto releases «Mieyen» for Atari 8-bit and 60 other retro systems:
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Article at Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/01/inufuto-lanza-mieyen-para-atari-8-bits.html
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YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqRwCAygyeI (Atari 8 Bits For Ever)
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A8E - Atari 800 Emulator - https://www.zerstoerung.de/
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A JavaScript emulator built using A8E - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/224709-jsa8e-javascript-atari-800-xl-emulator-online/
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BW-DOS 1.5 update - https://github.com/HolgerJanz/BW-DOS
Upcoming Shows
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Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 15-17, 2025 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com
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Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/
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VCF East - April 4-6, 2025 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org
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Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 12-13 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/
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VCF Europe - May 3-4 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/
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Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 14 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html
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VCF Southwest - June 20-22, 2025 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/
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Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - June 20-22, 2025 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/
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Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se
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Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/
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VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/
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Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/
YouTube Videos
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Using Atari with FujiNet to build source from Github Part 2: The Princess and the Frog - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppbV50iHFN4
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Atari 8-bit Vs. Commodore 64 TV commercial - DashRetroTV - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JpsQTVoXq3U
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I Won Atari 8-Bit eBay Auction for $71.00 : Was It Worth It? - Into the Vertical Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUhys9krXtA
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How to implement a Hopfield network in BASIC on the ATARI 800 - BASIC Hacking - 11 - Jean Michael Sellier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAEClxrCsw
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ATARI Party! - Retro Repair Roundup Episode #71 - Retro Repair Roundup - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cybgH9hKC2Y
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Atari 8-bit computer 400/800: The first gaming PC? - Stay Forever Podcast (German) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMJkq2D4oyc
Commercial
Feedback
Closing
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Andy Diller’s site - https://www.atariorbit.org/