ANTIC Episode 23 - Dorsett, Veronica, BASIC XL - a podcast by Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold

from 2015-06-24T16:35:25

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On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast:




  • We discuss new atari archive sites.




  • Randy tells us all about BASIC XL




  • Kevin delves into the sordid history of DorsETT Educational Systems




  • Bill Kendrick fills us in on  a panoply of stuff, including a brain transplant for your 8-bit.


     




Recurring Links


Floppy Days Podcast


AtariArchives.org


AtariMagazines.com


Kevins Book “Terrible Nerd”


New Atari books scans at archive.org


ANTIC feedback at AtariAge


 


What we’ve been up to


Jewel-encrusted Atari XL


Alan Watson’s Gold Mine game at AtariMania


New Computing Pioneers Interview Transcript Site


Bob Kahn digitized material at Archive.org


Atari PILOT II


"Inside Atari DOS" by Bill Wilkinson and Compute! Books


"Atari Player/Missile Graphics in BASIC" by Philip C. Seyer


“The VisiCalc Book, Atari Edition” by Donald H. Beil


Podcast Episode of Inverse Atascii about VisiCalc for the Atari


Floppy Days episode on the Atari 400/800, part 3 of 3


SIO2SD


 


Interview Discussion


Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge


 


News


How To Turn Your Whole Car Into A Video Game Simulator by Jason Torchinsky


Pix from Atari Party 2015


Classic Gamefest July 25, 26 Austin, TX


VCF Midwest 10 August 29-30, 2015, Elk Grove Village, IL


Portland Retro Gaming expo October 17-18 in Portland OR


Maury Markowitz Wikipedia article on the Atari Sierra


New issue of Pro(c) magazine - issue #6


Ft. Apocalypse on GitHub


Ft. Apocalypse Twitter


Steve Hales Twitter


AtariAge Thread on Modified Version of Silent Service


Download: SILENT SERVICE mod


Delta Space Arena on cartridge


More on Delta Space Arena


Project to Port Prince of Persia to Atari


Atari 8-bit software preservation project


Atari XL Basic Listings  - in german - collection of type-in listings from magazines and books


New podcast on the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer - The CoCo Crew Podcast


 


New at Archive.org


Newsletters


Compuserve Computer Room Operations Training Manual


a javascript based Apple //GS emulator


Stuff Kevin has uploaded from Bob Kahn and other sources


 


Feature [K] Dorsett Educational Systems and Lloyd Dorsett


Dorsett’s letter in Antic


Dorsett’s letter in A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing


Thomas Cherryhomes’ demonstration of his edutape creation tool


 


Bill’s Modern Segment


"Project Veronica" thread at AtariAge Forums


Post at "Vintage is the New Old" (based on a post at the Spanish "Atariteca" blog), including a side-by-side demo of "rotator"


Altirra website


Lotharek's Lair: SIO2PC


Atari Party 2015


"World 1-1" documentary film


Sal "kjmann" Esquivel (ANTIC interview ep. 17)


Mike Albaugh (ANTIC ep. 6)


Dan Trak-ball man Kramer (5200 Super Podcast ep. 3)


Jerry Jessop (ANTIC interview ep. 30)


"Transform the Gotek Floppy Emulator into an Amiga Floppy emulator"


"ACA 500 Accelerator" for Amiga 500 (Sal Esquivel)


"Tank" in Action!


atr2unix by Preston Crow


Internet Archive's Software Library: Atari Computer


atr_txt_dump extractor for Kevin Savetz / Internet Archive


Rob McMullen's "ATRCopy" on github


"Space Wall" Work-in-Progress video


The Atari 5200 Super Podcast ep. 1: "The Pac(k) Ins!"


Atari 2600 Game by Game podcast, ep. 100: "AX-018 Pitfall!"


 


Hardware of the Month - IDE Plus 2, Rev.D HDD Interface for Atari XL/XE computers


eBay listing


Description at Atari8


ideplus manual


 


Software/Website of the Month - SpartaDOS X


SpartaDOS X Upgrade Project


AtariAge thread


 


Programming Languages - BASIC A+, BASIC XL & BASIC XE


Wikipedia


BASIC A+ at AtariMania


BASIC XL at AtariMania


BASIC XL Toolkit at AtariMania


BASIC XE at AtariMania


BASIC XE Extension Disk at AtariMania


BASIC XE Article ANTIC VOL. 4, NO. 9 / JANUARY 1986


 


Feedback


Ed Rotberg, wrote a magazine article


YouTube video showing a demo program that Rotberg created


 

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