ANTIC Episode 46 - Tinkle and Poo - a podcast by Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold
from 2017-10-01T19:22:33
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: Victor Marland of the Ten Pence Arcade Podcast joins us over Kevin’s pancake breakfast, Bill Kendrick reviews Tempest Elite, and we discuss Tinkle Pit and Uncle Poo. Plus all the Atari news we could find.
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Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
What we’ve been up to
- VCFMW - http://vcfmw.org/
- Ted Nelson’s junk mail archiving - https://archive.org/details/tednelsonjunkmail
News
- In-store Demonstration Program - blog post by Bill Lange - http://atari8bitads.blogspot.com/2017/09/in-store-demonstration-program.html
- user TCH successfully closed a 1050 troubleshooting thread that he started in early 2008 - http://forums.atari.org/read.php3?num=4&id=2411&thread=2098
- Atari-themed Sunnyvale apartments purchased for $15.7 million - http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/07/atari-themed-sunnyvale-apartments-purchased-for-15-7-million/
- “How many mods will fit into a 600XL” thread on AtariAge - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/252797-how-many-mods-will-fit-in-a-600xl/
- Atari’s Awesome – And Weird – History Of Video Game Consoles - http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/08/29/atari-s-awesome-and-weird-history-of-video-game-consoles/#4
- Pro(c) Atari Magazine on hiatus - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/269959-is-proc-atari-still-around-at-all/
- Games for Atari: 1977 to 1995 is the subject of an intellectual property dispute and is currently unavailable - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/993169463/games-for-atari-1977-to-1995
- Atari Co news this month - https://www.gamereactor.eu/news/587993/Atari+reveals+handheld+and+plug-and-play+Atari+Retro/
- Altirra under Wine for Mac OSX Sierra - Fletch - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/256928-altirra-28-wine-port-for-macos-sierra/
- Atari Party East took place 9/9/17 by Bill Lange - https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/atari-party-east-2017/
- Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
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- Vintage Computing Festival Berlin, German Technical Museum, Berlin, Oct 7 & 8 - https://vcfb.de/2017/
- ByteFest 2017 Oct 13-15, 2017 - http://www.bytefest.org/english-info2/ (Prague, Czech Republic)
- PRGE http://www.retrogamingexpo.com Oct 20-22
- SillyVenture 2017, Fri, December 8, 5am – Sun, December 10, 1pm, Gdansk, Poland - http://sillyventure.eu/
- Vintage computer fest Seattle Feb 10-11 2018, Living Computers: Museum + Labs - http://vcfed.org/wp/2017/07/07/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest/
- International Atari Shows (Nir Dary) - https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=io8bv441r87ffratdj1ir2lggs@group.calendar.google.com&pli=1
YouTube videos this month
- Time lapse of the Retro Computer Festival (http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/de...) held on the 16th and 17th of September 2017 at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge (UK) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-58ibSWyF4s
- Installing an AtariMax SIO2PC in an Atari 800XL - flashjazzcat (2 parts) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1UKE0lz-Aw
- Citron 3kg coding timelapse - Atari XL/XE - Martin Šimeček - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAwzqeiHz-U
New at Archive.org
- Pack007 - https://archive.org/details/CrutchfieldSpring1982
- Atari 130XE, 800XL and 520ST technical details ad sheets in Finnish - https://archive.org/details/AtariComputersTechnicalDetails
- Different Atari-related hard/software pricelists 1985 - https://archive.org/details/AtariHardAndSoftwarePricelistsFromFinland
- The Atari 800 Home Computer Owner's Guide INTERNATIONAL - https://archive.org/details/TheAtari800HomeComputerOwnersGuideInternational
- APX Source Code For Eastern Front 1941 Rev. 2 manual
- https://archive.org/details/QualitySoftwaresSpringSummer1982Catalog
- No Openings Postcard
Bill’s Modern Segment
- Tempest Elite - http://members.tcq.net/video61/tempestelite.html
Of the Month
Commercial
- Atari Adventure Center - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mByRu19y9oY&feature=share
Feedback
- San Leandro Computer Club - http://slcc.bdgeorge.com/
- They Create Worlds Podcast
- “Never Mind the Laptops: Kids, Computers, and the Transformation of Learning” by Bob Johnstone - https://www.amazon.com/Never-Mind-Laptops-Computers-Transformation/dp/0595288421/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
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