ANTIC Episode 51 - 5 Year Anniversary and Windows-Only Dealy-Bob - a podcast by Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold

from 2018-06-24T21:55:22

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In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: In this five-year anniversary episode of ANTIC, we reminisce back to show #1 all those years ago, our friend Nir Dary tells us all about Atari Invasion, Jeff Fulton of the Into the Vertical Blank Podcast gives us a game review of Star Island, plus all the Atari 8-bit news that we could find. Happy 5-Year Anniversary to us!

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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

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz

TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com

What We’ve Been Up To

Dorsett paperwork https://archive.org/details/DorsettLessonQA
Charlie Kulas sent and were scanned
- https://archive.org/details/UpNDown_source
- https://archive.org/details/BuckRogers_source
How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation by Steve S. Thomas - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/984539495268696065
How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation by Jamie Lendino - https://amzn.to/2MdWLCC
Someone Stole My Entire Book (and My Job) and Is Selling It On Amazon - https://www.extremetech.com/internet/267446-someone-stole-my-entire-book-and-my-job-and-is-selling-it-on-amazon
Update On My Stolen Book (and Job) on Amazon - https://www.extremetech.com/internet/268109-an-update-on-my-stolen-book-and-job-on-amazon
Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming by Jamie Lendino - https://amzn.to/2xZlYO1
E.R.I.C. laserdisc project - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/265316-eric-cart-electronic-retail-information-center/page-2#entry4036420
Sofia Video Upgrade - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258702-new-development-gtia-in-cpld/

Interview Discussion

Interview index: here
Alan Alda on Id10T podcast: https://www.acast.com/thenerdist/alan-alda
Video: Eric and Robert Anschuetz Talk About Programming Atari 8Bit Computer Games in the 1980s
updated PDF document that describes games - https://archive.org/details/AnschuetzWesigerberAnschuetzDevelopmentNotes
Original interview: ANTIC Interview 297 - Robert Anschuetz, Eric Anschuetz, John Weisgberber, Antic magazine games

News

Ted Dabney died - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/obituaries/ted-dabney-dead-atari-pong.html
2010 Retrogaming Roundup interview with Ted - http://www.retrogamingroundup.com/shownotes/2010/roundup024_2010.10.php
Time Pilot released - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/278834-time-pilot-final-release/
Time Pilot Website - http://timepilot.atari.pl/
SAM (Software Automatic Mouth) - https://github.com/s-macke/SAM
VCF East article at Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2018/05/30/vcf-east-the-mail-order-app-store/
VCF East article at Ars Technica - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/09/a-trip-down-memory-lane-and-beyond-at-vintage-computer-fest/
ALibPC - https://www.facebook.com/ALibPc.Atari/
Rob at Player/Missile found a reverse engineering of the Atari 8-bit M.U.L.E from 2009 - http://bringerp.free.fr/RE/Mule/mule_document.html
Atariteca on hiatus? - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/
Retro Roundup - https://retroroundup.com
Into the Vertical Blank — new general Atari podcast - Jeff Fulton
- http://www.8bitrocket.com/category/podcasts/into-the-vertical-blank/
- https://twitter.com/Atari_VB_Pod
Jonathan Halliday’s website - https://atari8.co.uk
MacRorie’s website The Brewing Academy - http://www.thebrewingacademy.com
Restoring an Atari 800 XL that’s Beyond Restoring | Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2018/06/09/restoring-an-atari-800-xl-thats-beyond-restoring/
AtariInside seems to be trying to catalog Atari 8-bit software - https://atarinside.dyndns.org/blog/
Atari Software Pack - Dean Garraghty (Scotland) - DGS Software - DGS-Atari on AtariAge - http://www.dgs.clara.net/
Pete Meyer’s Delta Space Arena - http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/3782-delta-space-arena-deluxe-edition/
Atari Force comics reprint - https://amzn.to/2xDaL5y
Jurgen van Radecke (tf_hh on AtariAge) makes all sorts of Atari 8-bit upgrades - http://www.van-radecke.de/STUFF/tfhh_HW_info.pdf
Wap-Niak is a Polish event dedicated to Atari 8-bit computers. All the releases from this year's edition are now on Demozoo - https://demozoo.org/parties/3569/
Silly Venture 2017 8-bit Results Pack - JAC! - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/279559-sillypack-2k17-released/
Season 7 Episode 9 of the Comic Book Men (Atari Dump Dig) - https://www.amc.com/shows/comic-book-men/season-7/episode-09-power-man-vs-counter-man
BASIC Ten-Liners - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/274782-basic-ten-liners-are-back-for-2018/page-4
IEC cables - http://iec.net/?s=atari&post_type=product
Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
- Southern Fried June 8-10 http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com
- KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ , July 17-22, 2018, Kansas City, Missouri
- Atari Fujiama 2018 - from Thursday, July 26 to Sunday, July 29 in Lengenfeld (Vogtland) Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2018/
- VCF West - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ , August 4-5, 2018 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA
- VCF Midwest - http://www.vcfmw.org/ - September 15-16, 2018, Elk Grove Village, IL
- Portland Retro Gaming Expo - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ - Oregon Convention Center on October 19-21, 2018
- International Atari Shows (Nir Dary) - https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=io8bv441r87ffratdj1ir2lggs@group.calendar.google.com&pli=1

YouTube videos this month

YouTube videos this month - using the search term “Atari 800”
- Nir Dary (The Modern Atari 8-bit Computer)
- - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rrc2zptsbU - A simple way to connect the Atari computer to HDMI TV using mini Av to Hdmi adapter
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxmhfTRr-PM - Playing Time Pilot on the Atari 8-bit computer
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A40-57v-tu8&t=45s - Time Pilot cartridge in Rapidus Mode
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19VG1BJ3zG4 - Atari Party in Warsaw, Poland
- Others
- - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlQESoROic - Sio2Arduino project with Atari 800 XL via Arduino Uno - Murat Özdemir
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9HkRe7tgis - The Pulse Rifle Plays - Gyruss (Atari 800) (World Record run 2018-05-20) - New world record: 308800 - Redfeyer
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2nj73mNgAE - qbertaddict1 - How to setup Atari 5200 using lr-atari800 and RetroPie - This tutorial works on the pi 3, pi 3b+, and the odroid but it should work on any system that has RetroPie Installed.
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyXBSMzZ3E4 - Atari Bluetooth - connecting a Wiimote to an Atari 800XL via Bluetooth

New at Archive.Org

Nir’s Segment - Atari Invasion Party Netherlands 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwhHDInXPMg

Jeff Fulton’s Segment - Star Island Game Review

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-star-island_4984.html

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