ANTIC Episode 64 - Living in the Future - a podcast by Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold
from 2020-01-26T16:58:19
ANTIC Episode 64 - Living in the Future
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast:
We talk about our Atari-related resolutions for the new year, how 2020 sounds like we’re living in the future, and bring you news and feedback from across the Atari 8-bit landscape.
READY!
Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz
TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com
What We’ve Been Up To
- Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution by Jamie Lendino - https://amzn.to/2v5823V
- Kevin’s annual computer history work post mortem article - https://www.patreon.com/posts/2019-post-mortem-33065636
- Punctuation Put-On - https://archive.org/details/PunctuationPutOn4amCrack https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1217869228939862023
- Portland Retro Gaming Expo panel “Atari 800 series computers: 40 years” that Kevin did with Joe Decuir and David Crane, is now on youtube - https://youtube.com/watch?v=lIaxXumt1zY
- Kevin’s Poker Machine and Blackjack games for 10-line BASIC contest - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1210786683135725571
- Dneiper River Line & Tanktics - http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-dnieper-river-line_1651.html
- Atari Visual History book - https://www.greyfoxbooks.com/
- SDrive Max 1050 Case - Steve Boswell (A8bit) - https://atari8bit.net/sdrive-max-cases/
- SDrive Max 810 (labeled) - Vintage Computer Center - Gavin Haubelt - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/atari-810-sdrive-max
- Incognito for Atari 800 - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=275
Interviews
- Interview index: here
Atari News
- High Score Club Season 17 - https://atariage.com/forums/messenger/447762/?tab=comments#comment-1667618
- Rescue Expedition - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-rescue-expedition-para-computadoras.html#more
- Allan Bushman antic disks 1-9 https://archive.org/details/@allan52?and[]=creator%3A%22antic+magazine%22
- Atari article in Fast Company by Benj Edwards - https://www.fastcompany.com/90432140/how-atari-took-on-apple-in-the-1980s-home-pc-wars
- Fandal’s monthly update http://a8.fandal.cz/ and Monty On The Run - http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7774
- Runner Bear, first game of 2020 for Atari - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2020/01/runner-bear-primer-juego-del-2020-para.html
- Atari Retro-pen: mass storage device for Atari 8-bits - http://atariteca.blogspot.com/2019/12/atari-retro-pen-dispositivo-de.html
- Great website to download game XEXs is Homesoft
- SIO2Midi 3D-printed Case - https://ataribits.weebly.com/midi-3d-printed-cases.html
- Thanks to Mr Robot (Steve Boswell) of AtariAge there is now a 3D printed enclosure design available to protect your SIO2MIDI board (https://ataribits.weebly.com/midi.html)
- Atari800 emulator new version 4.2.0 - https://github.com/atari800/atari800/releases/tag/ATARI800_4_2_0
Upcoming Shows with Atari Computers
- March 21 & 22, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest, Living Computers:Museum+Labs in Seattle,Washington - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest
- March 21, Indy Vintage Computer Club Expo 2020, Camby, IN - https://www.facebook.com/events/188334755647918/
- April 24-26, 2020, Vintage Computer Festival East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east
- Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8
- Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/
- New event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/
YouTube Videos
- Debugging With the Altirra Atari 8-bit Emulator by Jonathan Halliday (flashjazzcat) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4sS_xv7oBs
- Sprites using Assembly language on the Atari with Joystick control by 8-bit and more - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYc1cdB-mY
- Atari 800XL MiSTer Core Available on DE10-Standard and Arrow SoCKit FPGA by ModernHackers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ7lcWp3B0k
- Atari 8 Bit - Sphere Demo Benchmark in Fast BASIC by Atari 800XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRr94ZxaOLw
- Lesson S4 - Bitmap Drawing on the Atari 800 / 5200 by ChibiAkumas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogt1WFoHTvk
- Second Life Syndrome Demo by Lamers group in SillyVenture 2k19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2fzv3-mXKs
- Far Away By Agensa group Demo at SillyVenture Atari Party Poland - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYDLX1-c8NI
New at Archive.org
- Issues of Hardcopy newsletter (Lehigh Valley, PA) - https://archive.org/details/@allan52?and%5B%5D=hardcopy
- McDonnell Douglas Recreational Computer Club's Atari Syncalc Demo - https://archive.org/details/syncalcdemojune1985mcdonnelldouglasrecreationalcomputerclub/
- Elfin Magic's Super 3D Plotter II manual - https://archive.org/details/super3dplotter2elfinmagic/
Feedback
- Incognito firmware from FJC (Jonathan Halliday) - https://atari8.co.uk/firmware/incognito/
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