ANTIC Episode 102 - Randy, You Used to be a Nice Guy!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… All the Atari 8-bit news for this month, Kay breaks his Atari mug, Brad impersonates Kay, Kay decides to start up a cable company, and Randy changes in retirement …

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Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kay’s Book “Terrible Nerd” 

New Atari books scans at archive.org 

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge 

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge 

Interview index: here 

ANTIC Facebook Page 

AHCS 

Eaten By a Grue 

Next Without For 

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we’ve been up to

ICD Atari 8-Bit Info - https://archive.org/details/icd-atari-8-bit-info-flyer 

ICD Multi I/O Board Manual - https://archive.org/details/icd-multi-io-board-manual 

EPG Jr. thread on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/171349-prevue-guide-epg-jr-reverse-engineering/ 

The Atari 8-Bit FujiNet N: device, in Perspective by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqz_AZgxaVY 

Atari 130XE Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner (Retro Reproductions) (sponsored link) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1789824338?tag=ataripodcast-20 

A8PicoCart - https://github.com/robinhedwards/A8PicoCart 

ABBUC Annual General Meeting 10/22 - http://abbuc.de 

Fastbasic install for Mac! - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger 

Interviews

Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman (video to come) -  https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-435-cynthia-solomon-and-brian-silverman-logo 

News

GTIAdigitizer HDMI output, by c0pperdragon:

https://www.tindie.com/products/c0pperdragon/gtiadigitizer/

https://www.tindie.com/products/c0pperdragon/rgbtohdmi-mono-lumacode/

New Fujinet resource (ABBUC) - tnfs://fujinet.atari.social 

FujiNet release 1.2 - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-platformio/releases/tag/v1.2.0 

FujiNet RAPID by massiverobot - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355710-rapid/ 

130XE keyboard replacement:

https://x.com/mindthreat/status/1705197317551239289?s=20 

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352558-decent-xe-mechanical-keyboard-for-atari-xe-computers-how-to-order-one/ 

ultra-small DOS called uDOS - https://abbuc.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1130 

Super SpartaDOS X cartridges now available from COREi64:

Announcement at AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355946-super-spartados-x-cartridges-now-available/ 

Buy here - https://corei64.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=444 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/how-to-make-almost-any-computer-a-modern-day-plato-terminal/ 

Pro(c) Atari Issue 16 - https://proc-atari.de 

Pitfall II's Secret Sequel - https://www.ign.com/articles/pitfall-iis-secret-sequel 

SDrive mini at Lotharek - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=375 

Starring the Computer - https://www.starringthecomputer.com/ 

Revive 800XL Update (requires Twitter account) - https://twitter.com/rm_800xl?fbclid=IwAR2VhqAhUSnp3HwbcIOcTY7M7UvfKsDhC8PWKG9czYigmmXNVaE53z7CVC0 

Upcoming Shows (Remaining in 2023 and first half of 2024)

Atari Party 2023! - Saturday, December 2, 2023, 1pm to 4pm - Quakertown Train Station, Quakertown, PA - https://quakertowntrainstation.org 

Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com 

Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ 

VCF East - April 5-7, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org 

Indy Classic Computer & Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Indianapolis, IN - http://www.indyclassic.org 

VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ 

not a show, but an Atari user group meeting - There’s one at the National Videogame History Museum in Frisco, TX (DFW area) every quarter - Texas Atari 8-bit Computer Owners (T. A. C. O.) 

YouTube Videos

Darren Doyle's Unofficial Atari: A Visual History - Vintage Gaming Memories (Chris in the IVCC) - https://youtu.be/alWojz4e3QU?si=gq49YDfPb0DpEiol 

Final results of the 3rd ATASCII Compo 2023 for Atari 8 Bit computers revealed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTgYwAaLklU 

Wozman for Atari 8-bit - freetz - https://youtu.be/3MdVf_60dfo 

FujiNet Game Alert System by Andrew Diller:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D-QOtfR1fQ

https://www.atariorbit.org/2023/10/15/game-alerts/ 

The Atari 800XL (as seen in Terry Stewart's computer collection) -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E47q5dNXiOg 

Atari 8-bit SIO Midi Player - Lotharek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTha3Ebepyc 

New at Archive.org 

https://archive.org/details/dynacomp-catalog-33 

https://archive.org/details/stx_Home_Computing_Journal_Volume_1_1986 

https://archive.org/details/Popular_Computing/ 

https://archive.org/details/computer-kurs 

EOR #$FF: 6502 Ponderables and Befuddlements - https://archive.org/details/eor6502 

https://archive.org/details/youtube-aGfwHcHQiO0 

BRE 1991 800/XL/XE Software Catalog - https://archive.org/details/atari-800-xl-xe-bre-1991-software-catalog 

Computer Shopper Magazine, March, 1988, Volume 8, Number 3, Atari Articles Computer Shopper Magazine, April, 1989, Volume 9, Number 4, Atari Articles 

Computer Shopper Magazine, October, 1987, Volume 7, Number 10, Atari Articles 

https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-sept-1987-vol-7-num-9-atari-articles/page/n7/mode/2up 

Feedback

https://ghidra-sre.org/ 

 

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