ANTIC Episode 98 - Don't Toss Those Disks!

ANTIC Episode 98 - Don’t Toss Those Disks!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We talk about all the feedback we got concerning tossing or copying old non-commercial disks, we discuss the we-hope-it’s-not-vaporware RM800XL 800XL remake, we mention Thom Cherryhomes and FujiNet like 100 times, and all the other news we could find.

READY!

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 

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

“Apple II Age” by Laine Nooney - https://amzn.to/3BOxbPC 

Indy Classic Expo - http://indyclassic.org 

8-Bit Classics shop

Jakadapter Dual Atari joystick adapter v2 - http://kair.us/projects/jakadapter/index.html 

Happy 1050 from 8-Bit Classics 

ATR8000 -  https://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n4/ATR8000.html 

Brian Snyder (Reifsnyderb) and the 1090XL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318373-1090xl-remake/ 

Southern AMIS and Atari non-commercial disks - https://www.southernamis.com/ 

News

RM 800XL:

Home page - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html 

Atariage - ​​https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350395-new-atari-800xl-revive-machine/#comment-5240788 

YouTube video by GenXGrownUp  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCv2v08Amnc 

Cease and desist tweet - https://twitter.com/atari_bbs/status/1654986930818531328 

 Bob Smith died:

ANTIC Interview 238 - Bob Smith: Video Pinball; Imagic co-founder; Sleazy Adventure

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obituary-bob-smith-atari-2600-programmer-has-passed-away

https://twitter.com/SeamusBlackley/status/1657795929951571968 

FujiNet game server - https://twitter.com/tschak/status/1652819232067837952 

Computer Chronicles Revisited, Volume 5 (1987) by S.M. Oliva. - https://archive.org/details/computer-chronicles-revisited-vol-5 

8-bit Slicks - https://8bit-slicks.com/ 

FujiNet presentation from VCF East 2023 by Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQn_0nZ3Jo 

Leonard Tramiel recent interview - https://hanselminutes.com/892/computing-history-with-atari-and-commodores-leonard-tramiel 

Leonard Tramiel interview on Floppy Days - https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-104-interview-with-leonard-tramiel 

A8DS - An Atari 8-bit Emulator for the DS/DSi/XL/LL:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/a8ds-an-atari-8-bit-emulator-for-the-ds-dsi-xl-ll.632331/ 

https://github.com/wavemotion-dave/A8DS 

Using a #FujiNet, a SIDE 2 or 3 cart, and an Ultimate 1MB together (Thom Cherryhomes):

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350148-using-a-fujinet-a-side-2-or-3-cart-and-an-ultimate1mb-together/ 

https://youtu.be/4mxJsTGNoGo 

PAS6502 - https://syntaxerrorsoftware.itch.io/pas6502 

ABBUC hardware and software contests 2023:

https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/hardware-competition/ 

https://abbuc.de/aktivitaten/software-competition/ 

Atari XL/XE font maker for PC - https://github.com/matosimi/atari-fontmaker 

Inertia, new game for Atari 8-bit computers converted from 1990 original BBC Micro game - https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=8440 

Fast BASIC starter project - Eric Carr - https://github.com/EricCarrGH/fastbasic-starterproject 

Upcoming Shows

The 64 bits or less Retro Gaming Festival - June 3-4 - Benton County Fairgrounds in Corvallis, Oregon (sponsored by the PortlandRetro Gaming Expo) - https://www.64bitsorless.com/ 

Boatfest Vintage Computer Exposition - June 23-25 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info 

VCF Southwest - June 23-25 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX - http://vcfsw.org 

KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 18-23, 2023 (in-person), July 29–30, 2023 (virtual) - Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri - https://www.kansasfest.org/ 

Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 28-30 2023 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 

Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 17-20 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2023-se 

Fujiama 2023 - Aug. 30 - Sep. 3 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2023/ 

VCF Midwest - September 9-10 - Waterford Banquets and Conference Center, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ 

Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

YouTube Videos

Installing Ultimate 1MB in Atari 800XL - Retro Tech Corner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he6RbVR_5nw 

Atari Reimagined! - This Week In Retro 122 - This Week in Retro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0POBEBrfeg8 

Bad Apple!! SV2K18 - a demo for Atari XL/XE with Rapidus by MadTeam (2018) [real HW] (re-upload) - VoyAtari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns8V44pjrRs 

ATARI XE/XL - Flashing and testing new OS rev 6.00, 2023, real HW - w1k-atari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEDngCCnQdc 

Randy Glover - Jumpman (1983):

Q&A Sac Gamers Expo 2022 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ppmTKIdyc 

Kay’s interview - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-171-randy-glover-jumpman 

BOULDER DASH: The Complete History - SGR | Retro Gaming Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rYqG3GYvA 

New at Archive.org 

Computer Entertainer - https://archive.org/details/@gameguy365?query=computer+entertainer 

DX Distance and Bearing program for Atari computers - https://archive.org/details/atari-distance-and-bearing 

New at Github

Bill Lange:

https://github.com/billlange1968/Killer_Chess

https://github.com/billlange1968/Trails_In_Action

https://github.com/billlange1968/Demon-Birds 

https://github.com/ivop/atariterm

Feedback

“Starting Forth” by Leo Brodie - https://www.amazon.com/Starting-Forth-Introduction-Professionals-Prentice-Hall/dp/0138430799/ 

The SLCC Atari club - meeting weekly on Zoom, and monthly in person at the San Leandro Library - https://slcc.wdgeo.com/