Ep. 31: Dec 1982: Magazines, Part 1

Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective

English - November 19, 2021 16:48 - 1 hour - 49.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 30: 1982 Special: 8-bit vs 5200 Part 1: Video System X

Next Episode: Ep. 32: Dec 1982: Magazines, Part 2

Coverage of Antic, Compute!, Creative Computing, Dec 1982. Chris Crawford on Legionnaire, first rumors of the IBM PCjr, and two articles predicting the future: Compute! does OK while Creative Computing gets a bunch of whammies. Also: Bullwinkle’s restaurant, sexism and mansplaining about whether educational software should ask kids their gender, and Bahrain doctors, video games & epilepsy.

Magazines

Atari 8-bit magazines

Antic

Antic Vol 1, #5
Stratos by Neil Larimer
ANTIC Podcast interview with Linda Schreiber
Legionnaire by Chris Crawford

Compute!

Compute #31
IBM PCjr
HP 85 Computer
Xanadu, the Home of the Future
Monrobot desk computer

Creative Computing

Creative Computing Vol 8, #12
CIA World Factbook on Bahrain

Production Notes

Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
Episode page: Episode 31
Twitter: @atari8bitgames

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