ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Author: Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold

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ANTIC Episode 109 - Host Wars
Wednesday, 31 July, 2024

ANTIC Episode 109 - Host Wars In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Brad and Randy cover VCFSE, Kay finishes archiving the Famous Computer Cafe and gets some great material from Dan Kramer and Larry Summers, and the hosts trade barbs… READY! Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to Larry Summers: Excalibur - https://archive.org/details/excalibur-2nd-manual-type-apx https://archive.org/details/Functional_Specification_for_The_Arabian_Adventures_Packet_Technologies https://archive.org/details/Out_of_Ataris_Game_San_Jose_Mercury_News_1982-06 https://archive.org/details/Chris_Crawford_recommendation_letter_for_Larry_Summers https://archive.org/details/Atari_81_v1n4_1981-05 Superboots business plan - https://archive.org/details/superboots-business-plan Dan Kramer: https://archive.org/details/atari-management-recognition-award https://archive.org/details/atari-controller-design-focus-groups-report-1981 https://archive.org/details/a-qualitative-investigation-of-programmable-videogame-controllers https://archive.org/details/atari_silvia https://archive.org/details/cx2800 https://archive.org/details/cx2800-notes https://archive.org/details/atari-direct-video-pcb https://archive.org/details/atari-5200-controller-schematics-kramer-dan Famous Computer Cafe - https://archive.org/details/famous-computer-cafe?sort=-addeddate Book “Best of SoftSide - Atari Edition” - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-best-of-softside-atari-edition https://gameatl.com/vintage-computing-festival-southeast/ News Atari Insights newsletter V1#1 - John Zielke - http://www.ataribasics.com Atari Opens Enrollment for its 2024 Summer Camp Program: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atari-opens-enrollment-2024-summer-171700449.html https://atari.com/collections/summer-camp New drop-in replacement mechanical keyboard for the Atari 800 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368661-new-drop-in-replacement-mechanical-keyboard-for-the-atari-800/ Article on how to repair the split collars on an Atari 800 - https://atari.timhinds.com/atari-800-keyboard-restoration/ AtariProjects - http://atariprojects.org - Jason Moore Inverse ATASCII Podcast - https://inverseatascii.info/ - Wade Ripkowski The content presented at the Atari Last Party 2024 (the oldest demo party in Poland) has been added to the atarionline.eu Fujinet server ABBUC #157 magazine - German edition - http://abbuc.de A8Pico to win from ABBUC: Send the answer to the question: "What is the chorus in the Atari song?" You can find the answer on Wolfgang's YouTube channel: (https://www.youtube.com/@RetroWK ) Send answer by e-mail to a8pico2024@abbuc.de Enhanced 600XL PCB by kveldulfur - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/367934-enhanced-600xl-pcb-by-kveldulfur/ Atari FastBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic Upcoming Shows Atari Expo 2024 in Santiago Chile— Aug 3rd&4th.—http://www.expoatari.cl Vintage Computer Festival West - August 2-3 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-18 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ VCF Europe - September 7-8 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ World of Retrocomputing 2024 Expo - September 14-15 - Kitchener, ON, Canada - https://www.facebook.com/events/s/world-of-retro-computing-2024-/1493036588265072/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Retro Computer Festival 2024 - November 9-10 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November/ Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we YouTube Videos FlashJazzCat SIDE3 Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoXGLvUAs84 Lotharek SIDE3 Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVFxVjqLbQk MAC/65 Assembler Editor and Atari 8-bit Machine Language Programming - Part 1 - David Arlington - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WdSPvqSIME MAC/65 Assembler Editor and Atari 8-bit Machine Language Programming - Part 2 - David Arlington - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQPw1myNLb4 The Atari 2024 Expo Preview - CmosGames (in Spanish) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx-3S8UzdDs Rewind 2 - a demo for Atari XL/XE by New Generation, Zelax & Radiance - VoyAtari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuWEEms1IX4 Now there's a Decent keyboard for each Atari 8-bit computer - Screaming at the Radio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiBLV-qH9To New at Archive.org Bluegrass Region Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletters https://archive.org/details/brace-bits-vol-3-no-1/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-march-1987-vol-7-num-3-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-december-1986-vol-6-num-12-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-october-1988-vol-8-num-10-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-august-1986-vol-6-num-8-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-february-1989-vol-9-num-2-atari-articles https://archive.org/details/alog-displaymaker-alog-computing https://archive.org/details/alog-maillist-alog-computing

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