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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit PodcastAuthor: Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold
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ANTIC Episode 131 - Brad's 30K Brain
Thursday, 15 October, 2026
ANTIC Episode 131 - Brad's 30K Brain In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we discuss the newly announced THE ATARI800XL and give our opinions, we talk about Hamster power, and Brad now has only 30K for his brain, plus a whole lot more! READY! 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 What we've been up to FujiGrid - https://www.savetz.com/fujigrid/ Newsbytes - https://www.savetz.com/newsbytes Updated AtariMagazines.com, AtariArchives.org, FlightSimBooks.com VCF Midwest - https://www.vcfmw.org Jeri Ellsworth - 1027 printer ribbon - https://www.jeriellsworth.com/ Atari BBS - https://www.southernamis.com/ Thom and Fujinet team - https://fujinet.online/ Jason Moore - https://atariprojects.org/ TACO/John Hardie - https://www.facebook.com/groups/29814905254/user/1615493844/ John Zielke (AtariBasics/Atari Insights) - https://ataribasics.com/ SpartaDOS X User Guide - https://retronics.eu/?a=item&id=360&l=en Peter Jennings, Microchess interview on Floppy Days - https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-167-interview-with-peter-jennings-microchess-and-visicorp Mean Hamster Power Engine for XL/XE has arrived! - ziggystar - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393445-mean-hamster-power-engine-for-xlxe-has-arrived/ TeensyROM and NFC for C64 - https://github.com/SensoriumEmbedded/TeensyROM Recent Interview Shows ANTIC Interview 463 - Steve Bryson, game programmer - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-463-steve-bryson-game-programmer ANTIC Interview 464 - Walt Klappert, Atari Advanced Development Group - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-464-walt-klappert-atari-advanced-development-group ANTIC Interview 465 - Vince Wu, The Learning Phone (Atari PLATO Terminal) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-465-vince-wu-the-learning-phone-atari-plato-terminal ANTIC Interview 466 - John Victor, Program Design Inc. - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-466-john-victor-program-design-inc New & Updated Hardware THE ATARI800XL: https://atari.com/pages/800xl https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/the-atari-800xl-returns-with-a-faithful-but-modern-retro-games-ltd-redesign-classic-8-bit-home-computer-revamp-sports-mechanical-keyboard-and-hdmi-connectivity Antonia2 run - Simius - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382122-antonia2-interest/page/8/#comment-5884400 New shine-through XE key caps sets - GROUP BUY PRE-ORDER - screamingattheradio - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393071-new-shine-through-xe-key-caps-sets-group-buy-pre-order/ An Atari 130XE rebuilt as a laptop - Tavis Hord, Sideburn Studios: https://sideburn.com/lab/xebook/ Full specifications, configuration options and reservations are at xebook.sideburn.com New & Updated Games King's Quest and other Sierra adventures for Atari 800 Released! - ziggystar: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393029-kings-quest-for-atari-800-released/ Download and supported games - meanhamster.com/games/agi-64 AGI-ANTIC game demos on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF0OkYGMhHA Doom for the A8PicoCart - ziggystar (John Swiderski, President, Mean Hamster Software Inc.) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393244-doom-for-a8pico-cart/ Elite For The Atari 8-Bit -- FireBird Version Has Been Completed And Is Released! - reifsnyderb (Brian Reifsnyder) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393094-elite-for-the-atari-8-bit-firebird-version-has-been-completed-and-is-released/ New & Updated Software Chleba - https://github.com/viktorcech/chleba Atarijam - https://github.com/marspa73/atarijam BMA8 - A Bare-Metal Atari 8-bit Emulator for Raspberry Pi: https://www.reddit.com/r/atari8bit/s/osKWnaXj57 github.com/serkantanriverdi/bma8 Publications ABBUC Magazine - https://www.abbuc.de Atari Insights - AtariBasics.com GOTO10 substack: https://www.goto10retro.com/p/apx-forth-a-surprise Contests 6th ATASCII Compo (2026): https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393223-6th-atascii-compo-2026/ As always you can check https://logiker.com/ATASCII for details Upcoming Shows 2026: VCF Montreal - November 7-8 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lambert, QC - https://cvcfed.org/vcf-montreal-2-0/ 2027: Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-21 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ VCF East - April 2-4 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ Midwest Gaming Classic - April 23-25 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF Southwest - June 25-27 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https://www.vcfsw.org/ VCF SE July 16-18 - Atlanta - https://gameatl.com/ Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub YouTube Videos The Story Of: 5 More Unreleased 8-bit Atari Computers - Laird's Lair - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USZco04YXcw ATARI's 800XL Is BACK—with a Working Cartridge Slot! - GenXGrownup - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEAWFPvMfyI Sierra Classics On The C64 & Atari - This Week In Retro 288 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5tsmDt7kvY Top 25 Atari 8bit Games not on the C64 - Into the Vertical Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVs14K7qKZ8 New at Archive.org https://archive.org/details/space-atari - 494 issues of St. Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter! (thanks @Phlod on discord) https://archive.org/details/198501-computer-shopper-x-1oc/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-february-1989/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-september-1986/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-october-1988/ https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-november-1987 https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-march-1987 https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-may-1986/ New at Github On the 8-Bit: https://github.com/N4t0-tech/Atari-Juego-Kaiju-SUPPA-ROBOTTO https://github.com/peterkaczorowski/ORCA-Atari-Snippets https://github.com/grzes71/atari-music-composer https://github-com.translate.goog/grzes71/atari-music-composer?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://github.com/slaapliedje/gem4xe https://github.com/grzes71/jabberwocky Atari stuff moved to web?: https://github.com/MarcinZukowski/a8ext https://github.com/jcoffey-dev/lemonade https://github.com/Quaerendir/Heartlight https://github.com/Quaerendir/TheJet https://github.com/Quaerendir/FAC https://github.com/prcoder-1/ATARI-WorldKarateChampionship-SDL-port https://github.com/Setech-pl/setech-arcade FloppoScope - https://github.com/0ldStaph/FloppoScope Feedback https://estore.wacom.com/en-us/wacom-cintiq-24-touch-dth246k0a.html
