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What we’ve been up to

Converting Atari8BitBot to Mastodon with Papa Robot - @[email protected]
Scantastix - https://archive.org/search?query=identifier%3Astx_%2A&sort=-publicdate
Dorm game - https://carringtonvanston.net/games/dorm/
ANTIC sign - https://m.aliexpress.us/item/3256804531104852.html
BASIC 10-liner contest - https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium

News

Action! Tutorial at YouTube by David Arlington - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ8ABW8rY40
Browser-based Eastern Front 1941:

How to Use Classic Atari, Commodore and Sinclair Software on Your Mac - https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos/tips/how-to-use-classic-atari-commodore-and-sinclair-software-on-your-mac
Atari Software Pack - Dean Garraghty (Scotland) - DGS Software - http://www.dgs.clara.net/
APX Atlas program - https://community.a8preservation.com/t/dumps-dumps-dumps/205/579
James Shackel passed away - https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/james-shackel-obituary?id=39585348
SuperSIO Splitter by Sikor - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314342-supersio-splitter/
Mr. Robot 3D printing models:

Readytari items at Red Bubble by Steve Boswell (Mr. Robot) - https://www.redbubble.com/people/choccyhobnob/works/52776330-readytari-ntsc?carousel_pos=21&ref=work_carousel_work_portfolio&ref_id=30853044
Elite port - https://youtu.be/khhxWsZ7WC8
Goto10 newsletter - https://www.goto10retro.com/
Mathy's new and improved homepage - https://mathyvannisselroy.nl/index.htm
Compiling a new Atari OS By reifsnyderb - https://forums.atariage.com/topic...

ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, Do you ever sleep?

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03/31/24 • 88 min

ANTIC Episode 106 - Thom, do you ever sleep!?

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast... we cover all the recent contests involving new Atari software development, bring you all the other Atari news we could find, and marvel at the stamina of Thom Cherryhomes...

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Kay’s Book “Terrible Nerd”

Interview index: here

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we’ve been up to

Atari’s 1986 prospectus and form S-1 - https://archive.org/details/atari-corp
Titan game - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-titan_6337.html
https://archive.org/details/tbace-thunder-bay-atari-computer-enthusiasts/TBACE-1985-01%20Minutes/
2.4A power supply for XL/XE from 8bitclassics.com - https://www.8bitclassics.com/product/atari-xl-xe-2-4a-amp-power-adapter/ (affiliate link)
80-column card for 1090XL - Brian Reifsnyder - https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/80-column-rpp-board-for-the-atari-1090xl1091xl/

News

Custom floppy disk envelopes - https://ataricovers.com/
Atari 400 mini started shipping! (3/28) - https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1
BASIC 10-Liner Contest - https://www.homeputerium.de/
Vitoco has bundled Atari 8 Bit computer games competing in the BASIC 10 Liners Contest 2024 into a single disk - https://www.vitoco.cl/atari/10liner/NOMAM2024.atr
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/21/video-poker-takes-your-money-in-10-lines-of-basic/
6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/356719-6th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-voting-information-discussion/
Atari in a suitcase - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2142412709436907&set=gm.7187337001303744&idorvanity=181644898539691
Anode chat - you can use Anode chat and talk on the Fujinet discord to the anode channel - TNFS:// fujinet.pl/anode/anode.xex and search in it for "chat" - you'll need to register with the anode server first
Including ACTION! code from GitHub - Thom Cherryhomes:

FujiNet Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/fujinet/
ABBUC Software Competition 2024 opened:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363297-abbuc-software-competition-2024-opened/
You can find all the rules here -

ANTIC Interview 451 - Daniel Serpell, FastBasic

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

12/30/24 • 39 min

Daniel Serpell (dmsc), Creator of FastBasic Daniel Serpell (dmsc) is the creator of FastBasic, a modern implementation of the BASIC programming language for the Atari 8-bit computers. He released the first version to the public in 2017. Today, the GPL-licensed language is up to version 4.6, and is a favorite of 10-line BASIC game contest entrants and anyone who wants a speedy, modern take on Atari programming. I'm going to crib from AtariWiki's description of FastBasic: "It is a complete re-implementation of the BASIC system, using a built-in bytecode compiler rather than a tokenizing interpreter. Typical BASICs use an interpreter that examines every line of code as the program runs. ... FastBasic works on an entirely different principle. When a line is parsed in FastBasic, it (essentially) compiles the entire line into tokens and then leaves them in memory. This way the line does not have to be repeatedly parsed, even from the simplified token format, which makes it much faster to run." FastBasic has other enhancements, including new commands for player-missiles and communicating with FujiNet, an option to only use faster integer math instead of floating point, and structured programming instead of line numbers. This interview took place on December 21, 2024. Video version of this interview FastBasic at github FastBasic at AtariWiki 10-line BASIC Contest Daniel at atariage Viña del Mar, Chile BW-DOS ANTIC Interview 436 - Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile FastBasic Debugger Extension for VSCode Support Kay's interview on Patreon

ANTIC Episode 65 - Cats with umbrellas and dogs!

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

02/20/20 • 72 min

ANTIC Episode 65 - Cats with umbrellas and dogs!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: Kevin’s dogs do their best to be a part of the podcast, we tell you all about a very busy month of personal Atari stuff, all the programming contests going on, and all the other news we could find.

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https://gkanold.server.deerpower.de/

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ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz

TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com

What We’ve Been Up To

Kevin’s Atari workbench set up! - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1220554086593904644
AVG cart. Moon Patrol, and Redux - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/297535-moon-patrol-redux/
XC-11 cassette drive from Rodrigo Castro Sage - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1223696069302706176
https://github.com/savetz/Renderific updates
Charlie Kulas disks - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/287589-leafer-madness-by-charlie-kulas/?do=findComment&comment=4458986
Supercard Pro and Atari 8-bit Software Preservation Initiative - http://a8preservation.com/
Astra 1620 dual disk drive - http://gury.atari8.info/hardware/162.php
SDrive Max (810) - Gavin at Vintage Computer Center - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/atari-810-sdrive-max
Incognito for Atari 800 - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=275
Tricky Tutorials - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-tricky-tutorials-1-6/mode/2up

Recent Interviews

http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-378-craig-hickman-atari-photography-software-and-security-system

News

Thunderdome the Atari Site - https://atari.fox-1.nl/ - games, tools, demos, emulation
Atari hotels - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/business/atari-hotel-phoenix.html
10-line BASIC contest

https://twitter.com/Basic10L/

AtariAge discussion - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/301250-2020-basic-10liner-contest/

https://atariaction.tumblr.com/post/190760859977/10-line-poker-machine

https://atariaction.tumblr.com/post/190761401187/10-line-blackjack

12th Kaz Compo announces the best Atari games released in 2019 - https://vintageisthenewold.com/12th-kaz-compo-announces-the-best-atari-games-released-in-2019/...

ANTIC Episode 91 - HAM Atari

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

08/28/22 • 75 min

ANTIC Episode 91 - HAM Atari

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast...Kay gets a new job, Randy officially retires, and we cover a ton of hardware upgrades

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Interview index: here

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What we’ve been up to

Internet Archive job for Kay - https://twitter.com/KaySavetz/status/1562130788602109952
Low-profile Atari 400 keyboard - https://mobeets.com/
Atari XE Remake - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/319881-atari-xe-remake-pre-order-thread/

News

1979 Atari 800 Personal Computer Metal Sign - https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/638738386
Best Electronics XE Touch upgrade:
- AtariAge thread - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/338985-best-electronics-xe-touch-upgrade/
- Best Electronics - https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/130xe.htm#TT
AtariOrbit and This Week in FujiNet - https://www.atariorbit.org
822 printer on ebay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/314115004546
Revive 1027 - https://retrohax.net/shorts-atari-1027-printer-the-revive1027-project/#more-15516
Castlevania - https://www.indieretronews.com/2022/08/castlevania-thelen-is-still-working-on.html
Eci+Cart port replicator by Piotr Bugaj (Poland) - https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/atari-xe--port-expander.-eci-%2B-cart-x2-62320
FastBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic/releases/tag/v4.6
Atari 800 Personality Board by santosp:
- https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/atari-800-personality-board-62686
- https://atariage.com/forums/topic/337925-new-personality-board-for-the-a800/?tab=comments#comment-5090556
The 1056 Board -- Atari 400 1056k Memory Upgrade - reifsnyder_b - https://www.ebay.com/itm/275417691367?fbclid=IwAR2KHKCUDIHQ_xs6xgxlpQWJQQl7s0Xgz4lx9Pyii1_PTXoIwzRcEaY7hhQ
1064M 64k Memory Upgrade For the Atari 600XL - https://www.ebay.com/itm/1064M-64k-Memory-Upgrade-For-the-Atari-600XL/275368998887
Atari 800 48k RAM Card with Jumper Board - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-800-48k-RAM-Card-with-Jumper-Board/275370454563
320k Memory Upgrade For the Atari 600XL and Atari 800XL - https://www.ebay.com/itm/320k-Memory-Upgrade-For-the-Atari-600XL-a...

ANTIC Episode 93 - All FujiNet, All The Time

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

11/15/22 • 113 min

ANTIC Episode 93 - All FujiNet, All the Time!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast...Andy Diller (atariorbit) joins us to talk all things FujiNet!

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Recurring Links

Interview index: here

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What we’ve been up to

FujiNet main site - https://fujinet.online/
Andy’s blog - https://www.atariorbit.org
Andy’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/atariorbit
Atari XDM121 printer on Shop Goodwill - https://shopgoodwill.com/item/154471414

News

Fast BASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic
Vintage Computer Center closing (Gavin Haubelt) - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/
Ben Smith, owner of Bravo Sierra Computers has passed away:

Bravo Sierra Computers website - http://atarisales.sdf.org/
Interview on ANTIC with Ben - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-260-ben-smith-atari-sales-and-service

LinguaXE, a translator connected to Google with FujiNet - https://m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR2Qc5u7SfPz8EMAnqNAm4R7ZRPWxK2Zoz3qrkgKTmPNB0Q9T9C2uQs4dPg&v=dwMr9_h-WlY&feature=youtu.be
Nitelite BBS - https://www.reddit.com/r/atari8bit/comments/yl1nde/atari_bbsing_history_as_nitelite_bbs_software/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
How to connect to the Atari BBS’s - https://southernamis.wixsite.com/website/how-to-connect
Atari XL/XE - rendering of unicode text" by YouTube user "amarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_j0iSwbD7g
Second ATASCII Graphics Compo Results Are Out - https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/second-atascii-graphics-compo-results-are-out
ABBUC SW-Contest 2022 - https://abbuc.de/2022/11/ergebnis-abbuc-software-wettbewerb-2022/
ABBUC Software Contest 2022 Games Playthrough Part 1: Atari 8-Bit Homebrew - Zero Page Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9fXI0iQh3U
Release of Break It! '22 Extended Version – https://forums.atariage.com/topic/343405-release-of-break-it-22-extended-version-abbuc-sw-contest-2022/
New search engine for searching for vintage computer files from archive.org:

InstaDOS on cartridge - The VintNe...

ANTIC Interview 440 - Ed Sabo, UltraBASIC

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

10/18/24 • 35 min

Ed Sabo, UltraBASIC Ed Sabo, with the help of his dad, founded UltraBASIC, a company that produced software for Atari 8-bit computers. UltraBASIC's software for the Atari 8-bits, which was all programmed by Ed, were: Tank Math: "a tutored math exercise plus a bonus roman numeral quiz" FunSpeller: "use your own words or the fifteen word-sets included" SuperFrogs: "the 7 game arcade with over 10,000 variations” ... and Track Stack: a program launcher, "stack up to 15 machine language programs on the track stack disk" Ed also created some unpublished software, including a bulletin board system and RC Total, a program to track results of radio controlled car races. The company also operated a commercial coin op route, with video games, pinball machines, jukeboxes, and so on. Ed's UltraBASIC company still exists. Today, the company specializes in transmission rebuilds, custom headers, and other repairs for classic and custom cars. This interview took place on August 8, 2023. Video version of this interview (youtube): https://youtu.be/OXcW1Pm4DQ8 Tank Math: https://archive.org/details/tank-math-ultra-basic/ Super Frogs: https://archive.org/details/super-frogs-ultra-basic/ Funspeller: https://archive.org/details/superfrogs-funspeller-ultra-basic/ Track Stack: https://archive.org/details/TrackStackUltraBasic/ List of Ultrabasic games at Atarimania Ultrabasic, Inc.: http://ultrabasic.net M.U.L.E. Online: https://puzzud.itch.io/mule-online FujiNet: https://fujinet.online Support Kay's interviews on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/savetz

ANTIC Episode 53 - Summer Vacation and Atari Party

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

10/01/18 • 98 min

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast:

Bill Lange guest-hosts with us and tells us all about the recent Atari Party East. We talk about all the traveling and Atari things we did over the summer. Kevin throws in a mini-interview he did. And, Jeff Fulton reviews Tempest Elite Plus. Plus, all the Atari 8-bit news we could find...

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Recurring Links

ANTIC Facebook Page

AHCS

Eaten By a Grue

Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz

TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com

What We’ve Been Up To

Atari Party East 2018 video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjvP6AA6xg8
Glen’s Retro Show - Atari Party East 2018 Stream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjvP6AA6xg8
Ted Nelson Junk Mail project https://archive.org/details/tednelsonjunkmail
KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org
Have you heard the good news? - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/1020780246327492608
VCF West - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/
Krakow Pinball Museum http://www.krakowpinballmuseum.com/aboutus.html
Wroclaw Museum Games & Computers Of The Past Era https://gikme.pl/en/
Dorsett Software - https://archive.org/details/DorsettAtariFractions
Ground Kontrol - https://groundkontrol.com/
Powell’s Books - https://www.powells.com/
Best of Creative Computing, Vol. 2 - https://archive.org/details/bestofcreativeco00ahld
VCF Midwest - http://vcfmw.org/
Claus Buchholz - 1978 Pre-production Atari 800 - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/122471-atari-800-engineering-serial-26/?&hl=%20engineering
Tricky Tutorials - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-tricky-tutorials-1-6
AtariMax Atari Peripheral Emulator (A.P.E.) - https://www.atarimax.com/
Atari Party East 2018 T-shirt art - https://www.deviantart.com/doncroswhite/art/Atari-Party-East-2018-761606869
New joystick BX-80 from Benj Edwards - https://twitter.com/benjedwards/status/1025119835179634689

Atari News

XL/XE Podcast - https://twitter.com/xlxepodcast
SDrive Max:
- Atariwiki - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SDrive-MAX
- Step-by-Step (German) - http://www.abbuc.de/~atarixle/readthread.php?f=15&t=9451&start=0
- 1 half SIO cable - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=128
- case - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2718842
Bill Lange with his 'brand new" Atari demo package -

ANTIC Episode 68 - What SIDE Are You On? With Jonathan Halliday

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

06/14/20 • 86 min

ANTIC Episode 68

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast... Jonathan Halliday joins as we discuss his amazing work on the SIDE loaders for the Incognito and Ultimate 1MB and the work going on for the SIDE3 cart.

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