ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

ANTIC Episode 121 - Dongle Disaster In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Special guest Brent Carroll joins as we bring you the Atari news and narrowly avoid disaster with our dongle talk … 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 CX40+ Wireless Joystick: https://atari.com/products/wireless-cx40-joystick-atari https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Silver-Wireless-Joystick-Atari-2600/dp/B0DDR68ZXR Harry Stewart died: his daughter sent me documents https://bsky.app/profile/savetz.bsky.social/post/3lyj77tjtns2j Kay’s 2017 interview with Harry - ANTIC Interview 295 - Harry Stewart, Pilot and WSFN VCFMW - https://www.vcfwm.org Video interview of Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman - https://youtu.be/lWmXPEyl9T8 FujiNet-enabled Atari800Macx: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382899-adding-fujinet-support-to-atari800macx/page/3/#findComment-5709456 https://github.com/atarimacosx/Atari800MacX/releases/tag/Release_6.1.0Beta1 News Nick DiMasi (SCAT) passed way: Interview with Nick at VCFMW 13 - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-episode-5-connect-your-atari-to-a-pc (Nick’s interview is near the end of the show) SCAT - http://www.scatarians.org/ Rare sighting of a working 1027 printer at latest TACO meeting - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16vmTRRzHD/ Modified Atari 800 with a custom cpu board and a hp 1611a logic analyzer would plug into the external port - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fv8FM9yxz/ RM800XL update on X - https://x.com/rm_800xl/status/1964665547821637818 Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/microsoft_open_sources_6502_basic/ https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502 Atari XL/XE -=Elite=- beta version: From AtariTeca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/09/inesperado-beta-jugable-de-elite.html Saberman Retronews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi8Fr9XFxKQ Download - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-elite_44548.html 5.25" Floppy Envelope Generator from Pawel “Lexx” Kawka: From Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/09/nuevo-generador-de-fundas.html online tool for designing covers - https://ataricovers.com/generator-kopert/?lang=en Cassette Cover Generator Newsletter News September, 2025 issue of Atari Insights - https://www.ataribasics.com ABBUC magazines 162 and special mag 56 - https://www.abbuc.de Upcoming Shows Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Vintage Computer Festival Montreal - Jan. 24-25, 2026 - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC - https://vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/ Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 14-15, 2026 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-22 2026 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ VCF East - April 17-19 2026 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ Southern Fried Gaming Expo - July 31-Aug 2 2026 - Atlanta, Ga - https://gameatl.com/ Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub YouTube Videos How did the Atari beat the Commodore 64 in Chile thanks to Coelsa? - Frognum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NW2ZkWQ-nw Atari Now! News and Homebrews, September 2025 - Into the Vertical...

ANTIC Episode 120 - AI Non Grata In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Kay discusses a big Atari haul, we get an Atari report from VCF West, we discuss a new Atari 8-bit emulator, and Kay bans AI-generated content from the podcast … 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 Spring/Summer 1992 Toad Computers Catalog - https://archive.org/details/toad-computers-spring-summer-1992-catalog Sector Copy program - https://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-scopy-810_44379.html News Report from Rob McMullen about Ataris at VCF West [4:37] - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5qq0k7y5d25ymq87mlx3s/rob-vcf-west-review-1450-antic-podcast.wav?rlkey=30oilrbgfstazfrk4t6wh7cqm&dl=0 Shadows of Dimensions - New Atari game from SV 2025 SE: YouTube game video - https://youtu.be/3jn_zhk_vq0 Game download - https://forums.atariage.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=1252592&key=f30bcb01978d9a735303f5b16fde2994 VBXE Demo Show Part II SillyVenture 2025 - 25th anniversary Edition - andymanone AtariAge thread - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383550-atari-8-bit-xlxe-vbxe-demo-show-part-ii-sillyventure-2025-25th-anniversary-edition/ Demozoo - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit Pouet - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit Youtube - VBXE Slideshow Part II - SV2025 Edition 07-2025 for ATARI 8-Bit FastBASIC Debugger Extension for VSCode - Eric Carr: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351055-fastbasic-debugger-extension-for-vscode/ https://github.com/EricCarrGH/vscode-fastbasic-debugger/blob/master/readme.md#custom-emulator Adding Fujinet support to Atari800MacX - Paulo Garcia - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382899-adding-fujinet-support-to-atari800macx/ New Atari 8-bit emulator Fujisan by Paulo Garcia: source code is here - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan TCP server for automation - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/blob/main/TCP_SERVER_API.md YouTube video - https://youtu.be/jFZfG9ah-9A AIAD (AI-aided Design) for 130XE board remake - Peter Kaczorowski: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGTjjxJcUks https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383379-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-xe-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/ Timberman - a new game: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383557-timberman-a-new-game/ https://github.com/Pecusx/Young-lumberjack/blob/main/Timberman.xex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86FLcqFdQMA August issue of the new Compute’s Gazette Magazine - https://www.computesgazette.com XE Desktop with 3.5 Inch Disk Drive Hat render - Simon Daniel - https://www.facebook.com/groups/181644898539691/user/625793361 Eyeroll of the month - 9 Telengard boxes, sealed: https://www.ebay.com/itm/406093458386 https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-telengard_5309.html Was the Atari computer 8-bit or 4-bit? - https://cyberpost.co/was-atari-8-bit-or-4-bit/ Building Dandy from source - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/276387-heres-the-source-code-for-dandy/#findComment-5705579 https://intotheverticalblank.com/2025/08/10/atari-8bit-archeology-top-20-shooters-and-shmups-1979-1981/ Total Reprint (Apple II Print Shop update) - https://youtu.be/DAoXIsNP6jg Upcoming Shows VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ Event page on Floppy Days Website...

ANTIC Episode 119 - Special Guest Joe Decuir In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Joe Decuir, one of the fathers of the Atari 400/800, joins us for a super-interesting discussion of what he’s working on and the current Atari news… 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._Decuir Fluxxing Robert Moore Hybrid Arts disks, getting them to https://www.a8preservation.com Best Electronics - https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/ Scan of JACG Newsletter Volume 5, No. 12 (Aug. 1986) - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-aug-vol-5-no-12 Scan of JACG Newsletter Volume 6, No. 1 (Sep. 1986) - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-sep-vol-6-no-1 ABBUC - https://www.abbuc.de News Compute’s Gazette relaunch - https://www.computesgazette.com/ C64 Ultimate - https://www.commodore.net/ Adding Fujinet support to Atari800MacX - Paulo Garcia - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382899-adding-fujinet-support-to-atari800macx/ FastBasic Debugger Extension for VSCode - Eric Carr - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351055-fastbasic-debugger-extension-for-vscode/#findComment-5684231 DecentCart - Screaming at the Radio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-sEndb4mEI Atari SIO Peripheral Emulator for Flipper Zero: https://lab.flipper.net/apps/sio2flip https://flipperzero.one/ 1090XL remake housing - fokaszalot: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318373-1090xl-remake/page/41/#findComment-5619125 https://makerworld.com/en/models/1084156 Chat64 for Atari 800XL: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1834140388/chat64-for-atari-800xl http://www.chat64.nl August AtariBasics newsletter from John Zielke - https://ataribasics.com/ Can you help get clean disassemblies to get more FujiNet HighScoreEnabled games? - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383141-can-you-help-get-clean-disassemblies-to-get-more-fujinet-highscoreenabled-games Upcoming Shows Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se VCF West - August 1-2 - Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/2025/03/05/vcf-west-2025-save-the-date/ Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub YouTube Videos Atari Expo at CCCL25 - CmosGames - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwgK88ztkDA Ultimate 1MB 2K25 Revised and XEGS modding missteps - FlashJazzCat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wB1ejADl84 A close look at the 'U1MB 2K5 Revised' - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=56 1980s stock footage of ATARI at Silicon Valley - KinoLibrary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ9KgWlaHe8 The Atari User’s Encyclopedia by Jerry White and Gary Phillips - Vintage Gaming Memories: Short - https://youtube.com/shorts/DaJix7v65vY?si=U-6UZfcexgLLhE8L Full video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5CBwgg836s&t=205s&pp=ygUJYXRhcmkgODAw Atari800MacX with FujiNet PC - Atari BBS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIjw1pTJ_HU

ANTIC Episode 118 - Trigger Warning In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…we have lots of user feedback and user projects to report on, we talk about a postage stamp-sized Atari computer, and (trigger warning!) there are a couple of Commodore references… 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 Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to Photos from the Capital Children's Museum Communications Exhibit which opened November 1981 - https://archive.org/details/ccm-communications Narrascope 2025 - https://narrascope.org/ Learning about print shop font and border formats with Michael Sternberg - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/324752-print-shop-atari-related-graphics/#findComment-5667327 “Unofficial Atari: a Visual History” by Darren Doyle - https://www.greyfoxbooks.com/shop/books/the-atari-a-visual-history/ Interview with Darren Doyle on ANTIC - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-episode-10-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-darren-doyle-michael-current Atari800 emulator and FujiNet on Mac - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/06/19/fujinet-and-atari800-emulation/ News The Retroist Podcast covers the Atari XEGS - https://www.retroist.com/p/retroist-atari-xegs-podcast Atari 800 red keyboard - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15fZrXoP24/ Atari 800 drum scanner project (Dave Porter) - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15rS9dcyzr/?mibextid=wwXIfr Atari home automation (Mike Hogan) - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16rNS2AZnv/?mibextid=wwXIfr Paper - https://www.academia.edu/13353149/Playing_and_copying_social_practices_of_home_computer_users_in_Poland_during_the_1980s Polish engineer creates postage stamp-sized 1980s Atari computer - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/polish-engineer-creates-postage-stamp-sized-1980s-atari-computer/ Antonia2 interest post by Simius - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382122-antonia2-interest/ Thomas Cherryhomes will be writing a monthly FujiNet column for the upcoming Compute!’s Gazette reboot - https://fujinews.substack.com/p/thomas-cherryhomes-named-monthly New game (news comes from Atariteca) - "Quadbination" for Atari 8-bit - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/06/reflejos-estrategia-y-paddles.html The story of how Boulder Dash was created: https://spillhistorie.no/2025/06/06/how-boulder-dash-was-created/ Kay Interviewed Peter Liepa in 2015 - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-66-peter-liepa-boulder-dash June Atari Insights Newsletter - https://ataribasics.com Trigger Warning: Commodore news https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-acquired-for-a-low-seven-figure-price-new-acting-ceo-comes-from-the-retro-community https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/06/this-man-is-buying-commodore Upcoming Shows Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se VCF West - August 1-2 - Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/2025/03/05/vcf-west-2025-save-the-date/ Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ YouTube Videos Fixing bad key switches all at once (Atari 800XL AWC Type 2) - Adrian’s Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsSiEtSomQI Fixing a dead and dirty Atari 800XL - Adrian’s Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljBofLMPIeA Repairing a smashed-up Atari 400 computer - Adrian’s Digital Basement -...

ANTIC Episode 117 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… lots of scanning talk, more new games for the Atari than you can shake a stick at, and how to win a kiss on the forehead… 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 New scans for documents sent by Aaron Spurlock: https://archive.org/details/Mad_Scientist_Software_Hospital_ACLS_Teaching_Series_manual https://archive.org/details/Mad_Scientist_Software_Cardiac_Arrest_ACLS_Teaching_Series_manual/ New scan - https://archive.org/details/donnie-iris-do-you-compute New scan - https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-poster Wade Ripkowski’s site - https://unfinishedbitness.info/ In-progress quick reference book by Randy, with Atari 800 complete (for comment) - https://floppydaysqr.my.canva.site/ Atari 8-bit development episode of Next Without For with Earl Evans and Randy Kindig - https://www.nextwithoutfor.org/2025/05/show-015-atari-8-bit-programming.html Artistic disk envelopes and cassette covers - https://ataricovers.com/ News Source Code for Atari’s Editor/Assembler and Program/Text Editor RELEASED! - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381770-source-code-for-editorassembler-and-programtext-editor-released/ ugBASIC 1.17.2 RELEASED - https://ugbasic.iwashere.eu/ Jerry White's TV Theme Songs - https://www.atarimania.com/demo-atari-400-800-xl-xe-tv-theme-songs_44160.html Indus GT Mini (Piotr Bugaj) - https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=9725048287561907&set=gm.1671261500183510&idorvanity=484741565502182 The FourZeroZero keyboard series - http://www.norths.de/category/a400-design-tastatur/ new Album called "Power of Myth" by Poison6502 - https://poison6502.bandcamp.com/album/power-of-myth New Game Mazy 2 - ​​https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/05/mazy-2-mas-laberintos-y-estrategia-para.html Mikie for Atari XL/XE - physical edition - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381444-mikie-for-atari-xlxe-physical-edition/ The Best of Grawitacja 2025 for Atari 8-bit: https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/05/lo-mejor-del-grawitacja-2025-para-atari.html Kara T-Rex - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myIQFTLGw28 Dinodrab - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiIDqf2Kl5g Jurassic Spark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0dGyjIkDMY ABBUC Software Contest - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381593-abbuc-software-contest-2025/ ABBUC Hardware Contest - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381594-abbuc-hardware-contest-2025/ Upcoming Shows Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 14 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html VCF Southwest - June 20-22, 2025 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - June 20-22, 2025 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se VCF West - August 1-2 - Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/2025/03/05/vcf-west-2025-save-the-date/ Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ Event page on Floppy Days Website - ...

ANTIC Episode 116 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk about all the Atari things we did this month and discuss all the “AI-generated nonsense” going on in the Atari world…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 Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to https://github.com/savetz/critical-connection Fujinet update: Brian Cox - https://www.FVResearch.com Mozzwald (Joe) https://mozzwald.com/product-category/fujinet/ Problem was https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-hardware/tree/master/ATARI/Old-Versions/FN32ROV-1.3-Q24#important-bugfixes https://www.eightbitfix.com/ Archived 2 JACG Newsletters - March & April, 1986: https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-march-vol-5-no-7 https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1986-april-vol-5-no-8 Indy Classic Expo - https://www.indyclassic.org Vintage Computer Center - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com OmniView 80 card - https://archive.org/details/Atari_OMNIVIEW_manual ATR8000 manual - https://archive.org/details/atr-8000-owners-manual Astra 1620 manual and video - Chris Lorenzo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZ_-Ig7rro https://archive.org/details/astra-1620-dual-disk-drive-user-manual

Stanley Trost, Electronic Arts Financial Cookbook Stanley R. Trost wrote several books about early microcomputers, including Atari BASIC Programs in Minutes, Doing Business with VisiCalc, Multiplan on the Commodore 64, Useful Basic Programs the for IBM PC, VisiCalc for Science and Engineering, and others. He was also the creator of Financial Cookbook, which was published by Electronic Arts in 1984 (and one of only two "home management" titles released by EA, the other being Cut and Paste, "the Remarkably Simple Word Processor"). Financial Cookbook provided 32 financial calculators and decision-making tools, including understanding your marginal tax rate, living on your savings, how much life insurance you need, variable rate mortgages, and so on. Versions of the program were sold for Atari 8-bit and ST, Apple II, Commodore 64, Macintosh, and perhaps other platforms. This interview took place on March 24, 2025. Atari BASIC Programs in Minutes Doing Business with VisiCalc Financial Cookbook at AtariMania Inverse ATASCII podcast about Financial Cookbook, including many screenshots Support Kay's interviews on Patreon

Bill and David Lappen, Buy-Phone It's a dangerous game in the computer history field to call anything the "first." But Buy-Phone is a very strong contender call itself the first online yellow pages. Years before before Yahoo!, before Craigslist, Buy-Phone was a text-based dial-up service — available at 300 and 1200 bits per second — that provided business listings, movie times, and personal ads, all for free to callers. The service launched in late 1982 and was limited to the West Los Angeles area. Buy-Phone was the brainchild of brothers Bill and David Lappen. Here's what the August 1984 issue of IEEE Computer wrote: "Buy-Phone's "electronic yellow pages" service for Los Angeles is answering over 3000 consumer requests per day, on any thing trom movies to restaurants to auto repair - and the best part? It's all free. The philosophy was to provide sponsored information paid for by the advertiser, not the consumer. The computer organizes over 10,000 listings to respond exactly to the caller's request. According to the company, the system had to be easy for computer novices to operate, yet powerful enough to be of value. Four proficiency levels are used, each introducing additional features. Beginning users see only six different categories of listings (restaurants arranged by price or nationality, movie schedules, plays...). As users advance, they see an expanded list and are shown how to formulate a search. Retrieved listings are arranged by their distance from the user, with the closest shown first. Expert users are able to specify the time and day they want to buy an item and get information only about stores that are open then. Buy-Phone is now testing expansion to determine how difficult it will be to create similar systems in other cities. To discover Buy-Phone's service call (213) 474-0270 (300 baud), (213) 470-4679 (1200 baud). Access assistance is available at (213) 474-2220." I interviewed Buy-Phone founders Bill and David Lappen on March 14, 2025. Video version of this interview Buy-Phone advertisements, clippings, and ephemera Buy-Phone Computer Consulting web site Support Kay's interviews on Patreon

ANTIC Episode 115 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk lots of contest news, Mr. Paint, a DIY Atari-themed monitor, and lots of other Atari 8-bit news. Plus, we find a book on “exhausting” Atari games! 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 Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to Scanned stuff from Timothy Onders https://archive.org/details/stx_Atari_400_800_Personal_Computer_System_Operating_System_Listing_1981-02_CO16579 https://archive.org/details/stx_Atari_400_800_Personal_Computer_System_Hardware_Manual_CO16555_1980-10 https://archive.org/details/APX_Isopleth_Map-Making_Package_manual_APX-20103_1982-06 Pilot book - “Atari 400/800 Student Pilot Reference Guide” by Atari - https://archive.org/details/atari_pilot-student-guide Scanned JACG (Jersey Atari Computer Group) newsletters: October, 1985 - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1985-october-vol-5-no-2 November, 1985 - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1985-november-vol-5-no-3 Atari newsletters at Internet Archive - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing Recent Interviews ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-453-giann-velasquez-atariteca ANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty, DGS Software ANTIC Interview 454 - Steve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger News Mr. Paint by Wade Ripkowski: https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/MrPaint https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379270-mr-paint/ Atari ‘faux neon’ LED logo sign, $40 on pre-order - https://atari.com/products/atari-neon-led-sign-white-12-x-13 “errant” on git - using Atari as a keyboard for a PC. Code and instructions posted: https://git.sdf.org/errant/keytari https://voidptr.org/ Arcade Centipede emulated on Atari 800XL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379015-centipede-emulator-for-the-atari-800xl/ FujiCup 2024 Results Announced: https://fujicup.pl/ results page for 2024 - https://fujicup.pl/wyniki2024 Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW-z9tD1OW4 Download all 2024 games in ZIP archive Atari Homebrew Awards 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b3g4Czr0BE Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew (Original) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379180-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-original/ Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew (Port) - ​​https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379181-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-port/ Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 WIP (Original) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379182-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-wip-original/ Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 WIP (Port) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379183-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-wip-port/ 800XL gets a mention in Hackaday article - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/genetic-algorithm-runs-on-atari-800-xl/ XCL10 Monitor - Marcin "Fokaszalot" - Baran - https://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=nowinki&ucat=1&subaction=showfull&id=1740334426 BASIC 10-Liner Contest - https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/copy-of-games-list-2024 Via bill kendrick - https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-it-was-a-suicide-mission-larry-siegel-reflects-on-ataris-failed-war-on-nintendo Compute! Magazine ATR by Issue #4 to #95 - Rory McMahon - https://discord.com/channels/1071168010427060324/1071168010427060327/1340108131690348607 https://www.eurogamer.net/40-years-on-rescue-on-fractalus-remains-a-rare-reminder-of-the-magic-of-lucasfilm-games Computer Dealer Demos: Selling Home Computers with Bouncing Balls and Animated Logos by Patryk Wasiak, Institute for Cultural Studies, University of Wrocław,...

Steve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger Steve Kranish is the creator of the Atari 8-bit and Atari 5200 versions of Frogger, the versions published by Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers had the rights to publish cartridge versions of Frogger. Sierra On-Line had already published versions of Frogger on floppy disk and cassette, so Parker Brothers bought the rights to use that version as the basis for its cartridge version. But there were a few problems: for one, the 13K cassette game would need to be shrunk to fit on an 8K cartridge. Another: the source code was lost. Steve also worked on an Atari 8-bit version of the board game Risk, and a game called Baker’s Dozen, both of which were unfinished. He also worked on Project Zelda, Parker Brothers investigation into distributing Atari VCS games via cable television. This interview took place on March 2, 2025. In 2016, I interviewed John Harris, who programmed the Sierra Online version of Frogger (as well as Jawbreaker and Mouskattack). Check the show notes for the link to that. Video version of this interview 2007 interview with Steve at Atari Compendium Steve's games at AtariMania Steve on Atariage ANTIC Interview 200 - John Harris: Jawbreaker, Frogger, Mouskattack Support Kay on Patreon

ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I’m Randy Kindig, your host for this episode. Giann Velasquez is the owner and curator of the popular, Spanish-language, Atari 8-bit news site, Atariteca. Giann is a consummate Atari 8-bit fan and lives in Lima, Peru. This interview took place on June 30, 2024. Links Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/ Blog about Atari 8-bit computers. News, guides and analysis on emulators, games and programs for Atari XL/XE series computers.

ANTIC Episode 114 - Andy Diller Returns! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have special guest Andy Diller for a FujiNet update and to let us know about all the great things he’s working on… 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 Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to ANTIC Interview 450 - Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator Kay’s 2024 wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2024-119233408 Lee Pappas ANALOG disks treasure hunt: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378256-lee-pappas-analog-disks-treasure-hunt/ https://github.com/scttgs0/titan-prototype-atari8 S.T.A.R. newsletter - https://www.atariorbit.org/star/ Rogul game: https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/01/16/rogul-an-interview-with-wojciech-bocianski/ http://bocianu.atari.pl/ YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOm0njTd4tI Installing Altirra on ARM Macs - https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/12/26/altirra-arm-and-sequoia/ News TNFS GUI for OSX & Windows (nwah) - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/tnfsd-gui?tab=readme-ov-file#tnfs-server-manager FujiNet Virtual Printer Output Examples (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://fujinet.online/2025/01/22/fujinet-virtual-printer-examples/ FujiNet and GitHub (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://youtu.be/aYwUGnfU5c0 FujiNet NOS By Example (Thom Cherryhomes) - https://fujinet.online/2025/01/08/fujinet-nos-a-network-only-dos/ Atari 65XE in laptop form on Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/05/atari-65xe-in-laptop-form/ New season 2025 of the High Score Club: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378830-new-season-2025-of-the-high-score-club/ https://forums.atariage.com/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/ Replacement Case for 800XL Coming to Kickstarter Q2 2025 - joeventura - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378702-replacement-case-for-800xl/ from Atariteca: Inufuto releases «Mieyen» for Atari 8-bit and 60 other retro systems: Article at Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/01/inufuto-lanza-mieyen-para-atari-8-bits.html YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqRwCAygyeI (Atari 8 Bits For Ever) A8E - Atari 800 Emulator - https://www.zerstoerung.de/ A JavaScript emulator built using A8E - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/224709-jsa8e-javascript-atari-800-xl-emulator-online/ BW-DOS 1.5 update - https://github.com/HolgerJanz/BW-DOS Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 15-17, 2025 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 4-6, 2025 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 12-13 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ VCF Europe - May 3-4 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 14 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html VCF Southwest - June 20-22, 2025 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - June 20-22, 2025 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ YouTube Videos Using Atari with FujiNet to build source from Github Part 2: The Princess and the Frog -...

ANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I’m Randy Kindig, your host for this episode. Dean Garraghty is the proprietor of DGS Software, which sold, and continues to sell, software for the Atari 8-bit computers since the 80’s. This is a very low cost, 191-disk set that includes an entire utility pack, games, issues of a disk-based newsletter, a sound and music package, an interesting programming language called Quick, and more. Dean has been an Atari enthusiast since the 80’s and has an interesting story to tell concerning his journey with the Atari 8-bit. This interview took place on April 6, 2024. Links DGS Website - http://www.dgs.clara.net/ DGS post on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/268373-dgs-pd-library-the-whole-lot-to-download/ YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLn2nyiuk_OaW1Is4cZtvtQ

ANTIC Episode 113 - Feeling Fancy! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… The clear case Kickstarter doesn’t make it, lots of FujiNet news, and we end the year 2024 with a bang by bringing you all the rest of the Atari news; all while Kay is feeling fancy… 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 Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to FASTBASIC on Mac - (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EricCarr.fastbasic-debugger) 10-liner option of FASTBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic/blob/master/compiler/USAGE.md#passing-options-to-the-compiler Finished archiving Lee Pappas’ disks!! - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378256-lee-pappas-analog-disks-treasure-hunt/ Eaten by a Grue is back - https://monsterfeet.com/grue/notes/56 Kay TODO - https://www.atariorbit.org/2024/12/26/altirra-arm-and-sequoia/ https://www.smoliva.blog/post/friend-of-the-blog-006-kay-savetz-antic-hybrid-arts/ Keeping Up With Atari: Neoliberal Expectations in Early Electronics Advertising - https://tmgonline.nl/articles/10.18146/tmg.847 keyboard to replace domes on 130XE - https://amzn.to/4i10QZz News Clearcase Kickstarter update - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seethruit/injection-molded-clear-case-for-atari-800xl-computer SpartaDOS 4.50 update - https://sdx.atari8.info/index.php?show=en_download_release RM800XL update (from Philsan) with images: Philsan post - https://mastodon.world/@Philsan/113627289787765526 RM 800XL site - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html FujiNet news: FujiNet RAPID 13 (2024 wrap-up) and RAPID 12 by Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/rapid/ FujiNet news substack by Brian Cox - https://fujinews.substack.com/ Video by The VintNerd and Brian Cox on FujiNet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XcsSznKbTs Atari FujiNet User's and Programmer's Guide (First Draft) - Thomas Cherryhomes - https://fujinet.online/2024/12/31/early-draft-of-fujinet-users-manual-for-atari-users-0-0-2/ Atari Party East 2024 update from Andy Diller (Photos): https://www.flickr.com/photos/vladimirvince/albums/72177720322425117 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/t0qh6ekylnscbq6vbkkh8/APXF0_WBraGyO64fhDhVFIQ?rlkey=iey7dmfhet3ecahy229tzhfsy&e=1&dl=0 Atari 1200XL-1MB, Solder-Less 1088K SRAM-Based Memory Replacement Board by MyTek - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378131-atari-1200xl-1mb-solder-less-1088k-sram-based-memory-replacement-board/ The Joy of Sticks article in ROMchip Journal https://www.romchip.org/index.php/romchip-journal/article/view/204 Altirra V4.30 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378003-altirra-430-released/ ABBUC Magazine 159 - http://www.abbuc.de Bubble-Bobble for the Atari 8-bit released - https://vega.atari.pl/main-page/bubble-bobble/ Via Bill Lange on bluesky: “Playing "Kaiser", a pretty version of "Hammurabi" or "Kingdom" on the Atari 8-bit. I translated most of the German to English here” - https://github.com/billlange1968/Kaiser/wiki “Archer Maclean’s DropZone returns with 40th Anniversary Edition landing this December” - https://www.flickeringmyth.com/archer-macleans-dropzone-returns-with-40th-anniversary-edition-landing-this-december/ Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 15-17, 2025 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF East - April 4-6, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 12-13 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ SFGE / VCFSE - June 20-22 Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany -...

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

Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator Robert Leyland programmed AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, and MicroIllustrator (along with Steve Dompier) - the graphics applications that worked with KoalaPad, Atari Touch Tablet, and Chalk Board PowerPad drawing tablets. Prior to that, he programmed The Dragon's Eye (published by Automated Simulations/EPYX), Murder on the Zinderneuf (published by Electronic Arts) and, with Jaron Lanier, the Atari version of Alien Garden for Automated Simulations. This interview took place on January 21, 2023. Video version of this interview Robert's utilities at AtariMania Robert's games at AtariMania ANTIC Interview 104 - Aric Wilmunder, Star Raiders II, Temple of Apshai ANTIC Interview 70 - Jon Freeman, Freefall Associates De Re Atari Support Kay's interview on Patreon

Tim Boehlert, Atari's WCI Labs Division Tim Boehlert began at Atari in 1982. He worked at WCI Labs, the New York Atari subsidiary, where he worked on the broadboard of the 600XL, robotics projects, and mass storage devices. This interview took place on June 4, 2022. Video version of this interview ANTIC Interview 65 - Steve Mayer, 400/800 Designer ANTIC Interview 332 - Mike Matthews, Alien Group Voice Box ANTIC Interview 383 - Gregg Squires, Atari Manager of Hardware Engineering Strong Museum of Play Support Kay's interview on Patreon

Frank Foster, Hybrid Arts Frank Foster was one of the founders of Hybrid Arts, the company that made MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) hardware and software for Atari 8-bit and Atari ST computers. Frank was in charge of marketing for the company. After Hybrid Arts, Frank headed the music division at Atari, where he build marketing partnerships with Tangerine Dream, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Gabriel, and other musicians. I talked with two of the other Hybrid Arts founders, Robert Moore and Paul Rother, in my previous interview. This interview took place on February 20, 2024. Video version of this interview My interview with Robert Moore and Paul Rother Hotz MIDI Translator: Atari Team Redefines Electronic Instruments Frank Foster Biography Frank's SIGGRAPH documentary on computer graphics Hybrid Arts Timeline, Founders, and Goals document by Robert Moore Midi Maze at AtariMania ANTIC Interview 434 - Michael Park: Swan and Fujiboink Demos, MIDI Maze ANTIC Interview 193 - Gary Yost, The Catalog and Cyber Studio Support Kay's interview on Patreon

Robert Moore and Paul Rother, Hybrid Arts MIDIMate Robert Moore and Paul Rother were two of the founders of Hybrid Arts, along with Frank Foster and Alan Hart. Hybrid Arts created the MIDIMate, hardware that added Musical Instrument Digital Interface capability to the the Atari 8-bit computers; and various software for it including MIDITrack. Hybrid Arts continued on to make a wide variety of MIDI and music software for the Atari ST (which has built-in MIDI) including EZ-Track. Paul was the programmer, Robert the music and sales person, and Frank Foster was the marketing person. Frank couldn't make it to this interview due to scheduling issues, but he'll be in my next interview. This interview took place on January 18, 2024. Video version of this interview Hybrid Arts Timeline, Founders, and Goals document by Robert Moore Hybrid Arts - Revolutionize the Process of Modern Movie Making Hybrid Arts on Computer Chronicles (starts at 8 minutes) 8-bit Hybrid Arts software at AtariMania Atari ST Hybrid Arts software at AtariMania MIDI Track III Manual Midipatch: DX Editor for Yamaha DX manual mt-32pi Roland MT-32 emulator Support Kay's interviews on Patreon

Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine Mary Eisenhart was editor of MicroTimes magazine, a free, advertising-supported magazine that was distributed in California. The first issue was May 1984, and Mary remained at the magazine until 1998, producing more than 180 issues. MicroTimes provided interviews, computer industry news, rumors, and columns, and - of course - advertising. For most of its run, there were two editions of each issue: Northern California and Southern California. When she left MicroTimes, Mary took with her a copy or two of every issue, which years later were scanned by Internet Archive. The almost-complete collection is now online, full-text searchable, where they can be read online or downloaded. As a young teenager growing up in Southern California, I read MicroTimes whenever I could find it, usually in record stores. It was a great computer magazine, with the huge bonus that it was free. When I graduated college in Northern California, I wrote for MicroTimes as often as possible (Mary was my editor.) The $200 per article paychecks were the start of my freelance writing career. Mary and I didn't talk too much about Atari in this interview, but rest assured there was plenty of material of interest to Atari lovers in MicroTimes. For instance, issue 1 has Mary's interview with Jon Freeman and Anne Westfall, creators of Archon. A 1985 cover article features "The People Behind 'The Print Shop'" — and there was a long-running Atari ST column written by Helmi Kobler. This interview took place on November 25, 2024. Video version of this interview at YouTube MicroTimes at Internet Archive [NEEDED for scanning: Volume 2 Number 12, most of Volume 3] Mary's web site BAM Magazine in Wikipedia Hedy Lamarr issue Kay's first published article Support Kay's interviews on Patreon