ANTIC Episode 122 - Atypical Kay

ANTIC Episode 123 - Steampunk Atari In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Lots of Holiday Buyer's Guide action, news of recovered software, FujiNet news galore, and Brad does steampunk Atari… 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 Nexon Computer Museum (Maplestory) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexon_Computer_Museum  Air Navigation RNAV for Atari 8-bit manual and source code: https://archive.org/details/tims_Air_Navigation_RNAV_for_Atari_8-bit  HP versions and detailed notes - https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Robert+A.+Tims%22  JACG Newsletters: https://archive.org/details/jerseyataricomputergroup scanned via Mark Knutsen here's what else we need in a spreadsheet  - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing)  https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1989-03  https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1985-01  https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1985-02  https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-10  https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-12  http://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-09  http://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-08  http://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-07  Amiga 40 Celebration in Atlanta - https://www.facebook.com/events/1961071527788068/  Invitation to Programming cassette - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-invitation-to-programming-1-an_11651.html  Atlanta Historical Computing Society - https://www.atlhcs.org/  Smith-Corona Electric typewriter module and typewriter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTcWEU2UPgM  News Battleship for Atari with FujiNet:  https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/11/30/battleship-docks-for-atari/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386230-fujinet-battleship-for-atari-8-bit-now-in-fujinet-game-lobby/  Atari 8-bit games part of the Namco Legendary Pack for Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration for Steam, XBox, Playstation - https://atari.com/products/atari-50th-the-anniversary-celebration  FujiNet-PC build for Mac - Andy Diller: Blog post - https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/11/02/fujinet-pc-build-for-osx-download/  download it here - https://www.atariorbit.org/shared-files/1165/?fn-pc-atari-v151.zip  Running multiple Atari800/FujiNet - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/11/10/build-your-own-atari800/  Ivop ported BBC BASIC to the Atari XL/XE - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385621-bbc-basic-for-the-atari-xlxe/  FiSh - Fujinet Interface Shell - bocianu - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386043-fish-fujinet-interface-shell/  Apple II Holiday Collection & Special Edition transferred to Atari Print Shop disks by Michael Sternberg - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/324752-print-shop-atari-related-graphics/#findComment-5757049  Atari CAS Player by Krystone: AtariAge thread - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381594-abbuc-hardware-contest-2025/#comment-5745407  You can try it directly here - https://krystone.pl/atari/casplay  updated FujiNet AI SAM chatbot by Mozzwald:  The disk is up at https://tnfs.fujinet.online/ATARI/FujiNet-Apps/ai-sam-v3.xex  which uses fujinet.online for the server Source code for the app and server is up at https://github.com/mozzwald/fujinet-ai-sam/  November and December issues of Atari Insights Newsletter - https://www.ataribasics.com  http://www.atariprotos.com has 2 new 8-bit things Midi Maze custom maze thread on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386262-hidden-loading-of-mazes-from-disk-in-midi-maze/  November issue of Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com  Type-in apps for modern computers - https://boingboing.net/2025/11/24/doctype-magazine-type-in-apps-for-modern-computers.html  "It May Be The First Video Game About The Beatles" - Before Rock Band, There Was Beat the Beatles - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/random-it-may-be-the-first-video-game-about-the-beatles-before-rock-band-there-was-beat-the-beatles  tech keyboard for XL/XE - Shawn Johnson - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16U5Pbpr28/  RM800XL loading a game from tape - https://youtube.com/shorts/3t7LCWEjIY4?si=7dpulvMhsxSzPsII  RM800XL running Pac-Man cartridge - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TAs9-kRL3L4  Amiga clone coming? - https://retrogames.biz/products/thea1200/  https://plaionreplai.com/collections/consoles  https://amzn.to/4a6TeTJ  Atari 400 mini package on sale at Atari - https://www.atari.com  ZeroPage Homebrew played all the ABBUC Software Contest 2025 entries on Twitch! - https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/  Silly Venture 2025 WE Atari XL/XE 16KB Intro competition (20th - 23rd November 2025, Gdańsk, Pomerania, Poland) We Like to Party (16KB Intro) - https://demozoo.org/productions/380592/  Silly Venture 2025 WE: "The biggest ATARI-multi party!" - https://www.sillyventure.eu Vintage Computer Christmas Challenge: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386316-vintage-computer-christmas-challenge-2025-just-for-fun/  https://logiker.com/Vintage-Computing-Christmas-Challenge-2025  Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival Montreal - Jan. 24-25, 2026 - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC - https://vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/  Vintage Electronics Expo - Jan. 31, 2026 - Oakland Expo Center, Waterford, MI -  https://www.thevee.org/  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 - 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/  Midwest Gaming Classic - April 24-26 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/  VCF Southwest - May 29-31, 2026 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https://www.vcfsw.org/  Retrofest 2026 - May 30-31 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/  Southern Fried Gaming Expo & VCF SE - July 31-Aug 2, 2026 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/  Fujiama - August 26-30 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2026  YouTube Videos Immaculate NOS Atari 600XL gets PokeyMAX 4, VBXE and U1MB - FlashJazzCat - https://youtu.be/ybFpYF4R2mY  My Mom Bought an Atari 800XL - Can I Fix It?! - Sayaka's Digital Attic -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZZ6nhgwEDI  ATARI XL / XE += FIRST AI SHOOTER =+ NEW GAME 2025: Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KLy0fX0JtY  Atari Online PL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJie46jwuRA  Galaxian (800 and 2600) and Galaga (2600) gameplay - Atari - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nmXIqaTCHMo  New at Archive.org  https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky https://archive.org/details/vantari-newsletter-july-1989/  https://archive.org/details/@retroarchiv https://archive.org/details/rearc_rem-das-computermagazin-in-maschinencode-1989-03-schulfunk-radio-ddr-de/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/rearc_user-mag-hauptkatalog-1993-94-1993-11-01-user-mag-de https://archive.org/details/rearc_preisliste-4-87-zum-atari-katalog-86-87-1987-04-compy-shop-de New at GitHub https://github.com/gitGalu/8bitworkshop-mcp  https://github.com/Cathodeo/xmonka_atari  Feedback PRGE's YouTube channel posted the video of Joe Decuir and Hunter Patchett - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhIrTlDkRrM  video of a "game test day" that Joe's students were part of - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDYVURUe_7Q Link to "proof of concept demonstration" of SuperBug - https://github.com/Atari-Super-Bug-Plus/SuperBug

ANTIC Episode 122 - Atypical Kay In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we introduce a new format for the news, there's lots of archiving going on, new software and hardware for our favorite 8-bits, and we find out Kay is atypical… 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 Via Mark Knudsen: 2" binder of "August 1987": Atari newsletter time capsule 1987-08 - https://archive.org/details/antc_Atari_newsletter_time_capsule_1987-08/  And individual newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@savetz?query=identifier%3Aantc_*1987-08  scanning Harry Stewart material: Here's his obit - https://www.mercurynews.com/obituaries/harry-stewart-san-jose-ca/ https://archive.org/details/stx_MicroTec_6500_Relocatable_Macro_Assembler_Manual  https://archive.org/details/Bruce_Sherwood_Articles_about_Speech_Synthesis  https://archive.org/details/Atari_Speech_Handler_Preliminary_Specification_1983-03-31  https://archive.org/details/Steve_Bristow_memo_on_Atari_810_drive_manual_1981-02-22  https://archive.org/details/atari-810-model-810-rear-board-schematic  https://archive.org/details/Atari_810_disk_controller_firmware_memo_1980-12-22  https://archive.org/details/Atari_810_Disk_Drive_Peripheral_Device_Description_preliminary_release  https://archive.org/details/Atari_810_Disk_Drive_Controller_Program_Report_1980-11-18  Atari Usenet groups on IA (so far, more to come): https://archive.org/details/net_micro_atari  https://archive.org/details/net_micro_atari8  https://archive.org/details/net_micro_atari16  https://archive.org/details/comp_sys_atari  https://archive.org/details/comp_sys_atari_announce  https://archive.org/details/comp_sources_atari_st  Allan and Kay continuing work to archive all APX programs. Still need: Missing (any version) manuals: Algicalc Basic Arithmetic Basic Renumber Utility (Renum) Character Set Editor Database/Report System Deep Blue C Disk Menu Dragons Quest or a twist in the tail Geography Gossip. (?) Home Loan Analysis Market Place Reversi Missing programs (some have other versions other than APX): Basic Utility for Renumbering Programs BURP Calculator Earth Science Geography (both lists) Home Loan Analysis (both lists) Instructional Computing Demonstration Market Place (both lists) Variable Changer Spreadsheet of APX archiving progress  Atari poster - https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/BASIC-Programmers-Guide-from-1981-by-ChoccyHobNob/39504539.LVTDI?asc=u&c=1128814-wall-art&ref=work_collections_grid  Tricky Tutorial #7 from Kevin Lund - https://www.atarimania.com/documents/Tricky-Tutorial-7-Disk-Utilities.pdf  News New and Updated Games: FujiLlama: https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/09/26/fujilama-is-a-new-multiplayer-game/  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/384764-a-new-fuji-net-game-fuji-llama-coming-soon/  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266083/llama  New Italian text adventures for the Atari 8-bit: https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/10/nuevas-aventuras-de-texto-italianas.html  Wild West - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385434-wild-west-text-adventure-released/  Tin Star - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385435-tin-star-text-adventure-released/  Desperados - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385436-desperados-text-adventure-released/  New & Updated Software: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/page/113/#findComment-5735315  Atari OS ROM collection - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/201133-os-source-code-all-revisions/page/6/#findComment-5730231  Mark "atarimac" Grebe updated Atari800MacX to 6.1.0 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385276-atari800macx-61-released/  Paulo Garcia continues his fantastic work on the FujiSan emulator (based on Atari800 emulator with emphasis on UI). - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/releases/tag/v1.0.5  Eric Carr updates the VSCode Extension for FastBASIC - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351055-fastbasic-debugger-extension-for-vscode/  Publications Atari Insights October issue - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/  Compute's Gazette October issue - https://www.computesgazette.com  ABBUC Magazine Special Mag 56 available in English (downloadable) for members - https://abbuc.de/download/abbuc-sondermagazin-56-papierbeilage-englisch/  Old School Gamer #48 - https://shop.oldschoolgamer.com/products/osg-issue-48-september-2025  New & Updated Hardware Atari 1027 printer belt by Jeri Ellsworth - https://bsky.app/profile/jeriellsworth.bsky.social/post/3m3ojeg7x6c2e  New 1:1 1000dpi Replica of Atari XE Motherboard in production - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383379-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-xe-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/page/7/  New 1:1 1000dpi Replica of Atari 600XL Motherboard – Interest Check - Piotr D. Kaczorowski - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/384709-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-600xl-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/  Contests ABBUC Software Competition: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381593-abbuc-software-contest-2025  Video of the 13 games from the contest run on real hardware (Philsan) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381593-abbuc-software-contest-2025/page/5/#findComment-5735942  ABBUC Hardware Competition - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381594-abbuc-hardware-contest-2025/  ATASCII Compo 2025: https://atariscne.org/news/index.php/atascii-compo-2025-is-running  https://logiker.com/ATASCII  Other https://tedium.co/2025/10/20/computers-fcc-rf-interference-history/ Atari 8-bit calendar (from Atariteca on Facebook): Article - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17NVFQ4pA8/  Ordering - https://www.facebook.com/martin.grundy.94  Upcoming Shows 2025 Atari Party 2025 - Nov. 22, 2025 (noon to 4) - Quakertown, PA Train Station - http://atariparty.org/  2026 Vintage Computer Festival Montreal - Jan. 24-25, 2026 - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC - https://vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/  Vintage Electronics Expo - Jan. 31, 2026 - Oakland Expo Center, Waterford, MI - https://www.thevee.org/  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 - 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/  Midwest Gaming Classic - April 24-26 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/  VCF Southwest - May 29-31, 2026 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https://www.vcfsw.org/  Retrofest 2026 - May 30-31 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/  Southern Fried Gaming Expo - July 31-Aug 2, 2026 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/  Fujiama - August 26-30 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2026  Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub  YouTube Videos A Brilliant Failure: The Atari 400 & 800 Story - Little Car - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcUt0GCk-YI  Atari Now! October 2025 News and Home brew for all Atari systems - Steve & Jeff Fulton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMhNSFx6gyg  New at Archive.org  Allan: https://archive.org/details/@allan52 : https://archive.org/details/math-mission-apx-ver-3 https://www.oconnormortuary.com/obituaries/david-paul-kosmal/  https://archive.org/details/wordgo-apx-ver-3 https://archive.org/details/atari-xl-product-line-fact-sheets https://archive.org/details/@archivingisimportant : I Heart Atari newsletters french - https://archive.org/details/atarinews_1  https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky  New at GitHub https://github.com/illuminated-g/atari_asm_moon  Feedback https://oldbytes.space/@fluidlogic/115248639418865349

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 Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKlmVrEHhhI  Atari 800XL FujiNet and Sega Genesis Retro.Link Networking Test - Greg Gallardo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdYFlnNGm9o  New at Archive.org Ted Skrecky continues uploading XIO3 newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky  https://archive.org/details/de-re-atari-spanish_202508  Listener Feedback O'Shea limestone cave - http://www.oshealtd.com/atari.htm  Long Island Gaming Expo in NY - https://liretro.com/   

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 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub  YouTube Videos The (Insufferable) Decline of Atari | When the Industry Crashes on Your Watch - History in the Dark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeoAsUjz72s  PS5 Pad in Atari 400 Mini? Checking It Out! [Controller Test] - Grzesiek Opowiada - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrNQESbZmM  Unboxing the Atari ST124 monochrome monitor, pt. 2 - John Zielke (Atari Basics newsletter) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6m-w5LDYedc  New at Archive.org Allan Bushman is on FIRE: https://archive.org/details/@allan52  https://archive.org/details/easmd-oss/  https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-july-1986-vol-6-num-6-atari-articles/  And new entrant in the scanning scene Ted Skrecky: https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky https://archive.org/details/wire-taps-vol.-4-no.-6-june-1986 https://archive.org/details/xio-3-garden-city-atari-computer-enthusiasts-newsletter-june-july-1989 Listener Feedback Dropcheck redesigned Atari 1450XL (1250XL) motherboard - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/357529-building-testing-the-re-imaged-atari-1450xl/ 

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 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H4v-LVztk0  Atari 8-Bit Reborn Smaller Than a Quarter—It Actually Works! + More Retro News! - Bit By Bit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT3kTi-hX_o  Connecting a 15KHz CRT monitor to a Sophia 2 Atari 8-bit via the DVI-I jack - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaFCzydsUTI   New at Archive.org  https://archive.org/details/clevatari-newsletter-issue-77-dec-1987  https://archive.org/details/clevatari-newsletter-oct-1987  https://archive.org/details/gtia-demonstration-diskette-apx  https://archive.org/details/transdisk-iv-version-4-2-manual-page-6-software/  Dutch "Atari Users Foundation" - https://archive.org/details/escape2_202506/  New at Github CP/M on the Atari 8-bit - https://github.com/davidgiven/cpm65/blob/master/README.md  https://github.com/nwah/fn-printer-examples  https://github.com/itaych/Ice-T  https://github.com/Cap-14/Atari-Cold-War  https://github.com/seban-slt/antyajek  Feedback (Kevin Lund) VCF-W exhibit page with Atari entry write up - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-exhibits/  Dropcheck's 1450XL Replica PCB - https://www.bitsofthepast.com/1450XL_Replica.html  B & C ComputerVisions - Atari Sales & Service - https://www.myatari.com/  Best Electronics - https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/  Video61 and Atari Sales - http://www.atarisales.com/main.html  Eight Bit Fix (Paul Westphal) - https://www.eightbitfix.com/   

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 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub  YouTube Videos FlashJazzCat AVG Cart/Sub Cart review video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQo1kXX0OBA   Atari's death...by the books - Power of Vintage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXUqBL4JHHQ  Luckyman (new Atari XL/XE game!): Atari Online PL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fBNeMkT--o  ZeroPage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA2QtP8ssWs  The author shares his journey of creating games using Advan Basic (Polish) - Spowiedź autora #14: LukLab i gry w Advan ...  New at Archive.org  Computer Shopper full issue scans - https://archive.org/details/@tenten10  https://archive.org/details/the-action-toolkit-reference-manual  https://archive.org/details/polycalc-apx  Other The Soft Warehouse math software manuals -  https://archive.org/details/TheSoftWarehouseMathSoftwareManuals/AlgicalcManual/  https://archive.org/details/reference-card-for-the-atari-400-800-microcomputers-nanos-systems-corp https://archive.org/details/ace-pocket-reference-card-atari/ACE_Pocket_Reference_Card_Atari/ Allan Bushman's scans of Magatar: https://archive.org/details/magatar-vol-1-num-7 https://archive.org/details/magatar-vol-1-num-10 https://archive.org/details/magatar-vol-1-num-8 Atari newsletters at Internet Archive: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing  Feedback Critical Connection source code https://github.com/savetz/critical-connection   

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  News BASIC 10-Liners -  Video showing every entry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27fHeOmV9es  Compilation disk of all Atari entries - https://bunsen.itch.io/compilation-disk-2025-atari-8-bit-by-vitoco  Atariteca: "BASIC 10 Liner 2025: Atari 8-bit games dominated major categories" - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/04/basic-10-liner-2025-carr-y-parada.html  14x New Atari 8-Bit Games from the 2025 BASIC 10 Liner Contest! - Zero Page Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63E0Jz9H7q0  https://fujinet.online/2025/04/02/fujinet-firmware-1-5-released  AI Retro-computer starter kits - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BpCukKuwD/  Revive Machines update - https://x.com/rm_800xl/status/1912740178013085726  Atari XL 10.1 inch monitor housing - https://makerworld.com/en/models/1217900-atari-xl-10-1-inch-monitor-housing  Rare Atari documents - Laurent Delsarte - https://www.atari800xl.eu/docs/rare/atari-rare-documents-by-document-type.html  DungeonLords - Adam Trionfo and Chris Federico - https://www.orphanedgames.com/articles/DungeonLords/dungeonlords.html  ABBUC Magazine 160 and Special Magazine 55 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381058-abbuc-magazine-160-and-special-magazine-55/  New Atari Home Computer Cartridge guide book - scooter83 (Jason Philis) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/380917-new-atari-home-computer-cartridge-guide-book/  https://atari.com/collections/star-raiders-45th-anniversary  Apple II emulator on the Atari - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/04/charla-inedita-sobre-emulador-de-apple.html  Ripduski (Wade Ripkowski) - https://unfinishedbitness.info/2025/04/02/crossing-over/  April 2025 Issue of Atari Insights - John Zielke - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/  Atari 800XL Replacement case Project Update - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/380857-atari-800xl-replacement-case-project-update/  GPB Board - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379274-gpb-the-atari-800-personality-ramoscf-board-no-mods-required/page/3/  (from our friend Bill Kendrick) SpartaDOS X ver. 4.50 - User Guide book (English) - https://retronics.eu/?a=item&id=360&l=en  Compute's Gazette reboot - https://www.computesgazette.com/iconic-computes-gazette-magazine-returns-after-35-years-expanding-focus-to-entire-retro-computing-community/  https://forums.atari.io/topic/7577-vbxe-is-this-upgrade-for-you/  https://www.emulationonline.com/systems/chiplab/6502-lab-available/  https://www.ebay.com/itm/306172208391  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/380768-superware-basic-magic-programming-pamplets/  (from Bill Kendrick) Benj Edwards article about Salmon Run and Bill Williams on ArsTechnica - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/how-a-1980s-atari-creator-with-cystic-fibrosis-crafted-a-story-of-salmon-survival Another Salmon Run article - https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-astorian/169125250/  Best Electronics article at Tom's Hardware: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/u-s-atari-parts-store-still-open-after-41-years-has-spent-usd100k-designing-new-parts-last-original-atari-hardware-launched-32-years-ago  https://boingboing.net/2025/03/26/atari-parts-store-still-operating-after-41-years.html  Atari Repair Parts - https://atarirepairparts.com/  mozzwald — AI chat bot that speaks to you with SAM - https://tnfs.fujinet.online/ATARI/FujiNet-Apps/ai-sam.xex  Upcoming Shows 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  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 on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub  YouTube Videos Installing SimpleStereo v4 for the 8-bit Atari - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NoaaXBlRUE  Atari XL/XE Demo: Lost World by Desire. 2025 - heaven6502 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzaecJf1m3Q  The Atari Computer Commercial That Changed Everything: A Blast from the Past! - Retro Video Central - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcKbGUzQ7Sw  New at Github  https://github.com/zbyso23/finalbyte https://github.com/BartGo/forth-atari https://github.com/cepetr/sio2flip  

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    Video version of this interview    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