
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
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
Interview index: here
Links for Items Mentioned in Show:
What we’ve been up to
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Photos from the Capital Children's Museum Communications Exhibit which opened November 1981 - https://archive.org/details/ccm-communications
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Narrascope 2025 - https://narrascope.org/
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Learning about print shop font and border formats with Michael Sternberg - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/324752-print-shop-atari-related-graphics/#findComment-5667327
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“Unofficial Atari: a Visual History” by Darren Doyle - https://www.greyfoxbooks.com/shop/books/the-atari-a-visual-history/
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Interview with Darren Doyle on ANTIC - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-episode-10-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-darren-doyle-michael-current
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Atari800 emulator and FujiNet on Mac - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/06/19/fujinet-and-atari800-emulation/
News
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The Retroist Podcast covers the Atari XEGS - https://www.retroist.com/p/retroist-atari-xegs-podcast
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Atari 800 red keyboard - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15fZrXoP24/
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Atari 800 drum scanner project (Dave Porter) - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15rS9dcyzr/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Atari home automation (Mike Hogan) - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16rNS2AZnv/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Polish engineer creates postage stamp-sized 1980s Atari computer - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/polish-engineer-creates-postage-stamp-sized-1980s-atari-computer/
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Antonia2 interest post by Simius - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382122-antonia2-interest/
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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
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New game (news comes from Atariteca) - "Quadbination" for Atari 8-bit - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/06/reflejos-estrategia-y-paddles.html
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The story of how Boulder Dash was created:
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https://spillhistorie.no/2025/06/06/how-boulder-dash-was-created/
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Kay Interviewed Peter Liepa in 2015 - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-66-peter-liepa-boulder-dash
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June Atari Insights Newsletter - https://ataribasics.com
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Trigger Warning: Commodore news
Upcoming Shows
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Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se
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VCF West - August 1-2 - Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/2025/03/05/vcf-west-2025-save-the-date/
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Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/
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VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/
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Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/
YouTube Videos
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Fixing bad key switches all at once (Atari 800XL AWC Type 2) - Adrian’s Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsSiEtSomQI
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Fixing a dead and dirty Atari 800XL - Adrian’s Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljBofLMPIeA
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Repairing a smashed-up Atari 400 computer - Adrian’s Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H4v-LVztk0
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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
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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
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https://archive.org/details/clevatari-newsletter-issue-77-dec-1987
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https://archive.org/details/transdisk-iv-version-4-2-manual-page-6-software/
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Dutch “Atari Users Foundation” - https://archive.org/details/escape2_202506/
New at Github
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CP/M on the Atari 8-bit - https://github.com/davidgiven/cpm65/blob/master/README.md
Feedback
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(Kevin Lund) VCF-W exhibit page with Atari entry write up - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-exhibits/
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Dropcheck’s 1450XL Replica PCB - https://www.bitsofthepast.com/1450XL_Replica.html
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B & C ComputerVisions - Atari Sales & Service - https://www.myatari.com/
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Best Electronics - https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/
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Video61 and Atari Sales - http://www.atarisales.com/main.html
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Eight Bit Fix (Paul Westphal) - https://www.eightbitfix.com/
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