ANTIC Episode 104 - You're Gonna Label Me a Failure
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Kay plays with Pokey the AI chatbot some more, Kay's cat tries to smack Randy in the head, we discuss what happens if we don't meet our interview goals (hint: Randy will be labeled a failure), and we bring you all the Atari 8-bit news from the last month of 2023
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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
The genealogy program Max Derhak mentioned when he was interviewed in 2014 was just found - http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-adam-trace_42271.html
Antic Magazine v1n3, v1n4 and v1n5 (Aug, Oct and Nov 1982) software - https://www.atarimagazines.com/software/software.html
Space War source - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358800-apx-space-war-source-code-for-you/
Wade's podcast link - https://inverseatascii.info/
Kay's 2023 Wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2023-95465097
Kay's Juiced.GS articles - https://archive.org/search?query=identifier%3Asavetzarticle_*
Recent Interviews
News
Digital Eclipse announces Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story - https://www.gamesasylum.com/2023/12/06/digital-eclipse-announces-llamasoft-the-jeff-minter-story/
VCF East 2024: Dean Notarnicola - http://www.vcfed.org
It's Alive! - RM800XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_5IXmZHu_Y
Archer Maclean A8 Defender and Stargate:
Altirra 4.20 released - https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html
Homemade 300 baud modem - JohnPolka AKA Mark - https://www.southernamis.com/forum/general-discussions/homemade-300-baud-modem-from-the-80s
2023 Advanced PCB Remake For the 800XL -- Revision 1.1 - reifsynderb - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/357302-2023-advanced-pcb-remake-for-the-800xl-revision-11/
Forgotten Gems: Lucasfilm's Rescue on Fractalus! At IGN:
https://www.ign.com/articles/forgotten-gems-lucasfilms-rescue-on-fractalus
ANTIC Interview 37 - David Fox, Lucas Arts/Rescue on Fractalus
New FujiNet HighScoreEnabled Games! - Tom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358628-new-highscoreenabled-games/
Pokey - https://chat.openai.com/g/g-t3fdHnbbK-pokey-the-atari-guru
Tenebra 2 ported to Atari 8-bit (tip of the hat to Philsan):
Video: https://youtu.be/Owg8E8ZyGNU
Download: https://h4plo.itch.io/tenebra-2
Enjoy 2024 New Years Disk - https://ppsberlin.de/ppsberlin/downloads/new-years-disc/58-nyd2024
Jerry White's Poker Solitaire 2024:
Upcoming Shows
Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com
Interim Computer Festival SPRING - March 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/
Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/
VCF East - April 12-14, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org
Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/
VCF Europa - April 27-28, 2024 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/
VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/
Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info
Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/
Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/
Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-28 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se
VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - NEW VENUE TBD - http://vcfmw.org/
Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/
Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we
Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html
Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/
YouTube Videos
From Bill Kendrick: Peter Dell (JAC! / WUDSN guy) recent demo videos - https://youtube.com/@jacofwudsn
Lumacode Easy HDMI for Retro Computers - YARC Yet Another Retro Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ7hEoClJ3A
Making of Time Wizard - a game for Atari 8-bit computer - amarok - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB6YIItiB8Q its development.
The ATARI Christmas Massacre - Rebuilding an 810 from shattered pieces - Retro is the new black - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S17Kfs0jblw
SWP ATR8000 : The most expandable, versatile disk interface available for the Atari! - Vintage Gaming Memories - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f47l2FTiSN0
The story of the Atari 800XE, why did Atari release this model? - GeSpy Builds Stuff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObKY4O4O14
The Granddaddy of Atari Computing - the Atari 800 - the power of vintage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH5UAh5Rt_U
New at Archive.org
https://archive.org/details/maplin-electronics-vol-5-iss-17/mode/2up?q=Atari
https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_dataprodatariM09080108207AtariAtari400800_212178
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