ANTIC Episode 108 - Randy\u2019s Eyes Are Bleeding!\xa0
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast\u2026 Kay visits VCFSW and the National Videogame Museum, tapes from the famous Computer Cafe are found, Atari acquires Intellivision, and Randy\u2019s eyes start bleeding from watching YouTube videos 24x7\u2026
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Recurring Links\xa0
Kay\u2019s Book \u201cTerrible Nerd\u201d\xa0
New Atari books scans at archive.org\xa0
ANTIC feedback at AtariAge\xa0
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge\xa0
Interview index: here\xa0
AHCS\xa0
Eaten By a Grue\xa0
Next Without For\xa0
Links for Items Mentioned in Show:
What we\u2019ve been up to
VCF SW, National Videogame Museum - https://nvmusa.org\xa0
Development disk for Tom Hudson's "Adventure at Vendenberg A.F.B." - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/?do=findComment&comment=5472339\xa0
Sunday Driver - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/page/110/#comment-5473357\xa0
Famous Computer Cafe - https://archive.org/details/famous-computer-cafe https://www.gofundme.com/f/digitizing-the-famous-computer-cafe\xa0
Steve Roberts - https://microship.com/\xa0
A8PICO by Electrotrains -
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351546-a8picocart-unocart-on-a-raspberry-pi-pico/\xa0
USB-C power supply adapter from Mozzwald - https://mozzwald.com/product/atari-8-bit-usb-c-power-adapter/\xa0
Atari photo shoot at IVCC - https://www.facebook.com/groups/IndyVCC\xa0
Recent Interviews
ANTIC Interview 437 - Dr. Kristina Hooper Woolsey, Atari Research Labs and Apple Multimedia Lab - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-437-kristina-hooper-woolsey-atari-research-labs-and-apple-multimedia-labs\xa0
News
FujiNet RAPID 7& 8 - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/rapid/\xa0
video on using CONFIG-NG the alternative CONFIG for Atari - video by Andy Diller - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2is_kDYQHpA\xa0
How Google's Rampant Sunnyvale Expansion Is Erasing Atari's History - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/how-googles-rampant-sunnyvale-expansion-is-erasing-ataris-history\xa0
https://www.facer.io/u/atari - Atari watch faces for smart watches\xa0
AtariAge thread on the RetroScaler from AliExpress - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/366479-aliexpress-retrotink-equivalent-2x-scaler-with-hdmi-output\xa0
Revive RM 800XL box design!
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rm800xl/posts/pfbid0qBHXgugtivW3bxNdi7Xgem47UJ4qvHZ21R1KVoE2CBih8kQ6CWffYza2VeHSvF2al\xa0
Mastodon - https://mastodon.world/@Philsan/112496346203027800\xa0
Atari acquires Intellivision! - https://x.com/atari/status/1793616648890470410\xa0
Living Computer Museum is dead:
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/25/paul-allens-living-computers-museum-and-labs-to-be-auctioned/\xa0
https://web.archive.org/web/20240601173624/https://livingcomputers.org/\xa0
New game \u201cShift\u201d - https://h4plo.itch.io/shift\xa0
Atari 50 Update - https://www.engadget.com/ataris-50th-anniversary-collection-is-getting-a-hefty-update-with-nearly-40-additional-games-150827022.html\xa0
Wireless tape player interface from Piotr Bugaj:
https://www.facebook.com/100001704984361/videos/1625370131610834/
https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/06/nuevo-dongle-inalambrico-para-atari-8.html\xa0
Thanks to @TheTime, Tandy Trower's Character Set Editor published by APX is finally available after all these years:
https://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-character-set-editor_30042.html\xa0
Kay\u2019s 2015 interview- http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-77-tandy-trower-atari-product-manager\xa0
1050 mini. Brand new floppy drive for Atari XL by Piotr Bugaj:
New 576NUC+ 4-in-1 Expansion Module - The NUCplus4 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355107-new-576nuc-4-in-1-expansion-module-the-nucplus4/\xa0
Upcoming Shows
KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 16-21 (in-person), July 27-28 (virtual) - University of Illinois in Springfield, IL - https://www.kansasfest.org/\xa0
Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21,\xa0 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/\xa0
Nottingham Video Game Expo - July 20-21 - The Belgrave Rooms, Nottingham, U.K. - https://www.nottsvge.com/\xa0
Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/\xa0\xa0
Vintage Computer Festival West - August 2-3 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/\xa0\xa0
Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-18 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se\xa0\xa0
VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/\xa0
VCF Europe - September 7-8 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/\xa0
Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/\xa0
Retro Computer Festival 2024 - November 9-10 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November/\xa0
Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we\xa0
YouTube Videos
Atari 800XL with GTIAdigitizer and RGB2HDMI - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG3qhwUELaY\xa0
Atari 810 drives with issues - Adrian\u2019s Digital Basement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfU0w883jGE\xa0
A8PicoCart for the Atari 8-bit machines - Building and testing - Arctic Retro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWXNF7n6Xw\xa0
Soldering-Up an A8PicoCart for your Atari - The VintNerd - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8cQarAvKoU\xa0
Atari 400 Mini cartridges and disk drive - GameRoomOfThrones - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7A_aiusVY94\xa0
Atari 8-Bit: Mikie (Final), Missile Command Arcade w/ Trak-Ball (Final), Shift (Exclusive Final) - ZeroPage HomeBrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaPlb47Fbk0\xa0
New at Archive.org\xa0
Atari Technische Informatie NR 12 Printer-Problemen - https://archive.org/details/atari-technische-informatie-nr-12-printer-problemen\xa0
James Copland on the Computer Cafe - https://archive.org/details/the-famous-computer-cafe-1985-02-08_James_Copland\xa0
Jersey Atari Computer Group Newsletter, July, 1985 - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1985-july-vol-4-no-11\xa0
JACG newsletters scanned spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing\xa0
Scene World podcast Ep. #189 - THE400 Mini with Darren Melbourne - https://archive.org/details/scene_world_podcast_episode189_april_2024\xa0
AtariUser Magazine Summer (July) 1992 - https://archive.org/details/atari-user-1992-07\xa0
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