ANTIC Episode 74 - Name Wars
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ANTIC Episode 74 - Name Wars
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast\\u2026 Kevin (er... Kay) and Randy have a name fight and, as usual, we bring you all the Atari 8-bit news that\\u2019s fit to print.
READY!
Recurring Links\\xa0
Kevin\\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
ANTIC Facebook Page\\xa0
AHCS\\xa0
Eaten By a Grue\\xa0
Next Without For\\xa0
What We\\u2019ve Been Up To
- Atari Party Dec 19 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/281252672436874\\xa0
- Kay\\u2019s 2020 Post-Mortem - https://www.patreon.com/posts/2020-post-mortem-45658000\\xa0
- Retrotink zero-latency HDMI converter - https://www.retrotink.com/product-page/2x-mini\\xa0
- Sid Meier\\u2019s Memoir - https://amzn.to/3oyobG4\\xa0
- BASIC games Kay recovered - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/315354-a-few-basic-games-i-recovered/\\xa0
- SIO2PC-USB case - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/sio2pc-universal-interface-case , https://atariage.com/forums/topic/313161-atarimax-sio2pc-and-sio2pc-usb-cases/#comments\\xa0
Recent Interviews\\xa0
- ANTIC Interview 401 - John F. White: Writing Strategy Games On Your Atari Computer & Superquerg\\xa0
- ANTIC Interview 402 - The Famous Computer Cafe\\xa0
News\\xa0
- Fractalus 1.0 Released - https://www.lsdwa.com/blog/2020/12/18/fractalus-1-0-released/\\xa0
- ACE80 cart run at Vintage Computer Center - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/312362-ace80-ace80xl-dt80-pre-order/\\xa0
- Tfhh list - http://www.van-radecke.de/STUFF/tfhh_HW_info.pdf\\xa0
- Mystery cart - https://www.facebook.com/groups/floppydays/permalink/2840376299554125/\\xa0
- Fresh interview with Mark Reid, Author of Getaway - https://www.everythingamiga.com/2021/01/a-conversation-with-mark-reid-author-of-getaway.html\\xa0
- Rob\\u2019s 2016 interview with Mark - http://playermissile.com/podcast/ep019.html\\xa0
- A-Train Systems A-TRACK - model railroad electronics and control - https://www.a-train-systems.co.uk/getatrack.htm\\xa0
- History and Features of the Original Atari A-TRACK Version - https://www.a-train-systems.co.uk/projects.htm#atHistory\\xa0
- \'FLOP\' Magazine - http://flop.atariportal.cz/index.en.php\\xa0
- Atari800MacX v5.5.0 - https://github.com/atarimacosx/Atari800MacX/releases/tag/Release_5.5.0\\xa0
- Authentic Reproduction ATR8000 Interest - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/312890-authentic-reproduction-atr8000-interest/#comments\\xa0
- Invitation to play in the new season of the HSC, first round starting now! - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/\\xa0
- Real 16KB RAM game compo from Sikor Soft - Sikor on AtariAge - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/315158-real-16kb-ram-game-compo-from-sikor-soft/\\xa0
- Atari 8-bit on hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2020/12/30/alien-inspired-cyberdeck-packs-vintage-atari-800xl/\\xa0
- https://github.com/eizen6/6502portable\\xa0
- AspeQt on a Raspberry Pi how-to - https://13leader.net/AspeQT2RasPI.pdf\\xa0
- Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry Paperback \\u2013 December 14, 2020 by Howard Scott Warshaw - https://amzn.to/3mjSC0u\\xa0
- http://www.atariwomen.org\\xa0
Shows
- Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
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- April 9, 10 & 11, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival East 2021 (VCF East)\\xa0
- VCFSE June 11-13 http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/\\xa0
- KansasFest July 19-25 https://www.kansasfest.org\\xa0
- August 7 & 8, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival West 2021 (VCF West)\\xa0
- Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8\\xa0
- Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/\\xa0
- Event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/\\xa0
YouTube videos this month
- Atari Quirks and Solutions - Thomas Cherryhomes - https://youtu.be/3lPsd0FkNss\\xa0
- Thomas Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwP6ehTJXvcI-JOWTEwnyGQ U1MB and SpartaDOS X with FujiNet and a whole series of videos around FujiNet
- FujiNet Disk Copy - Vintage Computer Center (Gavin Haubelt) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YovR3mrCmQ0&t=731s\\xa0
- Building the FujiNet - Vintage Computer Center - Parts 1-5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqKOGyEjYec\\xa0
- SDrive-Max videos - Vintage Computer Center - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOp5f6eC-yh4cLnxfw2yrxQ\\xa0
- FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4nx-i-2K34RDHyDn06i7Ng Atari XEGS with UAV, VBXE, U1MB, and PokeyMAX, Various videos on repairing and upgrading a 600XL
New at GitHub
- https://github.com/codingbychanche/atariParallelDataTransfer\\xa0
- Bill Lange\\u2019s Exploring Atari Action https://github.com/billlange1968/ExploringAtariAction to accompany https://exploringaction.blogspot.com\\xa0
New at Archive.org
- New collection \\u201cAtari Computer Disk Images\\u201d https://archive.org/details/ataridiskimages\\xa0
- Antic magazine renewal letters https://archive.org/details/1986.07-antic-renewal https://archive.org/details/1986.05-antic-renewal\\xa0
- https://archive.org/details/rearc_atr-8000-newsletter-august-1984-08-swp-inc-us/mode/2up\\xa0
- Chalk Board Inc\'s Power Pad Programming Kit manual https://archive.org/details/power-pad-programming-kit-chalk-board-inc/mode/2up\\xa0
- Strategic Simulations, Inc. Spring, 1987 Catalog https://archive.org/details/strategic-simulations-inc-spring-1987/mode/2up
- Atari Home Computer Products Premium\\xa0 Incentive Confidential Price List https://archive.org/details/atari-home-computer-products-1-1-82/mode/2up\\xa0
Feedback
- Adam Trionfo video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJcftw31VQw
- a nice tweet we got - https://twitter.com/dneedham8302/status/1335755648278155267?s=21\\xa0
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