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Ron Luks,\\xa0Founder and manager of the Atari Forums on CompuServe

Welcome to this interview-only episode of Antic, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. \\xa0My name is Randy Kindig. \\xa0In this show, I\\u2019ll be talking with Mr. Ron Luks, a name that you\\u2019re probably familiar with if you used your Atari to access the Compuserve Information Service. \\xa0\\xa0Ron was founder and manager of the Atari Forums on CompuServe (SIG*Atari, 8-bit Forum, 16-bit Forum (ST), Atari Developers, Atari Vendors, and others.) \\xa0He also wrote articles for some of the Atari magazines (like ANTIC). \\xa0I hope you enjoy this interesting glimpse into the online world of Atari back in the 80\\u2019s.

I also want to mention that Ron was kind enough to donate an Atari 130XE and a set of cartridges to the show.

This interview was conducted November 18, 2015

Teaser Quotes:

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• \\u201cAnd the owner of the store steered me over to the Atari 800 and it was running Star Raiders, ok, and that was all it took\\u201d
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• \\u201cSo that\\u2019s when I decided I\\u2019m going to give Compuserve a try and see what it\\u2019s like. \\xa0I was instantly hooked with the whole online service idea.\\u201d
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• \\u201cAt one time the Atari 8-bit forum was the biggest money-making forum on CompuServe.\\u201d
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Links:

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• \\u201cANTIC Online\\u201d, ANTIC VOL. 4, NO. 9 / JANUARY 1986 - http://www.atarimagazines.com/v4n9/anticonline.html
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• \\u201cTHE #1 SYSOP\\u201c, ANTIC VOL. 4, NO. 2 / JUNE 1985 - http://www.atarimagazines.com/v4n2/SYSOP.html
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