ANTIC Interview 281 - Amy Chen: Touch Typing, Amoeba Debugger, De Re Atari

Published: May 31, 2017, 7 a.m.

Amy Chen: Touch Typing, Amoeba Debugger, De Re Atari \xa0 Amy Liu was an progammer at Atari. Her name was Amy Chen at the time. She wrote Touch Typing, which was released by Atari on cassette in 1980; an unreleased game called Aligator; and Amoeba, a debugger utility that was used internally at Atari to create assembly language games. \xa0 This interview took place on May 2, 2017. It in, we talk about Paul Laughton and Lane Winner, and Chris Crawford, whom I previously interviewed.\xa0 \xa0 Teaser quote: "Well actually now I come to think of it, assembly language is easier than C++. ... C++ is a total different concept.\u201d \xa0 Touch Typing at AtariMania \xa0 De Re Atari Appendix C on The Atari Cassette \xa0 Amoeba debugger discussion \xa0 Paul Laughton interview \xa0 Lane Winner interview \xa0 Chris Crawford interview