ANTIC Interview 358 - David Young, Omnimon

Published: Aug. 7, 2018, 7 a.m.

David Young, Omnimon \xa0 David Young was the creator of Omnimon, the popular hardware monitor/debugger for the Atari 8-bit computers. His other products included DiskScan, a floppy disk utility; Supermon, the predecessor to Omnimon; Omnicom, a terminal program; and Omniview, an 80 column E: handler.\xa0 \xa0 This interview took place on June 11, 2018. In it, we discuss Wes Newell, whom I previously interviewed.\xa0 \xa0 "The IBM PC came out. I looked at it really hard. ... And I thought, 'You know, I really should develop products for this guy.' But it was just such a ugly beast." \xa0 ANTIC Interview 212 - Wes Newell, Newell Industries \xa0 DiskScan and Atari Disk Data Structures Tutorial \xa0 Antic magazine review of Omnimon \xa0 Omnivore by Rob McMullen