ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Aug 25, 2020

ANTIC Episode 70 - Who Wants a FujiNet Anyway… I do!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast… we discuss the roll-out of the first 50 units of FujiNet, “virtual” shows remaining this year, new software, hardware and all the current Atari news riding the waves.

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Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kevin’s Book “Terrible Nerd” 

New Atari books scans at archive.org 

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge 

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge 

Interview index: here 

ANTIC Facebook Page 

AHCS 

Eaten By a Grue 

Next Without For 

What We’ve Been Up To

• FujiNet - https://fujinet.online 
• Lurking Horror, Infocom text adventure - http://monsterfeet.com/grue/notes/38 
• Atari Memopad from Wade at Inverse ATASCII - https://inverseatascii.info/2015/04/01/s1e14-atari-memo-pad/ 
• SIO2BT - https://github.com/TheMontezuma/SIO2BT 

News 

• Atari 1600xl prototype pics - Jim Tittsler - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/310176-new-atari-1600xl-prototype-pics-on-twitter/ 
• Revive1027 Revived - Dragonstomper (Sascha Kriegel):
• • AtariAge thread - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/271589-revive1027-order-thread/page/6/?tab=comments#comment-4614352 
  • ABBUC forum - http://www.abbuc.de/community/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10455 
• Decrunch 2020 Demo Party was held in Poland - https://atariteca.net.pe/intros-atari-participantes-del-decrunch-2020/ 
• ABBUC Magazine #141 - http://www.abbuc.de 
• Atari dust covers at Retro Ready. - https://retroready.one/collections/atari/dust-covers 
• Old Games Finder - http://www.oldgamesfinder.com/ 
• Steve Boswell (Atari8bit) - De Re AVGCART - https://atari8bit.net/de-re-avgcart/?fbclid=IwAR1Y9clA_WOgBhStZnE33AzCHqpY9MkF-G5GZZ64-6I2kn5xm_WrZrDF8Ok 
• New game on cartridge "Adam Is Me" pre-order - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/309962-new-game-on-cartridge-adam-is-me-pre-order-starts-today/ 

Shows

• Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people):
• • September 12-13, VCF Midwest, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ CANCELLED, but there was a call for virtual exhibits
  • October 10 - 12, VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ GONE VIRTUAL + LIVE.  NOTE: You can order a t-shirt to support the VCF events at http://vcfed.org/wp/t-shirts/ for $20 + shipping
• Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8 
• Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ 
• Event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/ 

YouTube videos this month

• Atari 800xl and 1010 loading with Rambit turbo upgrade - Mat Barker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gomWkGo5Q-g 
• Atari 800XL motherboard restoration and system overview (Pimp My Eight, episode 6, part 1) - The Byte Attic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scifA1AUZlo 
• Dead Atari 800XL gets Sophia RGB after repair - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CHreoZNTIY 

New at Github

• Effectus - ACTION! Cross-compiler - https://github.com/Gury8/effectus 
• Parallel data transfer between the Atari 8- bit computers and the modern world via the Atari's joystick ports - https://github.com/codingbychanche/atariParallelDataTransfer 
• Bruce Lee Construction Kit (BLCK): build your own Bruce Lee for Atari 8-bit - https://github.com/fa8ntomas/blck 
• Sally-to-W65C02S-adapter https://github.com/TheByteAttic/Sally-to-W65C02S-adapter 

Commercial

• https://archive.org/details/Hey_Australia_1982_Atari_AU_a.mp4 

New at Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/games-for-your-atari-600-xl/mode/2up (w disk image!)
• https://archive.org/details/mace-journal-v-5n-6-july-1985 
• New Atari User/Page6 https://archive.org/details/newatariuserpage6?sort=-publicdate 

Listener Feedback

• Rob Sherman - BBS - southernamis.com 
• interview with Konstantinos Giamalidis (TIX) from Greece - https://atariteca.net.pe/tix-mi-objetivo-es-producir-la-mejor-version-de-los-sprites-de-8-bits-para-prince-of-persia/ 
• "Compute!'s Third Book of Atari", first chapter, "Exponents" by Matt Giwer - https://www.atariarchives.org/c3ba/page003.php 

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