ANTIC Episode 109 - Host Wars

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Brad and Randy cover VCFSE, Kay finishes archiving the Famous Computer Cafe and gets some great material from Dan Kramer and Larry Summers, and the hosts trade barbs…

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Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we’ve been up to

• Larry Summers: 

• Excalibur - https://archive.org/details/excalibur-2nd-manual-type-apx 

• https://archive.org/details/Functional_Specification_for_The_Arabian_Adventures_Packet_Technologies 

• https://archive.org/details/Out_of_Ataris_Game_San_Jose_Mercury_News_1982-06 

• https://archive.org/details/Chris_Crawford_recommendation_letter_for_Larry_Summers 

• https://archive.org/details/Atari_81_v1n4_1981-05 

• Superboots business plan - https://archive.org/details/superboots-business-plan 

• Dan Kramer: 

• https://archive.org/details/atari-management-recognition-award 

• https://archive.org/details/atari-controller-design-focus-groups-report-1981 

• https://archive.org/details/a-qualitative-investigation-of-programmable-videogame-controllers 

• https://archive.org/details/atari_silvia 

• https://archive.org/details/cx2800 

• https://archive.org/details/cx2800-notes 

• https://archive.org/details/atari-direct-video-pcb 

• https://archive.org/details/atari-5200-controller-schematics-kramer-dan 

• Famous Computer Cafe - https://archive.org/details/famous-computer-cafe?sort=-addeddate 

• Book “Best of SoftSide - Atari Edition” - https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-best-of-softside-atari-edition 

• https://gameatl.com/vintage-computing-festival-southeast/ 

News

• Atari Insights newsletter V1#1 - John Zielke - http://www.ataribasics.com 

• Atari Opens Enrollment for its 2024 Summer Camp Program:

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atari-opens-enrollment-2024-summer-171700449.html 

• https://atari.com/collections/summer-camp 

• New drop-in replacement mechanical keyboard for the Atari 800 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368661-new-drop-in-replacement-mechanical-keyboard-for-the-atari-800/ 

• Article on how to repair the split collars on an Atari 800 - https://atari.timhinds.com/atari-800-keyboard-restoration/ 

• AtariProjects - http://atariprojects.org - Jason Moore 

• Inverse ATASCII Podcast - https://inverseatascii.info/ - Wade Ripkowski 

• The content presented at the Atari Last Party 2024 (the oldest demo party in Poland) has been added to the atarionline.eu Fujinet server 

• ABBUC #157 magazine - German edition - http://abbuc.de 

• A8Pico to win from ABBUC:

• Send the answer to the question: "What is the chorus in the Atari song?"

• You can find the answer on Wolfgang's YouTube channel: (https://www.youtube.com/@RetroWK )

• Send answer by e-mail to a8pico2024@abbuc.de 

• Enhanced 600XL PCB by kveldulfur - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/367934-enhanced-600xl-pcb-by-kveldulfur/ 

• Atari FastBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic 

Upcoming Shows

• Atari Expo 2024 in Santiago Chile— Aug 3rd&4th.—http://www.expoatari.cl 

• Vintage Computer Festival West - August 2-3 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/  

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-18 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se  

• VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ 

• VCF Europe - September 7-8 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ 

• World of Retrocomputing 2024 Expo - September 14-15 - Kitchener, ON, Canada - https://www.facebook.com/events/s/world-of-retro-computing-2024-/1493036588265072/ 

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

• Retro Computer Festival 2024 - November 9-10 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November/ 

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