ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast
by Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold
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ANTIC Interview 467 - Stephen Jones, Interim Computer Museum
ANTIC Interview 467 - Stephen Jones, Interim Computer Museum
About this podcast
We cover Atari news, reviews, and a special feature each show for the Atari 8-bit line of computers (400/800/XL/XE/XEGS)
Episodes
The newest 50 of 603 episodes
- ANTIC Interview 467 - Stephen Jones, Interim Computer Museum · 54 minStephen Jones, Interim Computer Museum Stephen Jones describes himself as the "caretaker" of Interim Computer Museum, a computer museum in Tukwila, Washington, a few miles south…
- ANTIC Episode 131 - Brad's 30K Brain · 1 h 55 minANTIC Episode 131 - Brad's 30K Brain In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we discuss the newly announced THE ATARI800XL and give our opinions, we talk about…
- ANTIC Interview 466 - John Victor, Program Design Inc. · 41 minJohn Victor, Program Design Inc. John Victor was founder and president of Program Design Inc., one of the earliest publishers of educational software. Based in Greenwich CT, PDI…
- ANTIC Interview 465 - Vince Wu, The Learning Phone (Atari PLATO Terminal) · 1 h 19 minVince Wu, The Learning Phone (Atari PLATO Terminal) Vince Wu worked at Atari for about two and a half years. He was the programmer of The Learning Phone, the PLATO terminal for…
- ANTIC Interview 464 - Walt Klappert, Atari Advanced Development Group · 1 h 25 minWalt Klappert, Atari Advanced Development Group/WCI Labs Walt Klappert worked at Atari's Advanced Development Group/WCI Labs in New York, and later at Take One Enterprises in…
- ANTIC Episode 130 - The Tongue-Twister Episode · 1 h 37 minANTIC Episode 130 - The Tongue-Twister Episode In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We trip all over our own tongues trying to bring you all the news fit to…
- ANTIC Interview 463 - Steve Bryson, game programmer · 50 minSteve Bryson, game programmer Steve Bryson was a programmer for EPYX and The Connelley Group, where he ported many games to various 8-bit systems. He ported Dragonriders of…
- ANTIC Interview 462 - Bob Fraser, APX Insomnia, Supersort, De Re Atari · 25 minBob Fraser, APX Insomnia, Supersort, De Re Atari Bob Fraser worked at Atari for four years: he worked on the early CX70 light pen, helped write the specs for an unreleased…
- ANTIC Interview 461 - James W. Burley, APX Data Base/Report System · 25 minJames W. Burley, APX Data Base/Report System James W. Burley is the programmer of Data Base/Report System, which was sold by Atari Program Exchange beginning with the Summer…
- ANTIC Interview 460 - Tim Jenkins, Cheating at Roulette · 29 minTim Jenkins, Cheating at Roulette with an Atari Computer Tim Jenkins is the author of several humorous memoirs: "Missions Accomplished: And some funny business along the way"…
- ANTIC Interview 459 - Mike Lorenzen: Atari Program-Text Editor, Pitfall II · 2 h 28 minMike Lorenzen: Atari Program-Text Editor, Pitfall II Mike Lorenzen worked at Atari, Activision, and Accolade, creating games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, and Commodore 64…
- ANTIC Episode 129 - SDX and FNSlots · 1 h 43 minANTIC Episode 129 - SDX and FNSlots In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Brad plays around with SDX, Kay and Randy bring you news from some vintage computer…
- ANTIC Interview 458 - Allan Bushman, Atari archivist · 37 minAllan Bushman, Atari Archivist If you've ever looked up an Atari computer manual at Internet Archive, chances are you've come across some of Allan Bushman's scans. For well over…
- ANTIC Interview 457 - Atari at the Science Fair: Lisa Link Melville, Weather Prediction · 22 minAtari at the Science Fair: Lisa Link Melville, Weather Prediction The Herald Times newspaper, April 17 1984: "March 24 proved to be an exciting day for several area students…
- ANTIC Episode 128 - Stepping in a Pile of 800XLs · 2 h 0 minANTIC Episode 128 - Stepping in a Pile of 800XLs In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… special guest Rob McMullen (Player/Missile Podcast) joins us to talk…
- ANTIC Episode 127 - Brad's 76K Brain · 1 h 28 minANTIC Episode 127 - Brad's 76K Brain In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we turn the podcast into more of a multi-media experience, we cover a LOT of new…
- ANTIC Episode 126 - All Atari All the Time · 1 h 39 minANTIC Episode 126 - All Atari All The Time In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We bring in special guest Paulo Garcia, author of the incredible FujiSan…
- ANTIC Episode 125 - Combining SQL with Fun (and Poo) · 1 h 38 minANTIC Episode 125 - "Combining SQL with Fun (and Poo)" In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Wade Ripkowski comes onto the show and gives us an update on his…
- ANTIC Episode 124 - Atari 8-bit - The Computer of Love · 1 h 46 minANTIC Episode 124 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We have lots of game news and emulator updates, Brad imitates a pirate, and Kay tells us that the…
- ANTIC Episode 123 - Steampunk Atari · 1 h 31 minANTIC Episode 123 - Steampunk Atari In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Lots of Holiday Buyer's Guide action, news of recovered software, FujiNet news…
- ANTIC Episode 122 - Atypical Kay · 1 h 24 minANTIC Episode 122 - Atypical Kay In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we introduce a new format for the news, there's lots of archiving going on, new…
- ANTIC Episode 121 - Dongle Disaster · 1 h 23 minANTIC Episode 121 - Dongle Disaster In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Special guest Brent Carroll joins as we bring you the Atari news and narrowly avoid…
- ANTIC Episode 120 - AI Non Grata · 1 h 25 minANTIC Episode 120 - AI Non Grata In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Kay discusses a big Atari haul, we get an Atari report from VCF West, we discuss a new…
- ANTIC Episode 119 - Special Guest Joe Decuir · 1 h 38 minANTIC Episode 119 - Special Guest Joe Decuir In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Joe Decuir, one of the fathers of the Atari 400/800, joins us for a…
- ANTIC Episode 118 - Trigger Warning · 1 h 28 minANTIC Episode 118 - Trigger Warning In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…we have lots of user feedback and user projects to report on, we talk about a…
- ANTIC Episode 117 - A Kiss on the Forehead · 1 h 1 minANTIC Episode 117 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… lots of scanning talk, more new games for the Atari than you can shake a stick at, and how to win a…
- ANTIC Episode 116 - AI-Generated Nonsense · 1 h 40 minANTIC Episode 116 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk about all the Atari things we did this month and discuss all the "AI-generated nonsense"…
- ANTIC Interview 456 - Stanley R. Trost, Electronic Arts Financial Cookbook · 29 minStanley Trost, Electronic Arts Financial Cookbook Stanley R. Trost wrote several books about early microcomputers, including Atari BASIC Programs in Minutes, Doing Business with…
- ANTIC Interview 455 - Bill and David Lappen, Buy-Phone · 48 minBill and David Lappen, Buy-Phone It's a dangerous game in the computer history field to call anything the "first." But Buy-Phone is a very strong contender call itself the first…
- ANTIC Episode 115 - Exhausting Games for your Atari · 1 h 28 minANTIC Episode 115 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk lots of contest news, Mr. Paint, a DIY Atari-themed monitor, and lots of other Atari 8-bit…
- ANTIC Interview 454 - Steve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger · 1 h 26 minSteve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger Steve Kranish is the creator of the Atari 8-bit and Atari 5200 versions of Frogger, the versions published by Parker Brothers. Parker…
- ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca · 31 minANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I'm Randy Kindig, your host for…
- ANTIC Episode 114 - Andy Diller Returns! · 1 h 37 minANTIC Episode 114 - Andy Diller Returns! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have special guest Andy Diller for a FujiNet update and to let us know…
- ANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty, DGS Software · 32 minANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I'm Randy Kindig, your host for this episode…
- ANTIC Episode 113 - Feeling Fancy! · 1 h 5 minANTIC Episode 113 - Feeling Fancy! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… The clear case Kickstarter doesn't make it, lots of FujiNet news, and we end the…
- ANTIC Interview 451 - Daniel Serpell, FastBasic · 39 minDaniel Serpell (dmsc), Creator of FastBasic Daniel Serpell (dmsc) is the creator of FastBasic, a modern implementation of the BASIC programming language for the Atari 8-bit…
- ANTIC Interview 450 - Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator · 1 h 4 minRobert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator Robert Leyland programmed AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, and MicroIllustrator (along with Steve Dompier) - the graphics…
- ANTIC Interview 449 - Tim Boehlert, Atari's WCI Labs Division · 55 minTim Boehlert, Atari's WCI Labs Division Tim Boehlert began at Atari in 1982. He worked at WCI Labs, the New York Atari subsidiary, where he worked on the broadboard of the…
- ANTIC Interview 448 - Frank Foster, Hybrid Arts · 58 minFrank Foster, Hybrid Arts Frank Foster was one of the founders of Hybrid Arts, the company that made MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) hardware and software for Atari…
- ANTIC Interview 447 - Robert Moore and Paul Rother, Hybrid Arts MIDIMate · 1 h 0 minRobert Moore and Paul Rother, Hybrid Arts MIDIMate Robert Moore and Paul Rother were two of the founders of Hybrid Arts, along with Frank Foster and Alan Hart. Hybrid Arts…
- ANTIC Interview 446 - Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine · 1 h 20 minMary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine Mary Eisenhart was editor of MicroTimes magazine, a free, advertising-supported magazine that was distributed in California. The first issue…
- ANTIC Episode 112 - Keeping Warm with Sweaters and Hot Sauce · 1 h 14 minANTIC Episode 112 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have several Christmas ideas for you, we tell you about projects that would allow creating a new…
- ANTIC Interview 445 - Vince Cate, The Critical Connection · 31 minVince Cate, The Critical Connection In my last interview, I talked with the creator of SIO2PC, which let Atari users use a DOS computer as its disk drive and printer. This…
- ANTIC Interview 444 - Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and ATR · 54 minNick Kennedy, SIO2PC and the ATR File Format Nick Kennedy is the creator of SIO2PC, the hardware and software combination that allowed Atari 8-bit computer users to use a PC as…
- ANTIC Interview 443 - Rick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine · 51 minRick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine's 8-bit Editor Rick Reaser was the 8-bit Editor of Current Notes Magazine, a popular magazine dedicated to the Atari computers. He began in…
- ANTIC Interview 442 - Bob Stein, Atari Research · 57 minBob Stein, Atari's Encyclopedia Project Bob Stein worked at Atari Research for 18 months beginning in 1981. He was hired by Alan Kay. He worked almost exclusively on an…
- ANTIC Episode 111 - Is Kay Really Funny, or is it Just a Courtesy Snicker? · 57 minANTIC Episode 111 - "Is Kay Really Funny, or is it Just a Courtesy Snicker?" In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We go over the ABBUC Software Contest…
- ANTIC Interview 441 - Nick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer · 36 minNick Kennedy, Atari Morse Code Keyer I was adding a batch of ham radio newsletters to the Internet Archive's Digital Library of Amateur Radio And Communications, and I noticed…
- ANTIC Interview 440 - Ed Sabo, UltraBASIC · 35 minEd Sabo, UltraBASIC Ed Sabo, with the help of his dad, founded UltraBASIC, a company that produced software for Atari 8-bit computers. UltraBASIC's software for the Atari…
- ANTIC Interview 439 - Making Modern Atari Hardware · 43 minTwo Interviews about Making Modern Atari Hardware In this interview episode, there are interviews with two people creating today's Atari hardware: the Atari 400 Mini and other…
