ANTIC Episode 74 - Name Wars

ANTIC Episode 74 - Name Wars In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast… Kevin (er... Kay) and Randy have a name fight and, as usual, we bring you all the Atari 8-bit news that's fit to print. READY! 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 Atari Party Dec 19 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/281252672436874  Kay's 2020 Post-Mortem - https://www.patreon.com/posts/2020-post-mortem-45658000  Retrotink zero-latency HDMI converter - https://www.retrotink.com/product-page/2x-mini  Sid Meier's Memoir - https://amzn.to/3oyobG4  BASIC games Kay recovered - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/315354-a-few-basic-games-i-recovered/  SIO2PC-USB case - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/sio2pc-universal-interface-case , https://atariage.com/forums/topic/313161-atarimax-sio2pc-and-sio2pc-usb-cases/#comments  Recent Interviews  ANTIC Interview 401 - John F. White: Writing Strategy Games On Your Atari Computer & Superquerg  ANTIC Interview 402 - The Famous Computer Cafe  News  Fractalus 1.0 Released - https://www.lsdwa.com/blog/2020/12/18/fractalus-1-0-released/  ACE80 cart run at Vintage Computer Center - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/312362-ace80-ace80xl-dt80-pre-order/  Tfhh list - http://www.van-radecke.de/STUFF/tfhh_HW_info.pdf  Mystery cart - https://www.facebook.com/groups/floppydays/permalink/2840376299554125/  Fresh interview with Mark Reid, Author of Getaway - https://www.everythingamiga.com/2021/01/a-conversation-with-mark-reid-author-of-getaway.html  Rob's 2016 interview with Mark - http://playermissile.com/podcast/ep019.html  A-Train Systems A-TRACK - model railroad electronics and control - https://www.a-train-systems.co.uk/getatrack.htm  History and Features of the Original Atari A-TRACK Version - https://www.a-train-systems.co.uk/projects.htm#atHistory  'FLOP' Magazine - http://flop.atariportal.cz/index.en.php  Atari800MacX v5.5.0 - https://github.com/atarimacosx/Atari800MacX/releases/tag/Release_5.5.0  Authentic Reproduction ATR8000 Interest - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/312890-authentic-reproduction-atr8000-interest/#comments  Invitation to play in the new season of the HSC, first round starting now! - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/  Real 16KB RAM game compo from Sikor Soft - Sikor on AtariAge - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/315158-real-16kb-ram-game-compo-from-sikor-soft/  Atari 8-bit on hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2020/12/30/alien-inspired-cyberdeck-packs-vintage-atari-800xl/  https://github.com/eizen6/6502portable  AspeQt on a Raspberry Pi how-to - https://13leader.net/AspeQT2RasPI.pdf  Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry Paperback – December 14, 2020 by Howard Scott Warshaw - https://amzn.to/3mjSC0u  http://www.atariwomen.org  Shows Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people): April 9, 10 & 11, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival East 2021 (VCF East)  VCFSE June 11-13 http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/  KansasFest July 19-25 https://www.kansasfest.org  August 7 & 8, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival West 2021 (VCF West)  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 Quirks and Solutions - Thomas Cherryhomes - https://youtu.be/3lPsd0FkNss  Thomas Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwP6ehTJXvcI-JOWTEwnyGQ U1MB and SpartaDOS X with FujiNet and a whole series of videos around FujiNet FujiNet Disk Copy - Vintage Computer Center (Gavin Haubelt) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YovR3mrCmQ0&t=731s  Building the FujiNet - Vintage Computer Center - Parts 1-5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqKOGyEjYec  SDrive-Max videos - Vintage Computer Center - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOp5f6eC-yh4cLnxfw2yrxQ  FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4nx-i-2K34RDHyDn06i7Ng Atari XEGS with UAV, VBXE, U1MB, and PokeyMAX, Various videos on repairing and upgrading a 600XL New at GitHub https://github.com/codingbychanche/atariParallelDataTransfer  Bill Lange's Exploring Atari Action https://github.com/billlange1968/ExploringAtariAction to accompany https://exploringaction.blogspot.com  New at Archive.org New collection "Atari Computer Disk Images" https://archive.org/details/ataridiskimages  Antic magazine renewal letters https://archive.org/details/1986.07-antic-renewal https://archive.org/details/1986.05-antic-renewal  https://archive.org/details/rearc_atr-8000-newsletter-august-1984-08-swp-inc-us/mode/2up  Chalk Board Inc's Power Pad Programming Kit manual https://archive.org/details/power-pad-programming-kit-chalk-board-inc/mode/2up  Strategic Simulations, Inc. Spring, 1987 Catalog https://archive.org/details/strategic-simulations-inc-spring-1987/mode/2up Atari Home Computer Products Premium  Incentive Confidential Price List https://archive.org/details/atari-home-computer-products-1-1-82/mode/2up  Feedback Adam Trionfo video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJcftw31VQw a nice tweet we got - https://twitter.com/dneedham8302/status/1335755648278155267?s=21  Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.