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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

By: Randy Kindig Kay Savetz Brad Arnold
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 Retrocomputing podcast about the Atari 8-bit line of personal computers Politics & Government
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  • ANTIC Episode 127 - Brad's 76K Brain

    ANTIC Episode 127 - Brad's 76K Brain
    Apr 15 2026

    ANTIC 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 and updated utility software for the Atari 8-bit, and Kay accuses Brad of having a 76K brain!

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    Recurring Links

    Floppy Days Podcast

    AtariArchives.org

    AtariMagazines.com

    Kay'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

    • pokey stream player - https://github.com/ilmenit/pokey-stream-player

    • Fujisan with FastBASIC - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/

    • This Week in Retro episode 262 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q_ODmzynsM

    • Atari lightbox - techdungeon.xyz

    • Indy Classic Expo - https://www.indyclassic.org

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • ANTIC Episode 126 - All Atari All the Time

    ANTIC Episode 126 - All Atari All the Time
    Mar 17 2026
    ANTIC 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 emulator, and bring you all the Atari news we can find. READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay'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 FujiSan version 1.1.8 - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/releases/tag/v1.1.8 Conversational German - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-conversational-german_1334.html New & Updated Games European Countries & Capitals Updated - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/296743-european-capitals-reverse-engineering/ Text Adventure Homo Sapiens - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388766-homo-sapiens-text-adventure-released-for-atari-130xe/ FujiNet Maze War - Mozzwald: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388112-ai-is-getting-too-good/page/3/#comment-5804016 Source code available at https://github.com/mozzwald/fujinet-maze-war Requires prerelease fujinet firmware from - https://github.com/mozzwald/fujinet-firmware/tree/v1.5.2-fixes-netstream New & Updated Software Charsetter – a new web tool for creating fonts and maps in ANTIC 2 and ANTIC 4 modes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388653-charsetter-%E2%80%93-a-new-web-tool-for-creating-fonts-and-maps-in-antic-2-and-antic-4-modes/ BOSS-X the Final Edition (pre-release): Blog - https://abbuc.de/~atarixle/?article=bossxfinaleditionprerelease can be downloaded from download > bossx > BOSS-X 10.39 Final Edition DE EN.zip . Update to A8E emulator (browser-based): Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388191-a8e-atari-800-xl-emulator-v100/page/2/#comment-5803541 A new version is available - https://dev.jsa8e.anides.de/ Pokey Stream Player - ilmenit - https://github.com/ilmenit/pokey-stream-player DitherLab - dithering on Atari XL/XE - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388489-ditherlab-dithering-on-atari-xlxe/ New CubeSQL app Total Recall - Wade Ripkowski - Https://unfinishedbitness.info/total-recall/ TNFS Qt6 System Tray Edition - A cross-platform GUI server for FujiNet from 13Leader: AtariAge announcement - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388803-release-tnfs-qt6-system-tray-edition-a-cross-platform-gui-server-for-fujinet/ Download - https://github.com/pjones1063/tnfsd/releases/tag/V2K26.1.0.1 Publications Atari Insights March, 2026 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388559-atari-insights-%E2%80%93-march-2026-issue-now-available/ AtariProjects: Explore the Golden Rules of Using an Atari 8-Bit Computer - https://atariprojects.org/2026/01/14/explore-the-golden-rules-of-using-an-atari-8-bit-computer-15-30-mins/ Explore Gury's Atari 8-bit Forever Portal - https://atariprojects.org/2026/01/14/explore-gurys-atari-8-bit-forever-portal-15-30-mins/ Contests FujiCup - https://fujicup.pl (from Philsan) Atari 8-Bit/5200 Games in 8th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards - ZeroPage Homebrew: Nominated Games - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPnT8iqp3B8 Winners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wr6Y1D3DJ4 AtariAge Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387772-8th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-voting-information-discussion/#findComment-5798910 15th Edition of BASIC 10 Liner Contest - https://bunsen.itch.io/basic-10liner-2026 Other New release of Altirra Hardware Reference Manual - https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html The Serious Computerist - http://seriouscomputerist.altervista.org/pages/home/home.htm Upcoming Shows Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-22 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ Atari Invasion 2k26 (10th Anniversary) - March 21 - Maarssen, Netherlands - https://www.atari-invasion.nl VCF East - April 17-19 2026 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ Midwest Gaming Classic - April 24-26 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ VCF Europe - May 1-3 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest 2026 - May 2-3 - Tukwila Community Center, South Tukwila, WA - https://vcfpnw.org VCF Southwest - May 29-31, 2026 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https://www.vcfsw.org/ Retrofest 2026 - May 30-31 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/ Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-...
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • ANTIC Episode 125 - Combining SQL with Fun (and Poo)

    ANTIC Episode 125 - Combining SQL with Fun (and Poo)
    Feb 17 2026
    ANTIC 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 work to bring SQL to the Atari (and an extremely useful poo management tool!), we cover good news concerning the Curt Vendel Atari collection, we report on an exciting updated browser-based emulator, a huge update to AspeQT, and a whole lot more!! READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay'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 cubeSQL project blog post - https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/02/01/atari-8-bit-sql/ Unfinished Bitness - https://unfinishedbitness.info Wade's A8 C Library - https://unfinishedbitness.info/c-library/ cubeSQL - https://sqlabs.com/cubesql FujiNet - https://fujinet.online/ CubeDot - https://unfinishedbitness.info/cubedot/ Fuji Do - https://unfinishedbitness.info/fuji-do/ Fuji Poo - https://unfinishedbitness.info/fuji-poo/ Dr. Love - https://unfinishedbitness.info/dr-love/ video demo of CubeDot - https://vimeo.com/1165039670 video demo of Fuji Do - https://vimeo.com/1165038947 Mr. Paint - https://unfinishedbitness.info/mr-paint/ King PONG How Atari Bounced Across Markets to Make Millions - https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262051330/king-pong/ Atari newsletter time capsule 1987-08: https://archive.org/details/antc_Atari_newsletter_time_capsule_1987-08 The Strong museum - https://www.museumofplay.org/ FujiNet Application Ideas - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-firmware/wiki/Application-Ideas Smith Corona Messenger Module and Smith Corona Ultrasonic 450 typewriter - https://typewriterdatabase.com/1983-smith-corona-ultrasonic.2181.typewriter prototype of Atari chapter for Quick Reference Book - https://floppydaysqr.my.canva.site/ New & Updated Games Inufuto Game Cartridge - posted by Philsan: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331824-inufuto-does-atari-8-bit/page/5/#comment-5783007 https://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-inufuto_developer_3171_8_G.html FujiNet Midimaze mode now stable by Mozzwald - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387536-midimaze-mode-now-stable/ New & Updated non-Game Software A8E (Atari 800 XL Emulator) - By AnimaInCorpore: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388191-a8e-atari-800-xl-emulator-v100/ Source - https://github.com/AnimaInCorpore/A8E Browser demo - https://jsa8e.anides.de/ Atari800-AI - Benj Edwards - https://github.com/benj-edwards/atari800-ai Update to mkatr (including lsatr) tools from dmsc - https://github.com/dmsc/mkatr/releases/tag/v1.4 AspeQt-2k26 - John Paul Jones: https://github.com/pjones1063/AspeQt-2k26 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387630-wip-aspeqt-2k26-resurrecting-aspeqt-with-qt6-high-dpi-wi-fi-modems/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388105-%F0%9F%9A%80-aspeqt-2k26-dev-update-the-thin-client-concept-introducing-the-w-device-and-clipboard-y-device/ Publications BASIC Fun on Your A400 Mini: BASIC for real hardware and emulators too! By John McGinnis - https://www.amazon.com/BASIC-Fun-Your-A400-Mini/dp/B0G1YGJ2P7 Atari Insights February 2026: Newsletters - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/ YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@AtariBasics February, 2026 Issue of Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com ABBUC Magazine 163 released - https://www.abbuc.de Pro(c) gone; last issue #15 - web site updated May 2025 - https://web.archive.org/web/20250404175246/https://proc-atari.de/ New & Updated Hardware 5200XEGS - Making your Classic Super Game Console into an 8-Bit Computer - mytek - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387340-5200xegs-making-your-classic-super-game-console-into-an-8-bit-computer/ Contests High Score Club active for 2026 (season 23) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387353-hsc-season-23-jan-2026-welcome-and-game-list-thread/ ABBUC Creative Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387746-abbuc-creative-competition-2026-has-been-launched/ ABBUC Application Software Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387745-abbuc-application-software-competition-2026-has-been-launched/ ABBUC Game Software Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387744-abbuc-software-competition-2026-has-been-launched/ ABBUC Hardware Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387737-abbuc-hardware-competition-2026-has-been-launched/ Other Byte magazine cover illustrator has passed away. https://tinney.net/in-memoriam Strong museum announces the acquisition of the Curt Vendel Atari Collection - https://www.museumofplay.org/...
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    1 hr and 39 mins
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