ANTIC 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 software and hardware for our favorite 8-bits, and we find out Kay is atypical…

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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

What we've been up to

Via Mark Knudsen: 2" binder of "August 1987":

Atari newsletter time capsule 1987-08 - https://archive.org/details/antc_Atari_newsletter_time_capsule_1987-08/
And individual newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@savetz?query=identifier%3Aantc_*1987-08

scanning Harry Stewart material:

Atari Usenet groups on IA (so far, more to come):

Allan and Kay continuing work to archive all APX programs. Still need:

Missing (any version) manuals:

Algicalc
Basic Arithmetic
Basic Renumber Utility (Renum)
Character Set Editor
Database/Report System
Deep Blue C
Disk Menu
Dragons Quest or a twist in the tail
Geography
Gossip. (?)
Home Loan Analysis
Market Place
Reversi

Missing programs (some have other versions other than APX):

Basic Utility for Renumbering Programs BURP
Calculator
Earth Science
Geography (both lists)
Home Loan Analysis (both lists)
Instructional Computing Demonstration
Market Place (both lists)
Variable Changer

Spreadsheet of APX archiving progress

Atari poster - https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/BASIC-Programmers-Guide-from-1981-by-ChoccyHobNob/39504539.LVTDI?asc=u&c=1128814-wall-art&ref=work_collections_grid
Tricky Tutorial #7 from Kevin Lund - https://www.atarimania.com/documents/Tricky-Tutorial-7-Disk-Utilities.pdf

News

New and Updated Games:

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