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ANTIC Episode 122 - Atypical Kay
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… 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 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: Here’s his obit - https://www.mercurynews.com/obituaries/harry-stewart-san-jose-ca/ https://archive.org/details/stx_MicroTec_6500_Relocatable_Macro_Assembler_Manual  https://archive.org/details/Bruce_Sherwood_Articles_about_Speech_Synthesis  https://archive.org/details/Atari_Speech_Handler_Preliminary_Specification_1983-03-31  https://archive.org/details/Steve_Bristow_memo_on_Atari_810_drive_manual_1981-02-22  https://archive.org/details/atari-810-model-810-rear-board-schematic  https://archive.org/details/Atari_810_disk_controller_firmware_memo_1980-12-22  https://archive.org/details/Atari_810_Disk_Drive_Peripheral_Device_Description_preliminary_release  https://archive.org/details/Atari_810_Disk_Drive_Controller_Program_Report_1980-11-18  Atari Usenet groups on IA (so far, more to come): https://archive.org/details/net_micro_atari  https://archive.org/details/net_micro_atari8  https://archive.org/details/net_micro_atari16  https://archive.org/details/comp_sys_atari  https://archive.org/details/comp_sys_atari_announce  https://archive.org/details/comp_sources_atari_st  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: FujiLlama: https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/09/26/fujilama-is-a-new-multiplayer-game/  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/384764-a-new-fuji-net-game-fuji-llama-coming-soon/  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266083/llama  New Italian text adventures for the Atari 8-bit: https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/10/nuevas-aventuras-de-texto-italianas.html  Wild West - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385434-wild-west-text-adventure-released/  Tin Star - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385435-tin-star-text-adventure-released/  Desperados - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385436-desperados-text-adventure-released/  New & Updated Software: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/234684-atari-8-bit-software-preservation-initiative/page/113/#findComment-5735315  Atari OS ROM collection - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/201133-os-source-code-all-revisions/page/6/#findComment-5730231  Mark “atarimac” Grebe updated Atari800MacX to 6.1.0 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385276-atari800macx-61-released/  Paulo Garcia continues his fantastic work on the FujiSan emulator (based on Atari800 emulator with emphasis on UI). - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/releases/tag/v1.0.5  Eric Carr updates the VSCode Extension for FastBASIC - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/351055-fastbasic-debugger-extension-for-vscode/  Publications Atari Insights October issue - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/  Compute’s Gazette October issue - https://www.computesgazette.com  ABBUC Magazine Special Mag 56 available in English (downloadable) for members - https://abbuc.de/download/abbuc-sondermagazin-56-papierbeilage-englisch/  Old School Gamer #48 - https://shop.oldschoolgamer.com/products/osg-issue-48-september-2025  New & Updated Hardware Atari 1027 printer belt by Jeri Ellsworth - https://bsky.app/profile/jeriellsworth.bsky.social/post/3m3ojeg7x6c2e  New 1:1 1000dpi Replica of Atari XE Motherboard in production - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383379-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-xe-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/page/7/  New 1:1 1000dpi Replica of Atari 600XL Motherboard – Interest Check - Piotr D. Kaczorowski - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/384709-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-600xl-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/  Contests ABBUC Software Competition: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381593-abbuc-software-contest-2025  Video of the 13 games from the contest run on real hardware (Philsan) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381593-abbuc-software-contest-2025/page/5/#findComment-5735942  ABBUC Hardware Competition - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381594-abbuc-hardware-contest-2025/  ATASCII Compo 2025: https://atariscne.org/news/index.php/atascii-compo-2025-is-running  https://logiker.com/ATASCII  Other https://tedium.co/2025/10/20/computers-fcc-rf-interference-history/ Atari 8-bit calendar (from Atariteca on Facebook): Article - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17NVFQ4pA8/  Ordering - https://www.facebook.com/martin.grundy.94  Upcoming Shows 2025 Atari Party 2025 - Nov. 22, 2025 (noon to 4) - Quakertown, PA Train Station - http://atariparty.org/  2026 Vintage Computer Festival Montreal - Jan. 24-25, 2026 - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC - https://vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/  Vintage Electronics Expo - Jan. 31, 2026 - Oakland Expo Center, Waterford, MI - https://www.thevee.org/  Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 14-15, 2026 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com  Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-22 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/  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 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/  Southern Fried Gaming Expo - July 31-Aug 2, 2026 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/  Fujiama - August 26-30 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2026  Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub  YouTube Videos A Brilliant Failure: The Atari 400 & 800 Story - Little Car - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcUt0GCk-YI  Atari Now! October 2025 News and Home brew for all Atari systems - Steve & Jeff Fulton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMhNSFx6gyg  New at Archive.org  Allan: https://archive.org/details/@allan52 : https://archive.org/details/math-mission-apx-ver-3 https://www.oconnormortuary.com/obituaries/david-paul-kosmal/  https://archive.org/details/wordgo-apx-ver-3 https://archive.org/details/atari-xl-product-line-fact-sheets https://archive.org/details/@archivingisimportant : I Heart Atari newsletters french - https://archive.org/details/atarinews_1  https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky  New at GitHub https://github.com/illuminated-g/atari_asm_moon  Feedback https://oldbytes.space/@fluidlogic/115248639418865349
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