Listen "ANTIC Episode 21 - Microsoft BASIC, Yoomp!"
Episode Synopsis
On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast:
a plethora of news about new atari software and podcasts
Randy tells us all about the “other” official basic, Microsoft BASIC for the Atari
and we de-brief about all of the recent interviews.
Yoomp will have a great time listening!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Recurring Links
Floppy Days Podcast
AtariArchives.org
AtariMagazines.com
Kevins Book “Terrible Nerd”
New Atari books scans at archive.org
ANTIC feedback at AtariAge
the Atlanta Historical Computing Society
What We’ve Been Up To
Atari Meeting at VCFSE - thread on AtariAge
Floppy Days Episode #33 - The Atari 400/800 Part I (History)
Broderbund FBI FOIA response
EPYX FBI FOIA Response
Synapse Software FBI FOIA Response
Antic and Kevin won a FOILies award for the weird FBI reply about Mattel!
worked with Roland at AtariWiki on finishing up the education tape software collection
Atari 5200 and Atari 2600 News Releases provided by VIctor Cross
Interviews Discussion
Ozark Softscape Revelations Discussion at AtariAge
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
News
New Atari 5200 Super Podcast
Atari 5200 Masterplay Controller Adapter Clone from atariguy1021 on eBay
AMIcast
Electric Dreams BBS Podcast
Atari 7800 Game By Game Podcast
IntariVisions Podcast
TechStuff Podcast - The Rise and Fall of Atari (3 Parts)
Forever Party 2015 held in SlovakiaCompilation Disk of Atari Entries at Forever Party 2015
Midwest Gaming Classic April 11 & 12, 2015, Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel
VCF East X April 17-19, 2015, Wall, New Jersey
VCF SE 3.0 Saturday, May 2 & Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kings Market Shopping Center, Roswell, Georgia
Atari Party Sat May 2 2015 at the Davis, CA Public Library
VCF Midwest 10 August 29-30, 2015, Elk Grove Village, IL
2015 10-line BASIC contest update at AtariAge
2015 10-line BASIC Contest Home Page
MegaSpeedy 1050 upgrade
MegaSpeedy 1050 Discussion at AtariAge
new released version 2.60 final of emulator, Altirra
New game released: Tecno Ninja 25 years anniversary edition
ATARI: GAME OVER Documentary of Atari Game Burial with Zak Penn
PacAPong — pac man, space invaders, and donkey kong at the same time
Possible Reboots Of ‘Tempest’ And ‘Missile Command’ Coming From Atari
Dog Poor Anthony 3
Atariware.cl published seven issues of the newsletter "Enter"
New at Archive.org
28 issues of MACE Journal - michigan Atari computer enthusiasts
11 issues of Atari Classics (full run?) pub Dec 1992-April 1995
Many Atari Game manuals
Old Hackers Atari User Group newsletter - complete run of floppies
Bill’s Modern Segment
Type: Action
Name: Yoomp!
Credits:
Idea / main code: Marcin "Eru" Żukowski
Music / sfx: Łukasz "X-Ray" Sychowicz
Graphics: Bartek "BeWu" Wąsiel
Decompression / Music routines: Piotr "0xF" aka "Fox" Fusik
Awards: ABBUC 2007, 1st Place
Links:
* http://yoomp.atari.pl/
Of the Month (Brad)
XC12 Mod in Polish
A8CAS converter
Invitation to Programming 1 in FLAC
Programming Language Segment - Microsoft BASIC (Randy)
Wikipedia
Atari Microsoft BASIC I at AtariMania
Atari Microsoft BASIC II at AtariMania
a plethora of news about new atari software and podcasts
Randy tells us all about the “other” official basic, Microsoft BASIC for the Atari
and we de-brief about all of the recent interviews.
Yoomp will have a great time listening!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Recurring Links
Floppy Days Podcast
AtariArchives.org
AtariMagazines.com
Kevins Book “Terrible Nerd”
New Atari books scans at archive.org
ANTIC feedback at AtariAge
the Atlanta Historical Computing Society
What We’ve Been Up To
Atari Meeting at VCFSE - thread on AtariAge
Floppy Days Episode #33 - The Atari 400/800 Part I (History)
Broderbund FBI FOIA response
EPYX FBI FOIA Response
Synapse Software FBI FOIA Response
Antic and Kevin won a FOILies award for the weird FBI reply about Mattel!
worked with Roland at AtariWiki on finishing up the education tape software collection
Atari 5200 and Atari 2600 News Releases provided by VIctor Cross
Interviews Discussion
Ozark Softscape Revelations Discussion at AtariAge
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
News
New Atari 5200 Super Podcast
Atari 5200 Masterplay Controller Adapter Clone from atariguy1021 on eBay
AMIcast
Electric Dreams BBS Podcast
Atari 7800 Game By Game Podcast
IntariVisions Podcast
TechStuff Podcast - The Rise and Fall of Atari (3 Parts)
Forever Party 2015 held in SlovakiaCompilation Disk of Atari Entries at Forever Party 2015
Midwest Gaming Classic April 11 & 12, 2015, Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel
VCF East X April 17-19, 2015, Wall, New Jersey
VCF SE 3.0 Saturday, May 2 & Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kings Market Shopping Center, Roswell, Georgia
Atari Party Sat May 2 2015 at the Davis, CA Public Library
VCF Midwest 10 August 29-30, 2015, Elk Grove Village, IL
2015 10-line BASIC contest update at AtariAge
2015 10-line BASIC Contest Home Page
MegaSpeedy 1050 upgrade
MegaSpeedy 1050 Discussion at AtariAge
new released version 2.60 final of emulator, Altirra
New game released: Tecno Ninja 25 years anniversary edition
ATARI: GAME OVER Documentary of Atari Game Burial with Zak Penn
PacAPong — pac man, space invaders, and donkey kong at the same time
Possible Reboots Of ‘Tempest’ And ‘Missile Command’ Coming From Atari
Dog Poor Anthony 3
Atariware.cl published seven issues of the newsletter "Enter"
New at Archive.org
28 issues of MACE Journal - michigan Atari computer enthusiasts
11 issues of Atari Classics (full run?) pub Dec 1992-April 1995
Many Atari Game manuals
Old Hackers Atari User Group newsletter - complete run of floppies
Bill’s Modern Segment
Type: Action
Name: Yoomp!
Credits:
Idea / main code: Marcin "Eru" Żukowski
Music / sfx: Łukasz "X-Ray" Sychowicz
Graphics: Bartek "BeWu" Wąsiel
Decompression / Music routines: Piotr "0xF" aka "Fox" Fusik
Awards: ABBUC 2007, 1st Place
Links:
* http://yoomp.atari.pl/
Of the Month (Brad)
XC12 Mod in Polish
A8CAS converter
Invitation to Programming 1 in FLAC
Programming Language Segment - Microsoft BASIC (Randy)
Wikipedia
Atari Microsoft BASIC I at AtariMania
Atari Microsoft BASIC II at AtariMania
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