Listen "ANTIC Interview 208 - Duane Bolster, Midas Touch and Advanced Fingerspelling"
Episode Synopsis
Duane Bolster, Midas Touch and Advanced Fingerspelling Duane Bolster published two programs with Atari Program Exchange: Midas Touch and Advanced Fingerspelling. Midas Touch, a word game, was first available in the summer 1982 APX catalog. Advanced Fingerspelling, a program for teaching letters in sign language, was first available in the fall 1983 catalog. He also created an add-on for the Atari 810 disk drive that circumvented disk copy protection. This interview took place on March 21, 2016. Teaser quotes: "That's one thing I gained from my working with the Atari, is that when you work outside the box, you can do incredible things. But you stick to the book, and you're stuck doing what somebody else did." "Huh. If I market this, I'll be known as the father of software piracy." Midas Touch in the summer 1982 APX catalog Advanced Fingerspelling in the fall 1983 APX catalog
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