ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

We cover Atari news, reviews, and a special feature each show for the Atari 8-bit line of computers (400/800/XL/XE/XEGS)

Episodes

ANTIC Episode 116 - AI-Generated Nonsense

April 30, 2025 • 100 mins

ANTIC Episode 116

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk about all the Atari things we did this month and discuss all the “AI-generated nonsense” going on in the Atari world…READY!

Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kay’s Book “Terrible Nerd” 

New Atari books s...

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ANTIC Interview 456 - Stanley R. Trost, Electronic Arts Financial Cookbook

March 25, 2025 • 28 mins
Stanley Trost, Electronic Arts Financial Cookbook 
 
Stanley R. Trost wrote several books about early microcomputers, including Atari BASIC Programs in Minutes, Doing Business with VisiCalc, Multiplan on the Commodore 64, Useful Basic Programs the for IBM PC, VisiCalc for Science and Engineering, and others. He was also the creator of Financial Cookbook, which was published by Electronic Arts in 1984 (and...
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ANTIC Interview 455 - Bill and David Lappen, Buy-Phone

March 15, 2025 • 48 mins
Bill and David Lappen, Buy-Phone
 
It's a dangerous game in the computer history field to call anything the "first." But Buy-Phone is a very strong contender call itself the first online yellow pages. Years before before Yahoo!, before Craigslist, Buy-Phone was a text-based dial-up service — available at 300 and 1200 bits per second — that provided business listings, movie times, and personal ads, all for...
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ANTIC Episode 115 - Exhausting Games for your Atari

March 10, 2025 • 88 mins

ANTIC Episode 115

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk lots of contest news, Mr. Paint, a DIY Atari-themed monitor, and lots of other Atari 8-bit news.  Plus, we find a book on “exhausting” Atari games!

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Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kay’s Book “Te...

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ANTIC Interview 454 - Steve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger

March 6, 2025 • 86 mins
Steve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger
 
Steve Kranish is the creator of the Atari 8-bit and Atari 5200 versions of Frogger, the versions published by Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers had the rights to publish cartridge versions of Frogger. Sierra On-Line had already published versions of Frogger on floppy disk and cassette, so Parker Brothers bought the rights to use that version as the basis for its car...
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ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca

February 18, 2025 • 31 mins

ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca

Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast.  I’m Randy Kindig, your host for this episode.

Giann Velasquez is the owner and curator of the popular, Spanish-language, Atari 8-bit news site, Atariteca.  Giann is a consummate Atari 8-bit fan and lives in Lima, Peru.

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ANTIC Episode 114 - Andy Diller Returns!

January 28, 2025 • 97 mins

ANTIC Episode 114 - Andy Diller Returns!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have special guest Andy Diller for a FujiNet update and to let us know about all the great things he’s working on…

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Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kay’s Book “Terrible Nerd” 

<...

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ANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty, DGS Software

January 23, 2025 • 32 mins

ANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty

Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast.  I’m Randy Kindig, your host for this episode.

Dean Garraghty is the proprietor of DGS Software, which sold, and continues to sell, software for the Atari 8-bit computers since the 80’s.  This is a very low cost, 191-disk set that includes an entire utility pack, g...

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ANTIC Episode 113 - Feeling Fancy!

January 4, 2025 • 65 mins

ANTIC Episode 113 - Feeling Fancy!

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… The clear case Kickstarter doesn’t make it, lots of FujiNet news, and we end the year 2024 with a bang by bringing you all the rest of the Atari news; all while Kay is feeling fancy…

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Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

Ata...

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ANTIC Interview 451 - Daniel Serpell, FastBasic

December 30, 2024 • 39 mins
Daniel Serpell (dmsc), Creator of FastBasic
 
Daniel Serpell (dmsc) is the creator of FastBasic, a modern implementation of the BASIC programming language for the Atari 8-bit computers. He released the first version to the public in 2017. Today, the GPL-licensed language is up to version 4.6, and is a favorite of 10-line BASIC game contest entrants and anyone who wants a speedy, modern take on Atari progr...
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ANTIC Interview 450 - Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator

December 25, 2024 • 64 mins
Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, MicroIllustrator
 
Robert Leyland programmed AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, and MicroIllustrator (along with Steve Dompier) - the graphics applications that worked with KoalaPad, Atari Touch Tablet, and Chalk Board PowerPad drawing tablets. Prior to that, he programmed The Dragon's Eye (published by Automated Simulations/EPYX), Murder on...
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ANTIC Interview 449 - Tim Boehlert, Atari's WCI Labs Division

December 20, 2024 • 54 mins
Tim Boehlert, Atari's WCI Labs Division
 
Tim Boehlert began at Atari in 1982. He worked at WCI Labs, the New York Atari subsidiary, where he worked on the broadboard of the 600XL, robotics projects, and mass storage devices.
 
This interview took place on June 4, 2022.
 
 
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ANTIC Interview 448 - Frank Foster, Hybrid Arts

December 13, 2024 • 58 mins
Frank Foster, Hybrid Arts
 
Frank Foster was one of the founders of Hybrid Arts, the company that made MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) hardware and software for Atari 8-bit and Atari ST computers. Frank was in charge of marketing for the company. After Hybrid Arts, Frank headed the music division at Atari, where he build marketing partnerships with Tangerine Dream...
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ANTIC Interview 447 - Robert Moore and Paul Rother, Hybrid Arts MIDIMate

December 11, 2024 • 60 mins
Robert Moore and Paul Rother, Hybrid Arts MIDIMate
 
Robert Moore and Paul Rother were two of the founders of Hybrid Arts, along with Frank Foster and Alan Hart. Hybrid Arts created the MIDIMate, hardware that added Musical Instrument Digital Interface capability to the the Atari 8-bit computers; and various software for it including MIDITrack. Hybrid Arts continued on to make a wide variety of MIDI...
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ANTIC Interview 446 - Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine

November 30, 2024 • 80 mins
Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine
 
Mary Eisenhart was editor of MicroTimes magazine, a free, advertising-supported magazine that was distributed in California. The first issue was May 1984, and Mary remained at the magazine until 1998, producing more than 180 issues. MicroTimes provided interviews, computer industry news, rumors, and columns, and - of course - advertising. For most of its run, there we...
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ANTIC Episode 112 - Keeping Warm with Sweaters and Hot Sauce

November 26, 2024 • 74 mins

ANTIC Episode 112

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we have several Christmas ideas for you, we tell you about projects that would allow creating a new reproduction Atari 800XL, and we wet our appetites for the current Atari’s hot sauce while wearing their ugly Christmas sweater …

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Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

Atari...

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ANTIC Interview 445 - Vince Cate, The Critical Connection

November 22, 2024 • 31 mins
Vince Cate, The Critical Connection
 
In my last interview, I talked with the creator of SIO2PC, which let Atari users use a DOS computer as its disk drive and printer. This interview is with the creator a product which - six years earlier - let Atari users use a CP/M computer as its disk drive and printer (and keyboard.)
 
Vince Cate owned a company called USS Enterprises, with jus...
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ANTIC Interview 444 - Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and ATR

November 15, 2024 • 54 mins
Nick Kennedy, SIO2PC and the ATR File Format
 
Nick Kennedy is the creator of SIO2PC, the hardware and software combination that allowed Atari 8-bit computer users to use a PC as a peripheral. In 1989, this was unprecedented, a new way to connect the little Atari to the bigger world, to the (relatively) massive storage and speed of a computer running PC-DOS. For the first time, Ataris could use a PC as st...
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ANTIC Interview 443 - Rick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine

November 8, 2024 • 50 mins
Rick Reaser, Current Notes Magazine's 8-bit Editor
 
Rick Reaser was the 8-bit Editor of Current Notes Magazine, a popular magazine dedicated to the Atari computers. He began in 1992, and wrote a column called 8-Bit Tidbits. Rick used his Atari 8-bit computer exclusively through his college years and for programming for grad school. He was also president of P3ACE - Pikes Peak Poke Atari Computer Enthusias...
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ANTIC Interview 442 - Bob Stein, Atari Research

November 1, 2024 • 56 mins
Bob Stein, Atari’s Encyclopedia Project
 
Bob Stein worked at Atari Research for 18 months beginning in 1981. He was hired by Alan Kay. He worked almost exclusively on an encyclopedia project, a potential collaboration between Atari and Encyclopaedia Britannica that never went anywhere.
 
I learned about Bob after he uploaded an item called The Atari Drawings to Internet Archive. It'...
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