ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

ANTIC Episode 125 - "Combining SQL with Fun (and Poo)"
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Wade Ripkowski comes onto the show and gives us an update on his work to bring SQL to the Atari (and an extremely useful poo management tool!), we cover good news concerning the Curt Vendel Atari collection, we report on an exciting updated browser-based emulator, a huge update to AspeQT, and a whole lot more!!
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
cubeSQL project blog post - https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/02/01/atari-8-bit-sql/

Unfinished Bitness - https://unfinishedbitness.info

Wade's A8 C Library - https://unfinishedbitness.info/c-library/

cubeSQL - https://sqlabs.com/cubesql

FujiNet - https://fujinet.online/

CubeDot - https://unfinishedbitness.info/cubedot/

Fuji Do - https://unfinishedbitness.info/fuji-do/

Fuji Poo - https://unfinishedbitness.info/fuji-poo/

Dr. Love - https://unfinishedbitness.info/dr-love/

video demo of CubeDot - https://vimeo.com/1165039670

video demo of Fuji Do - https://vimeo.com/1165038947

Mr. Paint - https://unfinishedbitness.info/mr-paint/

King PONG How Atari Bounced Across Markets to Make Millions - https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262051330/king-pong/ 

Atari newsletter time capsule 1987-08:

https://archive.org/details/antc_Atari_newsletter_time_capsule_1987-08 

The Strong museum - https://www.museumofplay.org/ 

FujiNet Application Ideas - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-firmware/wiki/Application-Ideas 

Smith Corona Messenger Module and Smith Corona Ultrasonic 450 typewriter -  https://typewriterdatabase.com/1983-smith-corona-ultrasonic.2181.typewriter 

prototype of Atari chapter for Quick Reference Book - https://floppydaysqr.my.canva.site/ 

New & Updated Games
Inufuto Game Cartridge - posted by Philsan:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331824-inufuto-does-atari-8-bit/page/5/#comment-5783007 

https://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-inufuto_developer_3171_8_G.html 

FujiNet Midimaze mode now stable by Mozzwald - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387536-midimaze-mode-now-stable/ 

New & Updated non-Game Software
A8E (Atari 800 XL Emulator) - By AnimaInCorpore:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388191-a8e-atari-800-xl-emulator-v100/ 

Source - https://github.com/AnimaInCorpore/A8E 

Browser demo - https://jsa8e.anides.de/ 

Atari800-AI - Benj Edwards - https://github.com/benj-edwards/atari800-ai 

Update to mkatr (including lsatr) tools from dmsc - https://github.com/dmsc/mkatr/releases/tag/v1.4 

 AspeQt-2k26 - John Paul Jones:

https://github.com/pjones1063/AspeQt-2k26 

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387630-wip-aspeqt-2k26-resurrecting-aspeqt-with-qt6-high-dpi-wi-fi-modems/ 

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388105-%F0%9F%9A%80-aspeqt-2k26-dev-update-the-thin-client-concept-introducing-the-w-device-and-clipboard-y-device/ 

Publications
BASIC Fun on Your A400 Mini: BASIC for real hardware and emulators too!  By John McGinnis - https://www.amazon.com/BASIC-Fun-Your-A400-Mini/dp/B0G1YGJ2P7 

Atari Insights February 2026:

Newsletters - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/ 

YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@AtariBasics 

February, 2026 Issue of Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com 

ABBUC Magazine 163 released - https://www.abbuc.de 

Pro(c) gone; last issue #15 - web site updated May 2025 - https://web.archive.org/web/20250404175246/https://proc-atari.de/

New & Updated Hardware
 5200XEGS - Making your Classic Super Game Console into an 8-Bit Computer - mytek - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387340-5200xegs-making-your-classic-super-game-console-into-an-8-bit-computer/ 

Contests
High Score Club active for 2026 (season 23) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387353-hsc-season-23-jan-2026-welcome-and-game-list-thread/ 

ABBUC Creative Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387746-abbuc-creative-competition-2026-has-been-launched/ 

ABBUC Application Software Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387745-abbuc-application-software-competition-2026-has-been-launched/ 

ABBUC Game Software Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387744-abbuc-software-competition-2026-has-been-launched/ 

ABBUC Hardware Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387737-abbuc-hardware-competition-2026-has-been-launched/  

Other
Byte magazine cover illustrator has passed away. https://tinney.net/in-memoriam 

Strong museum announces the acquisition of the Curt Vendel Atari Collection - https://www.museumofplay.org/press-release/the-strong-national-museum-of-play-acquires-atari-home-computer-and-console-division-collection/ 

Atari Hotel news - https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/atari-hotel-that-was-never-happening-makes-headlines-for-not-happening/ 

Upcoming Shows (thru May, 2026)
Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-22 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ 

Atari Invasion 2k26 (10th Anniversary) - March 21 - Maarssen, Netherlands - https://www.atari-invasion.nl 

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 Europe - May 1-3 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ 

Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest 2026 - May 2-3 - Tukwila Community Center, South Tukwila, WA -  https://vcfpnw.org 

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/  

YouTube Videos
Atari 130XE gets new ACID Stereo board (with new U1MB plugin), Decent XE keyboard, and more upgrades - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRjy-0AB_90 

Using FujiNet NOS with SD Card - Thom Cherryhomes - https://youtu.be/G0gXB3Z4Nmc 

Feedback
Beat The Beatles — "It May Be The First Video Game About The Beatles" - Before Rock Band, There Was Beat the Beatles - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/random-it-may-be-the-first-video-game-about-the-beatles-before-rock-band-there-was-beat-the-beatles 

Wade Ripkowski Contact Information
https://inverseatascii.info/

https://unfinishedbitness.info/

Mastodon @[email protected]

Email: [email protected]

ANTIC Episode 124
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We have lots of game news and  emulator updates, Brad imitates a pirate, and Kay tells us that the Atari 8-bit is the "Computer of Love"!
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
Kay's 2025 Wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2025-147182056 

Support Kay's Patreon and support ANTIC! -  https://www.patreon.com/savetz 

Annual posting of older articles:

https://archive.org/details/savetz_articles?sort=-addeddate

https://archive.org/details/savetzarticle_reverend-apple

https://archive.org/details/savetzarticle_finding-randy

https://archive.org/details/savetzarticle_the-making-of-antic

Interim Computer Museum - https://icm.museum 

Events at https://icm.museum/?events 

Repairing The Atari 8 Bit Astra Big D Disk Drive! by Paul Westphal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIZPgYxfrAU 

Fujisan: 

https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/releases/tag/v1.1.0 

Fujinet Lobby games - http://fujinet.online:8080/ 

FastBASIC - https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic 

Video from Paul Garcia showing Fujinet-PC integration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwd0wwFohso 

Indy Vintage Computer Club - 

XF551 drive - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_XF551 

Commodore 64 Ultimate - https://www.commodore.net 

RM 800XL - https://revive-machines.com/index-en.html 

Stan Veit Podcast:

David Greelish and Randy read Chapter 13 ("The Atari Story") - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLCoJ-oA_V0 

Stan Veit @ wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Veit 

New and Updated Games
Ultimate Atari Games Database by Philippe Lafortune: 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JaKMQio82/?mibextid=wwXIfr 

Invite link - https://airtable.com/invite/r/rhutWb7a 

Atari Party Panic v1.2 by Andy Diller: 

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386758-atari-party-panic-v12/ 

https://massiverobot.itch.io/panic 

New game: Carcer from h4plo:

You can get it from here - https://h4plo.itch.io/carcer 

Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386514-new-game-carcer/ 

Overflow Santa - New Christmas game from A/W/A:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386809-overflow-santa-new-christmas-game-from-awa/ 

Overflow Santa 8bit.xex(Atari 8-bit binary file) 

Overflow Santa 8bit.rom(Atari 8-bit cartridge) 

KillZone: First Real-Time Multiplayer Gaming - https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/12/13/killzone-v-1-2/ 

Street Fighter II Released!:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381129-street-fighter-2-for-atari-xexl/page/25/#findComment-5759887 

https://vega.atari.pl/ 

https://vega.atari.pl/main-page/street-fighter-ii/

Pole Position Now Saves Tracks Over FujiNet (Thom Cherryhomes):

Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387116-sharing-pole-position-race-designer-tracks-over-fujinet/ 

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI0sgh9DGaw 

Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew Games Released/Completed/WIP in 2025 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378311-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-games-releasedcompletedwip-in-2025/ 

New and Updated Software
News Years Disk 2026 - https://demozoo.org/productions/384184/ 

Altirra 4.40 released from Phaeron:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387055-altirra-440-released/ 

https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html 

New version 7.0 of ASAP, Another Slight Atari Player, the most accurate Atari 8-bit computers tunes player for modern computers and mobile devices - https://asap.sourceforge.net 

Publications
December, 2025 Compute's Gazette with ANTIC article written by Brian Cox - https://shop.computesgazette.com/product/computes-gazette-issue-6-digital-edition/ 

AtariProjects - https://atariprojects.org/ 

Atari Insights January 2026:

Newsletters - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/ 

YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@AtariBasics 

New and Updated Hardware
Atari SX212 WiFi Retromodem - https://tempestfpga.com/sx212/ 

XL-Expander, a prototype add-on for Atari 800XL machines - https://bsky.app/profile/philsan.bsky.social/post/3ma6ybpxd6s2j 

Custom Casing for the 130XE Pixel Perfect Motherboard - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383379-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-xe-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check/page/10/#comment-5772225 

3D printed joystick Atari XL computers style - https://makerworld.com/en/models/2108894-atari-xl-style-joystick#profileId-2281361 

Atari 400 mini at Atari.com - https://atari.com/products/atari-400-mini-1 

Other
The Magic Room film ebay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/116928122102 

A 'Playable' Atari-Themed Hotel Is Coming - https://people.com/atari-hotel-planned-for-phoenix-interactive-esports-venue-photos-11871760

Stewart Cheifet died:

https://obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-cheifet 

https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles 

Upcoming Shows
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 Europe - May 1-3 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ 

Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest 2026 - May 2-3 - Tukwila Community Center, South Tukwila, WA -  https://vcfpnw.org 

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/ 

YouTube Videos
FujiNet Battleship now for Atari 8-bit, Apple II, CoCo, and MS-DOS - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3BQc3zVl8qk 

How I made an Atari 130XE Laptop Using Original Hardware - Sideburn Studios - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAKrEe_ttOE 

The Atari 8-Bit Second Maturity (A 2025 Deep Dive) - AtariBasics with John Zielke - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d3JgZMFZIo 

FujiNet-RetroMate: Online Chess with Atari 8-bit Computers - Greg Gallardo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H53JR2-PBQE 

New at Github 
https://github.com/mozzwald/pokeystream

https://github.com/mozzwald/udp-pokey-sample

https://github.com/rickcollette/atariforge

https://github.com/fredlcore/ATASCOIID

https://youtu.be/g4ffy4TXI-c?si=fihGVG0pGeuSOQqg 

https://github.com/rachel-multiverse/rachel-atari-800 

Listener Feedback
https://github.com/gitGalu/8bitworkshop-mcp

ANTIC Episode 123 - Steampunk Atari
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Lots of Holiday Buyer's Guide action, news of recovered software, FujiNet news galore, and Brad does steampunk Atari…
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 
Links for Items Mentioned in Show:
What we've been up to
Nexon Computer Museum (Maplestory) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexon_Computer_Museum 

Air Navigation RNAV for Atari 8-bit manual and source code:

https://archive.org/details/tims_Air_Navigation_RNAV_for_Atari_8-bit 

HP versions and detailed notes - https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Robert+A.+Tims%22 

JACG Newsletters:

https://archive.org/details/jerseyataricomputergroup scanned via Mark Knutsen

here's what else we need in a spreadsheet  - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing) 

https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1989-03 

https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1985-01 

https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1985-02 

https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-10 

https://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-12 

http://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-09 

http://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-08 

http://archive.org/details/Jersey_Atari_Computer_Group_newsletter_1984-07 

Amiga 40 Celebration in Atlanta - https://www.facebook.com/events/1961071527788068/ 

Invitation to Programming cassette - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-invitation-to-programming-1-an_11651.html 

Atlanta Historical Computing Society - https://www.atlhcs.org/ 

Smith-Corona Electric typewriter module and typewriter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTcWEU2UPgM 

News
Battleship for Atari with FujiNet: 

https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/11/30/battleship-docks-for-atari/

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386230-fujinet-battleship-for-atari-8-bit-now-in-fujinet-game-lobby/ 

Atari 8-bit games part of the Namco Legendary Pack for Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration for Steam, XBox, Playstation - https://atari.com/products/atari-50th-the-anniversary-celebration 

FujiNet-PC build for Mac - Andy Diller:

Blog post - https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/11/02/fujinet-pc-build-for-osx-download/ 

download it here - https://www.atariorbit.org/shared-files/1165/?fn-pc-atari-v151.zip 

Running multiple Atari800/FujiNet - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/2025/11/10/build-your-own-atari800/ 

Ivop ported BBC BASIC to the Atari XL/XE - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385621-bbc-basic-for-the-atari-xlxe/ 

FiSh - Fujinet Interface Shell - bocianu - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386043-fish-fujinet-interface-shell/ 

Apple II Holiday Collection & Special Edition transferred to Atari Print Shop disks by Michael Sternberg - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/324752-print-shop-atari-related-graphics/#findComment-5757049 

Atari CAS Player by Krystone:

AtariAge thread - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381594-abbuc-hardware-contest-2025/#comment-5745407 

You can try it directly here - https://krystone.pl/atari/casplay 

updated FujiNet AI SAM chatbot by Mozzwald: 

The disk is up at https://tnfs.fujinet.online/ATARI/FujiNet-Apps/ai-sam-v3.xex  which uses fujinet.online for the server

Source code for the app and server is up at https://github.com/mozzwald/fujinet-ai-sam/ 

November and December issues of Atari Insights Newsletter - https://www.ataribasics.com 

http://www.atariprotos.com has 2 new 8-bit things

Midi Maze custom maze thread on AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386262-hidden-loading-of-mazes-from-disk-in-midi-maze/ 

November issue of Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com 

Type-in apps for modern computers - https://boingboing.net/2025/11/24/doctype-magazine-type-in-apps-for-modern-computers.html 

"It May Be The First Video Game About The Beatles" - Before Rock Band, There Was Beat the Beatles - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/random-it-may-be-the-first-video-game-about-the-beatles-before-rock-band-there-was-beat-the-beatles 

tech keyboard for XL/XE - Shawn Johnson - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16U5Pbpr28/ 

RM800XL loading a game from tape - https://youtube.com/shorts/3t7LCWEjIY4?si=7dpulvMhsxSzPsII 

RM800XL running Pac-Man cartridge - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TAs9-kRL3L4 

Amiga clone coming? - https://retrogames.biz/products/thea1200/ 

https://plaionreplai.com/collections/consoles 

https://amzn.to/4a6TeTJ 

Atari 400 mini package on sale at Atari - https://www.atari.com 

ZeroPage Homebrew played all the ABBUC Software Contest 2025 entries on Twitch! - https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ 

Silly Venture 2025 WE Atari XL/XE 16KB Intro competition (20th - 23rd November 2025, Gdańsk, Pomerania, Poland)

We Like to Party (16KB Intro) - https://demozoo.org/productions/380592/ 

Silly Venture 2025 WE: "The biggest ATARI-multi party!" - https://www.sillyventure.eu

Vintage Computer Christmas Challenge:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/386316-vintage-computer-christmas-challenge-2025-just-for-fun/ 

https://logiker.com/Vintage-Computing-Christmas-Challenge-2025 

Upcoming Shows
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 & VCF SE - July 31-Aug 2, 2026 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 

Fujiama - August 26-30 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2026 

YouTube Videos
Immaculate NOS Atari 600XL gets PokeyMAX 4, VBXE and U1MB - FlashJazzCat - https://youtu.be/ybFpYF4R2mY 

My Mom Bought an Atari 800XL - Can I Fix It?! - Sayaka's Digital Attic -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZZ6nhgwEDI 

ATARI XL / XE += FIRST AI SHOOTER =+ NEW GAME 2025:

Atari 8 Bits For Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KLy0fX0JtY 

Atari Online PL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJie46jwuRA 

Galaxian (800 and 2600) and Galaga (2600) gameplay - Atari - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nmXIqaTCHMo 

New at Archive.org 
https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky

https://archive.org/details/vantari-newsletter-july-1989/ 

https://archive.org/details/@retroarchiv

https://archive.org/details/rearc_rem-das-computermagazin-in-maschinencode-1989-03-schulfunk-radio-ddr-de/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/rearc_user-mag-hauptkatalog-1993-94-1993-11-01-user-mag-de

https://archive.org/details/rearc_preisliste-4-87-zum-atari-katalog-86-87-1987-04-compy-shop-de

New at GitHub
https://github.com/gitGalu/8bitworkshop-mcp 

https://github.com/Cathodeo/xmonka_atari 

Feedback
PRGE's YouTube channel posted the video of Joe Decuir and Hunter Patchett - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhIrTlDkRrM 

video of a "game test day" that Joe's students were part of - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDYVURUe_7Q

Link to "proof of concept demonstration" of SuperBug - https://github.com/Atari-Super-Bug-Plus/SuperBug

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

ANTIC Episode 121 - Dongle Disaster
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Special guest Brent Carroll joins as we bring you the Atari news and narrowly avoid disaster with our dongle talk …
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
CX40+ Wireless Joystick: 

https://atari.com/products/wireless-cx40-joystick-atari 

https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Silver-Wireless-Joystick-Atari-2600/dp/B0DDR68ZXR 

Harry Stewart died:

his daughter sent me documents https://bsky.app/profile/savetz.bsky.social/post/3lyj77tjtns2j 

Kay's 2017 interview with Harry - ANTIC Interview 295 - Harry Stewart, Pilot and WSFN 

VCFMW - https://www.vcfwm.org 

Video interview of Cynthia Solomon and Brian Silverman - https://youtu.be/lWmXPEyl9T8 

FujiNet-enabled Atari800Macx:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382899-adding-fujinet-support-to-atari800macx/page/3/#findComment-5709456 

https://github.com/atarimacosx/Atari800MacX/releases/tag/Release_6.1.0Beta1 

News
Nick DiMasi (SCAT) passed way:

Interview with Nick at VCFMW 13 - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-episode-5-connect-your-atari-to-a-pc (Nick's interview is near the end of the show) 

SCAT - http://www.scatarians.org/ 

Rare sighting of a working 1027 printer at latest TACO meeting - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16vmTRRzHD/ 

Modified Atari 800 with a custom cpu board and a hp 1611a logic analyzer would plug into the external port - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fv8FM9yxz/ 

RM800XL update on X - https://x.com/rm_800xl/status/1964665547821637818 

Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/microsoft_open_sources_6502_basic/

https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502 

Atari XL/XE -=Elite=- beta version:

From AtariTeca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/09/inesperado-beta-jugable-de-elite.html 

Saberman Retronews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi8Fr9XFxKQ 

Download - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-elite_44548.html 

5.25" Floppy Envelope Generator from Pawel "Lexx" Kawka:

From Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/09/nuevo-generador-de-fundas.html 

online tool for designing covers - https://ataricovers.com/generator-kopert/?lang=en 

Cassette Cover Generator 

Newsletter News
September, 2025 issue of Atari Insights - https://www.ataribasics.com 

ABBUC magazines 162 and special mag 56 - https://www.abbuc.de 

Upcoming Shows
Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

Vintage Computer Festival Montreal - Jan. 24-25, 2026 - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC - https://vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/ 

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 2026 - 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/ 

Southern Fried Gaming Expo - July 31-Aug 2 2026 - Atlanta, Ga - https://gameatl.com/ 

Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html 

Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/ 

Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub 

YouTube Videos
How did the Atari beat the Commodore 64 in Chile thanks to Coelsa? - Frognum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NW2ZkWQ-nw 

Atari Now! News and Homebrews, September 2025 - Into the Vertical Blank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKlmVrEHhhI 

Atari 800XL FujiNet and Sega Genesis Retro.Link Networking Test - Greg Gallardo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdYFlnNGm9o 

New at Archive.org
Ted Skrecky continues uploading XIO3 newsletters - https://archive.org/details/@ted_skrecky 

https://archive.org/details/de-re-atari-spanish_202508 

Listener Feedback
O'Shea limestone cave - http://www.oshealtd.com/atari.htm 

Long Island Gaming Expo in NY - https://liretro.com/