ANTIC Episode 103 - POKEY The Atari Guru

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…results of the ABBUC 2023 Software Contest, upcoming 2024 shows (and an Atari Party yet in 2023), and Kay has a great time testing out POKEY The Atari Guru…

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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

• QSO Today Episode 475 Kay Savetz - https://archive.org/details/qso-today-475 

• The 1056 Board -- Atari 400 1056k Memory Upgrade - https://www.ebay.com/itm/275939475102 

News

• Version 6.4.0 of the RECOIL (Retro Computer Image Library) graphics browser - http://recoil.sourceforge.net 

• POKEY The Atari Guru by Andy Diller - https://chat.openai.com/g/g-t3fdHnbbK-pokey-the-atari-guru 

•  Atari 8-bit clubs - https://www.virtualatari.org/user-groups.html 

  • ABACUS - Atari Bay Area Computer User Society --  https://www.abacusonline.org/

  • ABBUC - Atari Bit Byter User Club --  https://www.abbuc.de/

  • ABBUC HAR - Hanover ABBUC Regional Group --  https://www.bertelmann.org/har/

  • ABBUC RAF - Frankfurt ABBUC Regional Group --  https://www.abbuc-raf.de/

  • ABBUC RENO - ABBUC Regional Group North --  https://andymanone.dyndns.org/reno/

  • ACEC - Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Columbus -- https://acec.atari.org/

  • AKPV - Atariklub Prostejov --  https://atariklub.prostejov.cz/

  • CCC - Chestnut Computer Club (UK) -- https://homepage.ntlworld.com/derryck123/

  • HA - HispAtari - El porto hispano de Usarios de Atari -- https://hispatari.mforos.com/

  • Rose City Atari Club http://www.rosecityatariclub.com/ 

  • SAK - The Swedish Atari Club (Svenska Atariklubben) -- https://www.sak.nu/

  • SCAT - Suburban Chicago ATarians --  https://www.scatarians.org/

  • SPACE - Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts --  https://space.atari.org/ 

• Terry Stewart new video on Atari 800 - https://x.com/classiccomputNZ/status/1723091786619658314 

• ABBUC software contest 2023 - All entries in ABBUC Special Magazine 53 and on associate disk: 

  • ABBUC official results - https://abbuc.de/2023/10/ergebnis-abbuc-software-wettbewerb-2023-result-abbuc-software-contest-2023/ 

  • Thread at AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350228-abbuc-software-contest-2023/ 

  • Zero Page Homebrew, Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9UAk2Zsfc 

  • Zero Page Homebrew, Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKL0rPzVvLY 

• Videos of the top 5 ABBUC winners:

  • Time Wizard by Krzysztof "Amarok" Piotrowski - video by Saberman RetroNews 

  • Night Knight by Lars Langhans - video by Saberman RetroNews 

  • Zauberball by Olivier Cyranka - video by Saberman RetroNews 

  • Double by PopMilo - video by Saberman RetroNews 

  • Der Schranker 3 by Janko Grewe - video by Saberman RetroNews 

• Atari WozMon by freetz - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352757-atari-wozmon-for-abbuc-software-contest-2023/ 

• Zylon Defenders, iOS game tribute to 1979 Atari 8 Bit computers killer app Star Raiders 

  • Apple Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zylon-defenders/id1191618583

  • Github - https://github.com/jglasse/ZylonDefenders 

• New Atari podcast from Wade (Inverse ATASCII) called The ANTIC Files - https://inverseatascii.info/ 

• Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew Games Released/Completed/WIP in 2023 - Zero Page Homebrew - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345916-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-games-releasedcompletedwip-in-2023/ 

• Celebrating the Iconic Atari Logo - AUSRETROGAMER - https://ausretrogamer.com/celebrating-the-iconic-atari-logo/ 

Upcoming Shows

• Atari Party 2023! - Saturday, December 2, 2023, 1pm to 4pm - Quakertown Train Station, Quakertown, PA - https://quakertowntrainstation.org - organized by Peter Fletcher

• Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com 

• Interim Computer Festival SPRING - March 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/ 

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ 

• VCF East - April 5-7, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org 

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ 

• VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ 

• Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info 

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 

• Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/  

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-28 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se  

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

• Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we  

YouTube Videos

• A8PicoCart flash-cart ATARI 8-bit XL/XE/XEGS - hichal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zp8EeBGnIk 

• How Do You Make Cartridges for the Gorgeous Atari 800? YARC Yet Another Retro Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjSOJErwtvQ 

• New Atari solderless HDMI mod - LumaCode GTIA-digitizer - TheRetroChannel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prNM38bC1zM 

• 8x Cross Platform Games (Atari 8-Bit) from Fabrizio Caruso - ZeroPage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbWK5rz24OQ 

New at Archive.org 

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2023 Program 

• https://archive.org/details/6502-assembly-language-programming-for-apple-commodore-and-atari-computers-christopher-lampton-1985/page/n11/mode/2up 

• Atari Explorer espana - https://archive.org/details/@bultro?query=atari 

• SBACE Gazette 1989-01 

• SBACE Gazette 1989-03 

• Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-07 

• Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-05 

• Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-11 

• Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-09 

New at Github

• https://github.com/pvbestinfoo/Atari_8-Bit_Rom_Image_File_Explorer 

• https://github.com/fredlcore/AtariWozMon 

Feedback

• Michael Mulhern scanning of “Your Computer” - https://archive.org/details/@jongleur? 

• Ellen Jameson comment at Bob Evans, Capital Children's Museum administrator — Atari computer lab — interview 

• Bill Hogue, Miner 2049er — interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=593uvgt4USo&lc=UgyxxFpZPUlLLvimQ7x4AaABAg