On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast:


We discuss new atari archive sites.


Randy tells us all about BASIC XL


Kevin delves into the sordid history of DorsETT Educational Systems


Bill Kendrick fills us in on  a panoply of stuff, including a brain transplant for your 8-bit.
 


Recurring Links
Floppy Days Podcast
AtariArchives.org
AtariMagazines.com
Kevins Book “Terrible Nerd”
New Atari books scans at archive.org
ANTIC feedback at AtariAge
 
What we’ve been up to
Jewel-encrusted Atari XL
Alan Watson’s Gold Mine game at AtariMania
New Computing Pioneers Interview Transcript Site
Bob Kahn digitized material at Archive.org
Atari PILOT II
"Inside Atari DOS" by Bill Wilkinson and Compute! Books
"Atari Player/Missile Graphics in BASIC" by Philip C. Seyer
“The VisiCalc Book, Atari Edition” by Donald H. Beil
Podcast Episode of Inverse Atascii about VisiCalc for the Atari
Floppy Days episode on the Atari 400/800, part 3 of 3
SIO2SD
 
Interview Discussion
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
 
News
How To Turn Your Whole Car Into A Video Game Simulator by Jason Torchinsky
Pix from Atari Party 2015
Classic Gamefest July 25, 26 Austin, TX
VCF Midwest 10 August 29-30, 2015, Elk Grove Village, IL
Portland Retro Gaming expo October 17-18 in Portland OR
Maury Markowitz Wikipedia article on the Atari Sierra
New issue of Pro(c) magazine - issue #6
Ft. Apocalypse on GitHub
Ft. Apocalypse Twitter
Steve Hales Twitter
AtariAge Thread on Modified Version of Silent Service
Download: SILENT SERVICE mod
Delta Space Arena on cartridge
More on Delta Space Arena
Project to Port Prince of Persia to Atari
Atari 8-bit software preservation project
Atari XL Basic Listings  - in german - collection of type-in listings from magazines and books
New podcast on the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer - The CoCo Crew Podcast
 
New at Archive.org
Newsletters
Compuserve Computer Room Operations Training Manual
a javascript based Apple //GS emulator
Stuff Kevin has uploaded from Bob Kahn and other sources
 
Feature [K] Dorsett Educational Systems and Lloyd Dorsett
Dorsett’s letter in Antic
Dorsett’s letter in A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing
Thomas Cherryhomes’ demonstration of his edutape creation tool
 
Bill’s Modern Segment
"Project Veronica" thread at AtariAge Forums
Post at "Vintage is the New Old" (based on a post at the Spanish "Atariteca" blog), including a side-by-side demo of "rotator"
Altirra website
Lotharek's Lair: SIO2PC
Atari Party 2015
"World 1-1" documentary film
Sal "kjmann" Esquivel (ANTIC interview ep. 17)
Mike Albaugh (ANTIC ep. 6)
Dan Trak-ball man Kramer (5200 Super Podcast ep. 3)
Jerry Jessop (ANTIC interview ep. 30)
"Transform the Gotek Floppy Emulator into an Amiga Floppy emulator"
"ACA 500 Accelerator" for Amiga 500 (Sal Esquivel)
"Tank" in Action!
atr2unix by Preston Crow
Internet Archive's Software Library: Atari Computer
atr_txt_dump extractor for Kevin Savetz / Internet Archive
Rob McMullen's "ATRCopy" on github
"Space Wall" Work-in-Progress video
The Atari 5200 Super Podcast ep. 1: "The Pac(k) Ins!"
Atari 2600 Game by Game podcast, ep. 100: "AX-018 Pitfall!"
 
Hardware of the Month - IDE Plus 2, Rev.D HDD Interface for Atari XL/XE computers
eBay listing
Description at Atari8
ideplus manual
 
Software/Website of the Month - SpartaDOS X
SpartaDOS X Upgrade Project
AtariAge thread
 
Programming Languages - BASIC A+, BASIC XL & BASIC XE
Wikipedia
BASIC A+ at AtariMania
BASIC XL at AtariMania
BASIC XL Toolkit at AtariMania
BASIC XE at AtariMania
BASIC XE Extension Disk at AtariMania
BASIC XE Article ANTIC VOL. 4, NO. 9 / JANUARY 1986
 
Feedback
Ed Rotberg, wrote a magazine article
YouTube video showing a demo program that Rotberg created