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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

De : Randy Kindig Kay Savetz Brad Arnold
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  • ANTIC Interview 459 - Mike Lorenzen: Atari Program-Text Editor, Pitfall II

    ANTIC Interview 459 - Mike Lorenzen: Atari Program-Text Editor, Pitfall II
    Jul 5 2026

    Mike Lorenzen: Atari Program-Text Editor, Pitfall II

    Mike Lorenzen worked at Atari, Activision, and Accolade, creating games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, and Commodore 64 computers.

    At Atari, Mike coded Golf and Circus Atari for the Atari 2600. For the 8-bit computers, he wrote MEDIT (which he told me stands for Mike's EDITor.) Atari got a lot of mileage from MEDIT, using versions of that text editor in several products: first, in Atari Program-Text Editor (which was bundled with Atari's Macro Assembler), and in two Atari Program Exchange products: APX 20075, Atari Program-Text Editor; and APX 20076: Word Processing Diskette, where it was bundled with a text formatter.

    Both Program-Text Editor and Word Processing Diskette first appeared in the Winter 1981 APX catalog (the second APX catalog) with a price of $39.95 for Program-Text Editor and $49.95 for Word Processing Diskette — relatively hefty prices, considering the median price for software in that catalog was just $17.95.

    At Activision, he ported Pitfall and Pitfall II Lost Caverns to the Atari 8-bit — and in that, created the undocumented Easter egg of an additional game inside: Pitfall III, which appears only in the Atari 8-bit version.

    At Accolade, Mike developed the game "Psi-5 Trading Company" for the C64, which he called "the most sophisticated Commodore 64 program ever written".

    This interview took place on June 4, 2026.

    Software mentioned:
    Macro Assembler and Program-Text Editor at AtariMania
    APX 20075: Atari Program-Text Editor at AtariMania
    APX 20076: Word Processing Diskette at AtariMania
    Pitfall at AtariMania

    Pitfall II Lost Caverns at AtariMania

    People mentioned:
    Scott Scheiman interview
    Dale Yocum interview
    Chris Crawford interview
    Fred Thorlin interview
    Brad Fregger on Lorenzen's overwork

    More information:
    Inverse ATASCII reviews APX Program-Text Editor
    AtariWiki on Program-Text Editor
    Psi-5 Trading Company
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    2 h et 28 min
  • ANTIC Episode 129 - SDX and FNSlots

    ANTIC Episode 129 - SDX and FNSlots
    Jun 30 2026
    ANTIC Episode 129 - SDX and FNSlots In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Brad plays around with SDX, Kay and Randy bring you news from some vintage computer shows, we drool over all the new hardware news, and we bring you FujiNet news, including FNSlots… 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 Box of stuff from Bob Fraser Light pen - https://atari8bitads.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-light-pen-is-here-and-now-its-gone.html Disks! Six early versions of MEDIT - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381770-source-code-for-editorassembler-and-programtext-editor-released/#findComment-5854788 Prerelease version of DOS 2.0S - https://github.com/savetz/ballsong INIT HELLO https://init-hello.org/ at System Source Computer Museum https://museum.syssrc.com/ Print Slop https://www.savetz.com/print-shop-camera/atari.html discussion at https://forums.atariage.com/topic/324752-print-shop-atari-related-graphics/#comment-5854339 ANTIC Interview Transcripts site - https://www.savetz.com/antic-interviews/ SDX - https://sdx.atari8.info/index.php VCF SW - https://www.vcfsw.org/ National Videogame Museum - https://www.nvmusa.org ABBUC - https://www.abbuc.de Recent Interviews ANTIC Interview 457 - Atari at the Science Fair: Lisa Link Melville, Weather Prediction ANTIC Interview 458 - Allan Bushman, Atari archivist New & Updated Games EDGE: Eight-bit D*****! Game Engine - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390906-edge-eight-bit-d-game-engine/ Delete Me Hard by ilmenit: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390965-delete-me-hard/ Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGQCR9spQns New & Updated Software FNSlots: Save and restore your disk slot configurations - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390713-fnslots-save-and-restore-your-disk-slot-configurations/ CrustyBASIC, a BASIC cross-compiler for 1980s machines, including Atari 2600 console and Atari 8bit computers. Runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux - https://telengard.itch.io/crustybasic TinyBASIC https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390807-back-to-tinybasics-after-50-years-finally-got-around-to-writing-a-tinybasic-for-atari-8-bit/ https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/05/31/scriptee/ - Wade Ripkowski Publications Atari Insights - https://www.ataribasics.com - June, 2026 issue Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com - May, 2026 The download files for ABBUC Issue 164 (1Q2026) and two disk images - https://abbuc.de/members/download/ABBUC-Magazines/Magazine-164/index.html Atari Legacy https://atarilegacy.com taking preorders now at website - https://retrolemon.co.uk/atari-magazines/280-atari-legacy-01.html New & Updated Hardware Revive Machines RM 800XL update - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Co44Q7w9B/ The Atari XT: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391150-the-atari-xt/ https://atari-xt.com/ Project Thunder: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390511-project-thunder/ https://github.com/scrameta/tonnere Blue2Joy - Bluetooth Adapter for Atari 8-bit - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390643-blue2joy-bluetooth-adapter-for-atari-8-bit/ GE IFM Interface Module for cassette recorders to Atari or C64 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/127924405327 The Company That Calls Itself Atari "This downtown Phoenix radio landmark has been marked for death" - https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts-culture/koy-building-demolition-plan-phoenix-atari-hotel-40671854/ https://gameworldobserver.com/2026/06/01/atari-just-got-bigger-it-has-acquired-the-creators-of-crossy-road Other The Brewing Academy Inventory has been SOLD! - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390695-all-brewing-academy-inventory-is-being-sold-please-read-for-details/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OldTech/s/K70gojiubH https://www.atarinside.com/blog/index.php/atari-france/interview-jean-richen/ Atarium the Atari Encyclopedia: https://atarium.mycomuapp.com/ https://www.producthunt.com/products/atarium FujiNet Getting Started Guide for ATARI: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390896-fujinet-getting-started-guide-for-atari/ https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-manuals/blob/main/atari/owners_guide_400_800/fujinet-owners-guide-400-800.pdf Upcoming Shows Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 30-Aug. 2 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2026-se Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 31-Aug 2, 2026 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ Long Island Retro Gaming Expo - August 7-9, 2026 - Cradle of Aviation, Garden City, NY - https://liretro.com/ Fujiama - August 26-30 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/...
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    1 h et 43 min
  • ANTIC Interview 458 - Allan Bushman, Atari archivist

    ANTIC Interview 458 - Allan Bushman, Atari archivist
    Jun 21 2026

    Allan Bushman, Atari Archivist

    If you've ever looked up an Atari computer manual at Internet Archive, chances are you've come across some of Allan Bushman's scans. For well over 13 years, Allan has been uploading scans of Atari-related catalogs, manuals, and books to the archive. Before that, since 1995 or before, Allan contributed to AtariMagazines.com and AtariMania. With a particular emphasis on finding and archiving Atari Program Exchange manuals, Allan has helped save the vast majority of the APX library.

    This interview took place on April 19 2026 at Vintage Computer Festival East.

    As of this recording, only 10 or so APX manuals have yet to be found and scanned.

    Basic Renumber Utility (Renum)
    Character Set Editor
    Database/Report System
    Diskmenu Home Loan Analysis
    Reversi/Roman Checkers
    Basic Arithmetic (MECC)
    Geography (MECC)
    Market Place (MECC)
    Gossip (unreleased?)
    Dragons Quest or a Twist in the Tail (unreleased?)


    Allan's scans at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/@allan52

    Computer Shopper magazine Atari Articles: https://archive.org/details/@allan52?query=computer+shopper+atari+articles

    Allan on AtariAge: https://forums.atariage.com/profile/187-allan/
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    37 min
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