Atari

Dave Johnson: Demon Attack, Atlantis; APX Lookahead; Personal Financial Management Dave Johnson programmed software for the little-known Interact Model One computer, and later worked as  a programmer for Atari, where he created the game Lookahead, which was published by Atari Program Exchange. Lookahead is a fun little strategy board game …

Podcast Download: E014 This episode features the time from April 1989 through June 1989. Links Atari ST Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST Atari ST User V4 N2 (89-04): http://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/atari-st-user-vol-04-issue-02.pdf Atari ST User V4 N3 (89-05): http://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/atari-st-user-vol-04-issue-03.pdf Atari ST User V4 N4 (89-06): http://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/atari-st-user-vol-04-issue-04.pdf Start  #20 (1989-04): http://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/atari_start_vol_3_issue_9.pdf Start  #21 (1989-05): http://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/atari_start_vol_3_issue_10.pdf Start  #22 …

In a special 3-part series comparing the 8-bit computers to the 5200 console, this first episode focuses on 1982. Scanning the regular magazines for mentions of the 5200, I also scour other magazines for both 8-bit and 5200 coverage. Only in this special series will you hear article summaries …

Margaret (Akin) Guilbault, Atari Camper Margaret Akin was one of the children who attended Atari’s computer camps, and one of the kids who was featured in The Magic Room, Atari’s movie about the camps. Her name is now Margaret Guilbault. Atari ran its summer camps from 1982 through 1984 at …

Eric Podietz, Interactive Picture Systems Eric Podietz was co-founder of Interactive Picture Systems, a company that created software for 8-bit computers from 1982 through 1984. The company’s first program was PAINT! for the Atari 8-bits, which was developed at the Superboots software development lab located at the Capital Children’s Museum …

ANTIC Episode 81 –  Too Much Commodore In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we wax philosophical about Raspberry Pi upgrades for the Atari, discuss the drama that was the Atari fest of the past, and talk WAY too much Commodore! READY! Recurring Links  Floppy Days Podcast  …

Jeffrey Sarnoff, Atari Research Group   Jeffrey Sarnoff started at Atari in the home computer division in 1981 as a software architect, where he worked on a 3-D graphics library. The next year he moved to Atari’s Research Group, under Alan Kay, where he worked on a holographic animation system …