Floppy Days Episode 33 - The Atari 400/800, Part I

I’m particularly excited to be bringing you this 2-part episode because I will be covering the Atari 400 & 800 computers. This first episode will cover the history of these machines and next month I will cover Web sites, emulation, books, software, magazines, tech specs, and much more. Even more exciting, for both episodes I have several special guest hosts helping me cover these topics. I think you’re going to enjoy these.

Links Mentioned in the Show:

New Acquisitions

• Raspberry Pi - http://www.raspberrypi.org/

• A2CLOUD - http://appleii.ivanx.com/prnumber6/category/a2cloud/

• A2SERVER - http://appleii.ivanx.com/a2server/

• Apple II Pi - http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/wordpress/

• Arduino - http://www.arduino.cc/

• “Collectible Microcomputers” by Michael Nadeau - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0764316001/?tag=flodaypod-20

• Network cartridge for the Atari 8-bits by Mark Dusko and Dan Winslow - Antic Interview #21 - (http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-21-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-dan-winslow-mark-dusko-atari-8-bit-ethernet-project

• “Landmarks in Digital Computing: A Smithsonian Pictoral History” by Peggy A. Kidwell and Paul E. Ceruzzi - http://www.amazon.com/LANDMARKS-DIGITAL-COMP-PB-KIDWELL/dp/1560983116

• Paul Ceruzzi in episode 30 of Floppy Days - http://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-episode-30-paul-ceruzzi-smithsonian

• “Apple Assembly Language Programming” by Malcolm Whapshott - http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Assembly-Language-Programming-Wapshott/dp/0810471205

News

• Electric Dreams BBS Podcast - http://www.edbbspodcast.com/ - Mike Whalen and Jeff Salzman

• From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years! - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1195082866/from-bedrooms-to-billions-the-amiga-years?ref=nav_search

Upcoming Shows

• Midwest Gaming Classic - http://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ April 11 & 12, 2015, Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel

• VCF East X - http://www.vintage.org/2015/east/April 17-19, 2015, Wall, New Jersey

• The 24th Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFEST - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/ April 25 & 26, 2015, Heron Point Convention Center, 645 West North Avenue, Lombard, IL

• VCF SE 3.0 - http://www.vintage.org/2015/southeast/ - Saturday, May 2 & Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kings Market Shopping Center, Roswell, Georgia

• Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex July 18-19, 2015, Plaza Hotel & Casino, 1 Main Street in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

• 27th Annual KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ July 14 –19 in Kansas City, Missouri.

• Amiga 30th Anniversary Event https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/890300835/amiga-30th-anniversary-in-california Saturday, July 25 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Kickstarter runs until April 18

• VCF Midwest 10 - http://vcfmw.org/ August 29-30, 2015, Elk Grove Village, IL

• Chicago TI International World Faire - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire October 31, 2015, Evanston, IL

References

• Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family

• “Atari Inc.:Business is Fun” by Marty Goldberg and Curt Vendel - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0985597402/?tag=flodaypod-20