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JUN 1981: INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL CURRENT

01:38:41   45.2 MB   Production date: 03/03/15

Interview episode with Michael Current, maintainer of the Atari 8-bit FAQ and the Atari History Timeline; also covering the magazines from June 1981. Tech section on building Star Raiders, MAME cabinet update, and the Atari Party: Davis CA, May 2, 2015!

Show Notes:

Introduction

• Atari Party in Davis, CA, May 2, 2015

• RetroLink DB9 Joystick to USB cables

• My original linux driver

• Improved linux driver

• Raspberry Pi Model B

• KansasFest July 14-19 2015

• California Extreme classic arcade games expo

Feedback

• Experiment in Forced Nostalgia

• Inverse ATASCII episode guide

MAME Cabinet

• MAME cabinet progress (AtariAge forum thread)

• More details on MAME cabinet

• Cabaret cabinets in Tipperary, Ireland

Tech Section

• Reverse engineering the classic 1979 game Star Raiders

• my fork

• Display list interrupts example

• Wade’s 6502 blog

• Willie’s (ArcadeUSA) review of Star Raiders

Magazines

• Atari 8-bit magazines

Atari Connection

• Atari Connection, Summer 1981

• Inverse ATASCII S1E1: Atari Word Processor

Compute

• Compute #13, Jun 1981

• square roots by hand

• square root algoritms

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1623375/writing-your-own-square-root-function

• Axlon Ramdisk review

Creative Computing

• Creative Computing Vol 7, #6, June 1981

• ANTIC Podcast interview with David Small

Softside

• Softside #33, June 1981

Interview: Michael Current

• Michael Current

• Atari History Timelines

• High score list

• Magazine collection

• Mar Tesoro

POKEY

• AtariAge 8-bit High Score Club bonus games: play all games from 2015

• Ditch

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Production Notes

• Music: Stef Animal’s Bandcamp page

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