rkindig Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Kevin and I figured about 50 total: 40 he has and 10 I have Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Alan Ackerman, MPP http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-106-alan-ackerman-mpp Alan Ackerman co-founded Microbits Peripheral Products (MPP) with John Wiley. MPP made modems and printer interfaces for the Atari 8-bit computers. MPP also published software: Microfiler and Assault Force 3-D. The company would re-structure to become Supra, a giant in modems which became the largest hardware manufacturer for Commodore Amiga computers. This interview took place on October 2, 2015. Teaser quote: “The volumes got to be insane. ... You know, at that point if we had a product we were selling 5,000 units a month, we thought that was pretty damn good.” They were a huge Atari ST hardware accessory manufacturer as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savetz Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 Kevin Hayes, Atari Games Ireland http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/kevin-hayes-atari-games-ireland On this interview episode, we take a trip to Ireland, and to the coin-op side of Atari. Kevin Hayes was Controller for Atari Irerland Ltd. in 1978, then became manufacturing director. Later he moved to California where he was VP of Manufacturing for Atari Games, then vice president of Operations. This interview was recorded December 7, 2015. Teaser quote: "They had goats grazing on our property, and ... he killed one of their goats, he slaughtered it. ... the owner of the goat came on the property and wanted to be compensated for it." 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savetz Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Tony Nicholson and John Babinchak II, Hi-Res Magazine http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-108-tony-nicholson-john-babinchak-ii-hi-res-magazine In this episode, two interviews for the price of one: two people who helped create Hi-Res Magazine — the Atari magazine that only published four issues. First, we’ll hear from Tony Nicholson, the publisher of Hi-Res magazine. The interview with Tony took place September 24, 2015. Then John Babinchak, the editor, which tool place on September 29. Hi-Res was a short-lived magazine dedicated to Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 computers. It was published from late 1983 to early 1984. Although they didn’t publish months on the cover, I believe the first issue would have have a cover date of November 1983. Subsequent issues would have been January 1984, March 1984, and the final issue was May 1984. Hi-Res came to the Atari magazine party late in the game, fighting against magazines with established advertiser and subscriber bases. A.N.A.L.O.G. magazine started in January 1981, and ANTIC magazine’s first issue was April 1982. Creative Computing was starting its tenth year around that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Mo Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Have you considered interviewing William G M Leslie and/orThomas R. Carbone pf Omnitrend Software, which did UNIVERSE for the Atari 800? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifthPlayer Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) @Big_Mo, based upon the things you're saying in various threads here, I think Kevin and Randy should be interviewing YOU. Edited December 26, 2015 by FifthPlayer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkindig Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Have you considered interviewing William G M Leslie and/orThomas R. Carbone pf Omnitrend Software, which did UNIVERSE for the Atari 800? I'm looking for contact information for both of these gentlemen right now. If anyone has any contact information, it would be much appreciated. Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkindig Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Have you considered interviewing William G M Leslie and/orThomas R. Carbone pf Omnitrend Software, which did UNIVERSE for the Atari 800? By the way, could I talk with you about possibly interviewing for Antic? Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Mo Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) I'm looking for contact information for both of these gentlemen right now. If anyone has any contact information, it would be much appreciated. Randy I could plug you into both of them. They're old friends of mine. I dunno what I could offer in an interview about the Atari 8-bits as what I did with them with mostly animations with MovieMaker. I have a lot of thoughts on the implementation of various games for them from the perspective of someone who worked in the game biz later, but I dunno how germane that would be. Edited December 26, 2015 by Big_Mo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkindig Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 That would be awesome! Please PM me with any contact info. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Mo Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 That would be awesome! Please PM me with any contact info. Thanks! Will do. I reached out to Bill last night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savetz Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Larry Reed, Childware http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-109-larry-reed-childware Larry Reed was a programmer for Childware, where he worked on two educational games for the Atari 8-bit computers: Word Flyer and D-Bug, both of which were published by Electronic Arts. This interview took place December 6, 2015. Teaser quotes: "I'll tell you, working with FORTH on the Atari was great until we exceeded the memory capability of the Atari, and then it was a royal pain in the ass." "'Anybody who thinks there is a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.'" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkindig Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 (edited) Peter J. Meyer - Tempest Xtreem, Venture, Delta Space Arena http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-110-peter-meyer-tempest-venture-delta-space-arena The intro music to this episode is the tune Minds Eye from the Atari XL/XE version of Tempest Xtreem; composed by Sal KJMANN Esquivel. Our guest for this interview is the author of Tempest Xtreem, as well as Delta Space Arena and Venture for the Atari 8-bits, Mr. Peter J. Meyer. Peter has done a great job of developing game software for the Atari in the modern era and continues to develop additional software. His software is available at Video 61 and Atari Sales, run by Lance Ringquist. Please enjoy the interview and let Peter know you appreciate the work he continues to do for the Atari 8-bits. Teaser Quote: "I was on my Atari and my friends brought over this Nintendo system and they said Oh, your Atari will never be able to do anything like this!" Edited December 30, 2015 by rkindig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Not specifically Atari-related, but I'd love to hear an interview with Rodnay Zaks of Sybex Publishing who wrote all those great programming books including Programming the 6502. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savetz Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Not specifically Atari-related, but I'd love to hear an interview with Rodnay Zaks of Sybex Publishing who wrote all those great programming books including Programming the 6502. I am in contact with Rodnay and hope I'll be able to interview him soonish. —Kevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I am in contact with Rodnay and hope I'll be able to interview him soonish. —Kevin Hmm.. this is getting more difficult all the time! Dave Small used to do 8-bit stuff before he became famous for emulating the Mac on the ST. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Hmm.. this is getting more difficult all the time! Dave Small used to do 8-bit stuff before he became famous for emulating the Mac on the ST. He's on LinkedIn, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savetz Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Hmm.. this is getting more difficult all the time! Dave Small used to do 8-bit stuff before he became famous for emulating the Mac on the ST. I already interviewed Dave. http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-11-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-david-small Edited December 31, 2015 by Savetz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifthPlayer Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I know I asked about Richard Mansfield from Compute! magazine in the past, but I believe he didn't want to be interviewed. How about Charles Brannon, who produced some really good software for Compute! including SpeedScript and SpeedCalc? Perhaps you could bring in Wade from InverseATASCII as a guest interviewer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I already interviewed Dave. http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-11-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-david-small Well, you're going to have to start interviewing them again! Steve Hales, Kelly Jones, Bob Polin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savetz Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Mansfield is not a lost cause. Trying to track him down. Brannon does not return my calls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Sheldon Leemon was a big Atari fan who wrote articles and published several Atari programs before becoming better known for his C64 work. Jeffrey Stanton wrote Atari games and books. Also, Dennis Debro is here on AA and had some stuff published in Antic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savetz Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Leemon: been trying to contact for a while. Have a lead. Stanton: been after him for more than a year. Emailed with him once. He doesn't have Internet access at home. Tricky. Debro: perhaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 It would be interesting to track down some of the people who ran those little quarter-page ads for this or that in ANALOG or Antic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savetz Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Bryan, are you volunteering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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