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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Written by: Randy Kindig Kay Savetz Brad Arnold
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Retrocomputing podcast about the Atari 8-bit line of personal computers Politics & Government
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  • ANTIC Interview 465 - Vince Wu, The Learning Phone (Atari PLATO Terminal)

    ANTIC Interview 465 - Vince Wu, The Learning Phone (Atari PLATO Terminal)
    Sep 30 2026
    Vince Wu, The Learning Phone (Atari PLATO Terminal) Vince Wu worked at Atari for about two and a half years. He was the programmer of The Learning Phone, the PLATO terminal for Atari 8-bit computers. Before that, he worked with PLATO at the University of Illinois, then in California for Control Data Corporation. PLATO was the first generalized computer-assisted instruction system, a groundbreaking graphical client-server computer system aimed at education. To assist in this interview, I was joined by Thomas Cherryhomes and Michael Sternberg, who were on a road trip to a Vintage Computer Festival conference. In 2018, Tom Cherryhomes created IRATA.ONLINE, a modern working version of the PLATO server and terminals. Michael Sternberg helped reverse engineer the Atari PLATO cartridge for that project. This interview took place on September 10, 2026.

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    1984 "PLATO Rising" article in Antic magazine

    The Learning Phone review in ANALOG Computing magazine

    The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture

    Computer History Museum PLATO@50: PLATO Computer Learning System 50th Anniversary

    IRATA.ONLINE, a modern PLATO server and terminals

    ATARI PLATO Users Guide version 3.1 (1983)

    ANTIC Episode 49 – Thomas Cherryhomes and PLATO

    ANTIC Interview 10 – Mark Rustad

    ANTIC Interview 117 – Landon Dyer

    ANTIC Interview 183 – Lane Winner

    Early versions of Atari PLATO released

    PLATO on Wikipedia

    Vince Wu – Follow the Arc of Justice

    Vincent Wu's birthday memories—jailed at Selma in 1965, worked security for MLK at the March finale
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • ANTIC Interview 464 - Walt Klappert, Atari Advanced Development Group

    ANTIC Interview 464 - Walt Klappert, Atari Advanced Development Group
    Sep 13 2026
    Walt Klappert, Atari Advanced Development Group/WCI Labs

    Walt Klappert worked at Atari's Advanced Development Group/WCI Labs in New York, and later at Take One Enterprises in California. He worked with Nancy and Steve Mayer on a variety of projects with a concentration on creating software for girls. He is credited as Director of "Fisher Price Dance Fantasy", a dance choreography game for small children. He also worked on a system for authoring CD+G, an enhancement to the compact disc spec that allowed graphics and lyrics to be displayed synchronized with music.

    This interview took place on August 14, 2026.

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    Walt's YouTube page

    Dance Fantasy at AtariMania
    ANTIC Interview 65 - Steve Mayer, 400/800 Designer
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • ANTIC Episode 130 - The Tongue-Twister Episode

    ANTIC Episode 130 - The Tongue-Twister Episode
    Sep 10 2026
    ANTIC Episode 130 - The Tongue-Twister Episode In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We trip all over our own tongues trying to bring you all the news fit to print in the Atari 8-bit computer world… 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 Diskmenu manual - archive.org/details/apx-diskmenu-manual 30th anniversary of Classic Computer Magazine Archive - AtariMagazines.com: Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391744-30th-anniversary-of-classic-computer-magazine-archive/ Atari Yahoo Groups archives: https://archive.org/details/@savetz?query=atari+yahoo+group https://archive.org/details/@savetz?query=identifier%3Ayahoo-group*∧%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22texts%22 Atari Usenet group archive additions - https://archive.org/details/ANTIC_podcast_extras?tab=collection&query=usenet MPP MicroportXL board manual - https://archive.org/details/Supra_Microport-XL_for_Atari_manual New Atari Legacy magazine - ​​https://atarilegacy.com/ Recent Interview Shows Interview index: here https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-459-mike-lorenzen-atari-program-text-editor-pitfall-ii https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-460-tim-jenkins-cheating-at-roulette ANTIC Interview 461 - James W. Burley, APX Data Base/Report System ANTIC Interview 462 - Bob Fraser, APX Insomnia, Supersort, De Re Atari https://forums.atariage.com/topic/392145-bob-fraser-disk-trove/ New & Updated Games AstroSmasher!, Atari 8-bit computer game made with AI inspired by Intellivision's classic title Astrosmash! - by gimmee99 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391594-saturday-fun-astrosmasher/ Texas Hold 'Em - MultiPlayer Game by MassiveRobot - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391615-texas-hold-em-multiplayer-game/ FujiRealm Playable Demo MORPG Released for FujiNet by mozzwald - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391580-fujirealm-playable-demo-morpg-released-for-fujinet/ New & Updated Software FujiLink — A FujiNet Driver for SpartaDOS X 4.50 by Piotr D. Kaczorowski - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391472-fujilink-%E2%80%94-a-fujinet-driver-for-spartados-x-450/ Kat5200 emulator - https://t.co/HH0p6DtNaO Mailbox protocol adapter with GMAIL and IMAPS support by Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391551-mailbox-protocol-adapter-with-gmail-and-imaps-support/ FujiGPT - an LLM client for Atari FujiNet by HanJammer: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391346-fujigpt-an-llm-client-for-atari-fujinet/ https://github.com/HanJammer/FujiGPT ATRaction – ATR/XFD image manager - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/392013-atraction-%E2%80%93-atrxfd-image-manager/ d/BASIC for d/OS - Raj S Madugula - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/392300-intro-to-king-dos-atari-130xe-a8picocart-and-me-60fps/ Publications Atari Insights - https://www.ataribasics.com Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com End of the rainbow https://amzn.to/3RZSV6z Atari Projects: https://atariprojects.org/2026/06/28/benchmark-your-atari-8-bit-computers-using-basic-15-30-mins/ https://atariprojects.org/2026/07/04/learn-about-scanlines-using-peek-in-atari-basic-5-10-mins/ https://blog.archive.org/2026/08/27/a-computer-history-time-capsule/ New & Updated Hardware JUST_POKEY from Lotharek: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391270-just_pokey-from-lotharek/ https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=431 The Company That Calls Itself Atari https://kotaku.com/atari-and-universal-sign-movie-deal-for-10-video-game-adaptations-including-pong-asteroids-and-missile-command-2000719087 Other Jeffrey Stanton died https://smmirror.com/jeffrey-stanton-leading-venice-beach-historian-who-authored-coney-island-of-the-pacific-passes-away-at-79/ https://www.atariarchives.org/agagd/ Tom Hudson - https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/thomas-hudson-obituary?id=54708986 FujiNet NOS Introduction Video (YouTube) by Thom Cherryhomes: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391452-fujinet-nos-introduction-video-youtube/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-1PJEkK2ck FujiNet NOS Introduction PDF - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391386-fujinet-nos-introduction-pdf/ FujiNet Programmer's Guide PDF - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391365-fujinet-programmers-guide-pdf/ If you would like to receive regular FujiNet updates, please consider subscribing to fujinews.substack.com All user manuals are available on this page: fujinet.online/getting-started. For your convenience, here are direct links to each manual here: FujiNet for Atari Owner's Guide FujiNet NOS (for Atari) ...
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    1 hr and 37 mins
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