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I've placed several orders from Atarimax, spending at *least* a few hundred dollars, and everything was tip-top, down to the packaging, and certainly the perfection to which the goods functioned. Steve is an extremely busy guy (as I understand it, in the process of becoming an M.D. or something challenging like that), so it's likely he's challenged in all aspects of life, but *always* comes through. As a bonus, the products are the best I've ever seen for the Atari. Have no fear; you'll be taken care of. Another bonus is that he's one hell-of-a-nice-guy, as opposed to some of the asswipes who attempt to compete with him, but fortunately have been banned from here.

That AtariAge sign is fantastic. First I've seen of it. Great job!!! edit: I also noticed ONLY *quality* CRT displays, such as Commodore 1702s and Sony Trinitrons. Even more awesome! Talk about attention to detail! I hope I am able to attend one of these shindigs one day. What an incredible display! Where did you get the perfect-length curtains (made them, I guess you can sew) and how did you attach them to the tables, so perfectly? Bravo!!

I'm an old-time (1985) ST-man, and I didn't even know the ST had that much software! Now, do SHOW US YOUR ST HARDWARE, please?

These don't show up on the Stoneage Gamer website anymore. Is there some shortage? Discontinued????

(1) You HAVE TO ASK about what the clash(es) were with Warner, during the period of time when he stayed on, AFTER Warner purchased Atari but before he left, and why he left. (2) What were his thoughts on the home computer industry at the time? Should the 400/800 have just been a next-gen videogame console, instead? Should Atari have even attempted entering the home computer industry? Should they have done it under a different name, much as a Lexus is really a Toyota but the marketing suggests otherwise? (3) Obviously (as the founder), he must have continued to watch Atari's progress - and decline - over the years. What did he think of the following CEOs, such as Ray Kassar, James Morgan, and even in the final era - what did he think of Jack Tramiel, and what he did? (4) In an alternate universe, the Atari brand could have been what the Apple brand is, today. Instead, the Atari brand is merely an office of a few people and several sue-happy lawyers, persuing copyright claims while simultaneously licensing out the brand to SHIT games for cheap cash, and T-shirts. While extremely lame, isn't that really sad?

Jeez, if "it had to be done," then let's show the ORIGINAL "We don't need no stinking badges" clip, and get back down to basics. Waste 16 seconds of your time..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ But I must say, what a nice job with the AtariAge badges, and the lanyard. I'm jealous, and perhaps look forward to attending some of these events in the future. With a stinking AtariAge badge, of course!

Let a point be made that an Atari 1040STe (note the "e") is worth considerably more than is just a 1040ST. I'd say 1040STf, then 1040STfm, then 1040STe, in order of increasing value. Just my thought.

My stuff is in more of a "storage" arrangement (not so presentable, and considerably-less than yours but enough to be considered "ridiculous" by non-gamers), but I tell you a large part of the enjoyment is - after a day of stress - SIMPLY ENTERING THAT ROOM that takes me back to my youth, at least in my mind. Just walking into that room and looking around makes me feel better. Same for yours, probably more-so. Bravo for creating such an atmosphere! Thanks for sharing it.

I'm going to have to second this emotion. Hack 'Em is an eye-opening, Atari 2600 orgy of laughter, surprise, and enjoyment. May Nukey heed that praise.

After reading your posts for several years, anything you say is probably *better* than an "official" answer.

You know, there is a DEDICATED AMIGA SUB-FORUM here at..... http://atariage.com/forums/forum/173-commodore-amiga/ .....which would be much more appropriate for your fanfare, by its very creation, here on AtariAge.

The first book sold well. The re-issue (slightly renamed, if I recall) sold well. The author *STILL* had to go to Kickstarter? What's the deal?????

Holy Schnikes..... (that's Chris Farly from "Tommy Boy" who used to say "Holy Schnikes" in case you missed the reference) I didn't know original Xbox units were so worthless! Bless he who needs a replacement and scores one cheap, then! I won't ever try to sell any of my extras, if $20 shipped does it. I reckon I couldn't even send one TO YOU (whoever/wherever you are) for $20 shipped, anyway. It'd be money ahead to save the postage, packing materials, listing fees, and trip to the post office to throw it in the trash! However, kudos to the original poster for scoring a deal!

Mclaneinc, never really corresponded with you, but very happy to hear of this positive outcome. I don't know you, but I enjoy reading your posts and I am happy for you. Hang in there!

If he's completely (or nearly-so) gone to Ebay, you may as well order from ANY Ebay Jackwagon as him. The fact that when some sellers go to Ebay and only concentrate on Ebay (and fuck over traditional customers from their website) is quite telling. It is just unfortunate that potential negative feedback motivates them in Ebay sales, whilst their conscience fails to motivate them, on their old site. I guess it's a "plus" for Ebay, as much as we all like to complain about it. All I know is I'll *never* order anything from Atari2600.com (or their Ebay account) after reading this. Fortunately, I'm awash in Atari 2600 greatness, and I've never needed to.

NO! Best Electronics and/or B&C Computervisions will - at *best* - perhaps have SOME of that, not all. First, the floppy extension for data and power for the HxC for connecting outside the ST through the floppy slot. I have done exactly this, some time ago. Best Electronics and B&C (as far as I know) don't sell, support, or even acknowledge the existence of this device, period. Perhaps things have changed (I doubt it), but that's why I started THIS THREAD..... http://atariage.com/forums/topic/165297-where-to-source-st-floppy-cables-power-extension/ ......a few years ago, precisely because they did NOT sell those extensions, nor did just about anybody else. Because Best and B&C don't ever sell (or even talk about/acknowledge) the HxC, you're not going to get any help there. They're interested in selling warehouses full of old, expensive drives that they already have in stock; they're not looking to help you to avoid that technology. Now, for the sake of completeness, you should probably still read the thread (quoted above) where I ranted about my experience. I just checked with the supplier OF THE POWER EXTENSION and they are still in business. Check this link..... http://www.performance-pcs.com/floppy-extension-cable-custom-length-sleeved.html .....and you can order a floppy POWER extension. Now, as far as the DATA CABLE (34-pin) extension, you're going to find you're pretty-much on your own, as I did a few years ago. The easiest thing to do is just order an Ebay generic floppy drive cable and attach your own MALE connector to it. The 34-pin MALE connector is something of a rarity, as is the floppy power extension, hence the thread that I started years ago. As far as I can tell, the MALE (34-pin) connector is still available at...... http://www.cablesandconnectors.com/ ...... When at that site, enter 9855 (the part number, still. evidently) in the search box and it will come up, looking like this..... .....and they're like $4 ea and like $7.50 shipping so order extras, like I did. This is kind of a rare piece. This MALE end will plug into your ST's existing (soldered-on) short 34-pin drive connector. You'll clamp this rare MALE 34-pin connector to a standard PC floppy cable (probably cutting of an extraneous female connector in the process) and thereby construct your floppy cable extension. Combined with the aforementioned power cable, it's just what you need. I don't understand why nobody - especially Lotharek or whoever else - doesn't offer a combo kit of this type as an option when ordering the HxC, but as far as I know (please correct if I am wrong, whoever!) they don't. This would make for an easy plug-and-play solution. That solution looks something like this...... ...... Please forgive the fact that it's connected to an Amiga; the same parts work the same way. I couldn't easily find a picture of my STs connected, but it is exactly the same. Now, on the matter of the 1084 - beware that there are many versions of 1084/1084s/whatever! I don't own an 1084; I use an Amiga (500) on an Atari SC1224, so I'm going the opposite way. However, read threads like this..... http://atariage.com/forums/topic/91644-monitor-cable-for-1084s/ ....and understand that there are many versions of this monitor (like Atari brand monitor too), which I understand to be a good monitor. You just need to make sure you get the right cable. Here's one Atari SC1435 monitor that sold recently....... eBay Auction -- Item Number: 141568110728 ..... Does it even look close? Best of luck to ya!

That un-yellowed keyboard is beautiful! To the new owner: ENJOY!

Also: Some of the potential inteviewees might not understand what a "tour-de-force" the Antic podcast is. It might help - in requests for interviews - to somehow MODESTLY state the list of the heavy-hitters (and there are now a pile) whom you've already interviewed, as an indicator of your now-renowned credibilty. This is no fly-by-night-gone-tomorrow podcast. This Atari podcast rules!

Also, please don't forget to try to contact Russ Wetmore, who wrote Homepak, Preppie!, and Sea Dragon (and perhaps other things I don't recall) for the Atari8. I seem to recall reading somewhere (wish I remembered where) that Homepak was written in Action! on the Atari, and that even the Commodore 64 version of Homepak was also written in Action! on the Atari. That would make for an interesting question. Whenever Kevin or Randy gets a chance to shoot another question to Joe Decuir, could you please ask about the origin of the signature SIO-beep of the A8? Who made that decision? Also, while the SIO-beep on the disk drive goes by very quickly and thusly sounds just like a "beep," on the cassette (you're blessed, Kevin, for having been able to have skip this unpleasant experience), why did it "warble" or "trill" (I'm not sure what adjective to use to describe the wavering sound) as the cassette loaded? Who came up with the "Atari Fart" sound when the system is turned on? This "Noisy I/O Flag" (as I think it was referenced in some Atari book) is *absolutely* unique to the Atari8 computer. While I didn't care for the sound in the early [cassette] days, by the end - with Happy drives and all - I learned to love the SIO beeps, as you could audibly-discern that your disk drive was indeed kicking-ass to the fullest of its ability. What they do now with custom OS and SIO2-whatever is like a crescendo of the SIO-beep's glory, as illustrated in this Atarimax video..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZV2ZvHajfE ....but I digress. I discussion of the origins of the noisy SIO would be grand! Somewhat related (and I don't know WHO would be the one to ask), why did they go with single-density 88K disks, then that weird 1050 "enhanced" density with more sectors per track, when the ICD US Doubler could so-easily "fix" the 1050 and make it into a true double-density drive? Of course, Joe Decuir was long gone from Atari by the time the 1050 came about. Thanks again, so much, for all of your fine Antic Podcast efforts! As I took a road trip this summer, I was thoroughly-entertained the entire way! The only trouble is that other family members (should they happen to be in the car) aren't as enthusiastic about listening to Antic, as am I! :)

I'm facebook- illiterate, so please bear with me. Why would someone want to use Facebook credentials to log into sites that have nothing to do with Facebook? So Facebook can slowly take over the web and monitor everything?

"almost," eh? But you didn't. Instead, you perfectly illustrate your own defensiveness, with such revisionary shenanigans. LOL!

Many props to "therealbountybob," who is a fine Atarian and frequent contributor to the Atari scene, but I simply disagree. The Antic interviews are just about the purest form of GOLD that I can imagine, to my Atari-centric and retrocomputing-interested (in a more general sense) ears. Frankly, I *can't believe* how many heavy-hitters you boys have interviewed! It's beyond fantastic. How to distinguish between "Antic Interview" and "Antic Episode?" Well, quite obviously, Antic Episodes are titled "Antic Episode" and Antic Interviews are titled "Antic Interview." One need only click on what one desire; it's no more complicated than that. Understanding that simple process, I see no circumstances under which *any* content is "drowned under" any other content, for it is all listed independently. The work in (1) preparing the podcast in general, (2) taking the time to seek out and contact potential interviewees, and (3) taking the enormous time and effort to EDIT those interviews must be mind-boggling to amateurs such as myself. That's right, I'm an amateur. Or I would be. As opposed to Kevin and Randy, who are *EXPERTS* (have become so in short order!) in the art of the interview. In the past year and a half (or whatever?), I've listened to these guys not only become entertaining podcasters (which they sort-of were from episode 1), to excellent interviewers per se, as the number of interviews increases. Furthermore, Kevin and Randy are pretty-much indelibly becoming significant icons of Atari-8 history and folklore themselves, as they actively lay down the history of those who did that, previously. I'm much more than impressed; I am quite moved by the work (the time and the editing that I can't imagine) that those boys do, and I'm humbly ingratiated, every time I listen to either an interview, or the actual podcast itself. I'm astonished not only at the final presentation, but curious as to the many behind-the-scenes hours that probably went into it, completely unbeknownst to me. Should I (in an unlikely scenario) attempt to establish my own podcast, I'd take huge lessons from these fellows, and I probably couldn't even do it, at that. The monthly Antic podcast is now a regular treat, but the interviews - most professionally-conducted - are a super-bonus. Please continue! You're laying down (for the record) and archiving Atari history - from those who were actually there and remember (as well of those who were not) - at an alarmingly-pleasing rate! MORE INTERVIEWS, not less. To my limited knowledge, nobody has either attempted nor achieved such success in such an endeavor. It truly is incredible what you've done so far, to anybody of interest in the Atari. Please continue! You've pulled so many people out of Atari history that I'm flabbergasted. However, as mere suggestions to people who (obviously) already know what they're doing, could you possibly: (1) Contact Arthur Leyenburger. As far as I can remember, he was an author of Creative Computing's "Outpost: Atari." (also Analog Magazine). As I understand "Outpost: Atari," it went from Dave Small (already interviewed) to John J. Anderson (unfortunately deceased in the 1989 California Earthquakes but was amazing Atarian) and then to Arthur Leyenberger. It would be grand to hear from him. (2) Doug Neubauer, of POKEY and Star Raiders fame. The stellar Joe Decuir interview referencedhim. Sounds like a difficult man to get ahold of, but would be grand! Perhaps you can encourage participation in Decuir's upcoming book when you snag the interview. (3) Bob Puff from Computer Software Services, of Rochester, NY. Atari-inventor-extrordinaire/ inventor. (4) Clayton Walnum - faboulous Atari man/columnist. (5) David H Ahl / Betsey Staples - Believe to be married couple (at one time) who ran Creative Computing and then Atari Explorer magazines. (6) Darek Michocka - First emulator for A8 on ST and then on PC (7) Atari800win - whoever that was ( Alterrra - from AtariAge user Phaeron All of these people would be of extereme interest. Perhaps not all will wish to participate, but it would be really nice to hear one of your interviews from any of them! Please keep up the excellent work!

Fucking right. As long as they know whether I want a "GYRO" or I'm talking about "Karateka" is all that matters, *in those situations*. That was my point. Those situations aren't doctorate dissertations, where pure academics might dictate a higner standard. It's about ordering a fucking Greek Taco or discussing a 30-something-year-old video game on a fucking video game forum. Please feel free to crow now, about your intellectual prowess and mental acuity, and why anybody should give a shit about them when ordering gyros or discussing Karateka, as long as they know what you're talking about? I'd suggest beginning with your high credentials and success stories. I'm all ears.

Do you think you could possibly "interface" with the "Antic - the Atari 8-bit Podcast" interviews a little bit, and "take up the slack" where some of the non-A8 information is concerned? You guys are producing *complete gold* with these interviews, be they A8 or not. But sometimes, the discussion necessarily crosses the 8-bit line. While you have the guy/gal on the line, rather than shush them because it's "not A8 related," it would be nice to have that conversation continue, and perhaps be routed to a separate (if that's necessary) to a Floppy Days Podcast. Sometimes, it seems as if we're on the verge of an ST, Amiga, Commodore 64, or even Atari Video Game System epilogue but focusing on A8-only means "we don't care." It seems to me that the Atari 2600, Atari 400/800, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and even the Commodore VIC-20 are somewhat inexorably-intertwined, due to the timeline, and especially with Atari engineers designing Amigas and Commodore engineers designing Atari STs. If the excellent ANTIC podcast can't accommodate that excellent-and-relevant history, can Floppy Days be pointed to take up the slack? These are much-favorite systems (all of them) and the Atari8 is a big part, but only part of the story. Some of the people in the (EXCELLENT AND I DO MEAN EXCELLENT) ANTIC podcast interviews seem like they might have interesting things to say about 2600, ST, Amiga, etc. (because of the intertwined history) and it's not relevant to that specific podcast, unfortunately. Floppy Days, please step in!!! Love ANTIC podcast, Floppy Days podcast, and all that you fellows do, however. Amazing body of work!

LOVE the Commodore books (even as an old Atari gent) but I'm so glad to hear this is coming out! Looking forward to this!!!!!