[Local] Atari Party, Davis CA, March 28th, 2009
Bill Kendrick
I'll be assembling a varierty of Atari game systems and computers,
and nearly 200 games, for all to come and play. At the Yolo County Public
Library, Davis Branch, in the Blanchard Room. 6pm-9pm on Saturday, March 28th
Free and open to the public, but space will be limited. Donations welcome to
help pay for the facilities and any pizza we might order during the event.
For more, see: http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/
--
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Bill Kendrick
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/
We've got a 2600, 7800, 800, 800XL, Jaguar, 3 Lynxes and a 520ST
(as well as an Atari Flashback II and TV Paddle Games), which will all be
running simultaneously!
Expect to see Tempest 2000 and Star Raiders up on a video projector. :)
We'll also have some educational displays (specs on the systems,
"how do sprites work?", etc.), as well as some guest speakers!
* Paul Cubbage, manager of Atari Program Exchange back in 1982-1984, will be
doing a short presentation on APX and Atari (before 'the fall').
* Lx Rudis, creator of music on countless Atari Lynx titles, will talk about
his work on Lynx games. (Still waiting to confirm whether he can make it)
* Yours truly, creator of the homebrew Atari XL game "Gem Drop", will talk
about "Super IRG" graphics mode used in the game, and other software-driven
graphics modes.
I'm also happy to welcome other speakers, so if you want to come talk
for a few minutes at this event (or know someone who might be able
to make it), please let me know!
This event is free and open to the public. Children are welcome
(but please keep an eye on them!)
When:
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
6pm to 9pm
Where:
Davis Public Library
315 East 14th St
Davis, California USA 95616
Bill Kendrick
> We're on a roll with planning for Atari Party 2009 here in Davis!
>
> http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/
>
> "how do sprites work?", etc.), as well as some guest speakers!
>
> * Paul Cubbage, manager of Atari Program Exchange back in 1982-1984, will be
> doing a short presentation on APX and Atari (before 'the fall').
Bob Woolley, Atari 1200XL hacker extraordinairre (who also at one time
resurrected the print magazine "Atari Classics") has also offered to
speak at this event, as well as bring some of his hacked 1200XLs for
people to look at.
(He'll also be bringing an 800, 130XE and 1200XL to play games on,
bringing the total number of systems that we'll have, up and running
simultaneously, to 14! Spanning all Atari platforms[*],
from 2600 to Jaguar!)
[*] Well, no Pong, Portfolio palmtop, or IBM PC clones. :)
Bill Kendrick
Sacramento, come on out to Davis for our first-ever "Atari Party"!
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/
This Saturday, March 28th, from 6pm to 9pm. Free, open to the public,
and children are welcome.
Come play on a dozen systems, spanning 2600 through Jaguar, including
8-bit and ST computers, and over 200 games! There'll even be a few
educational displays and guest speakers.
Davis Public Library
315 East 14th St
Davis, CA 95616
rber...@iglou.com
> One last reminder! If you're anywhere near the SF Bay Area or
> Sacramento, come on out to Davis for our first-ever "Atari Party"!
>
> http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/
>
> This Saturday, March 28th, from 6pm to 9pm.
Ack! I was planning to go to the Atari Party, but I have to
attend another event in Sacramento from 5 to 8 p.m.. :(
Good luck with the Atari Party.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Bill Kendrick
> Ack! I was planning to go to the Atari Party, but I have to
> attend another event in Sacramento from 5 to 8 p.m.. :(
> Good luck with the Atari Party.
Duuude! You, of all people, I expected to be there! *disappointment*
In other news, Zach Matley, a homebrew Atari 2600 game developer who
happens to be out in the Sac. area, found out about the event, and is
bringing some more gear and games, and will be doing a short presentation!
rber...@iglou.com
> You, of all people, I expected to be there! *disappointment*
Yay! I was able to make it to the Atari Party
the full time! Congratulations on the success of
the show. Good attendance, good games to
play, good presentations.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Bill Kendrick
> Yay! I was able to make it to the Atari Party
> the full time! Congratulations on the success of
> the show. Good attendance, good games to
> play, good presentations.
I'm glad you made it! For those who did miss it, I've been collecting
photos over here:
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2009/photos/
(Robert, send me your photos, and I can post them there, too!)
rber...@iglou.com
> http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2009/photos/
>
> (Robert, send me your photos, and I can post them there, too!)
Thanks! But they have to be developed first. :)
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
jt august
<92f9e2fd-0d76-4284...@d25g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
rber...@iglou.com wrote:
Oh, wow. Classic computer pictures on a classic imaging format. Who'da
thunk?
jt
stopw...@lavabit.com
Velcro_SP
rber...@iglou.com
> Oh, wow. Classic computer pictures on a classic imaging format.
Too bad I wasn't using an early 80's camera to
match the console/computer hardware there. :)
Just an early 2000's Nikon N-80.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
jt august
<c1d75ecc-895c-44df...@y34g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
rber...@iglou.com wrote:
Well, to attempt that, you would need a Kodak Disk camera, but the film
as abandoned back in the 90's, so that would not be possible.
jt
Trevor Holyoak
A Polaroid instant camera would be even better. :)
- Trevor
rber...@iglou.com
> A Polaroid instant camera would be even better. :)
It would have been difficult to find film for our family's Polaroid
SX-70 camera. :)
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
rber...@iglou.com
> For those who did miss it, I've been collecting
> photos over here:
>
> http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2009/photos/
Ah-ha, more photos posted at the above link!
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Bill Kendrick
> > http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2009/photos/
> Ah-ha, more photos posted at the above link!
Indeed! Thanks for sharing! Sorry I scaled them down to 400-wide instead
of 640-wide. Force of habit from the huge collection of Linux User Group
photos I've been posting for ages.
Thx again!
--
-bill!
Sent from my computer
Russg
"Bill Kendrick" <> wrote in message news:> In comp.sys.atari.8bit rbernardo
>> > http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2009/photos/
>> Ah-ha, more photos posted at the above link!
>
> Indeed! Thanks for sharing! Sorry I scaled them down to 400-wide instead
> of 640-wide. Force of habit from the huge collection of Linux User Group
> photos I've been posting for ages.
>
> Thx again!
>
> --
> -bill!
> Sent from my computer
gozarc...@spamtraphotmail.com
> In article
> <c1d75ecc-895c-44df...@y34g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
> rber...@iglou.com wrote:
>
> >
> > > Oh, wow. ?Classic computer pictures on a classic imaging format.
> >
> > Too bad I wasn't using an early 80's camera to
> > match the console/computer hardware there. :)
> > Just an early 2000's Nikon N-80.
>
> Well, to attempt that, you would need a Kodak Disk camera, but the film
> as abandoned back in the 90's, so that would not be possible.
I've got one in my basement with about 7 undeveloped pictures on it... I
wonder if Kodak can still develop them?
--
Ryan 'Gozar' Collins
jt august
gozarc...@SPAMTRAPhotmail.com wrote:
Unequivocally, no. I used to work for Kodak's film processing
subsidiaary, Qualex. Film production for Disk format ceased in the 2nd
half of the 90's, just before I left in '98, Disk and 126 cartridges
were changed to 3-day service and all sent to one plant, and around 2k1
to 2k2, all services for disk ceased. And even if you could get it
processed, the color layers of unprocessed film rot unevenly, so the
colors would be terrible after this many years, if any image even
survived.
jt
jt august
jt august <star...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Unequivocally, no.
OK, it turns out, not so no. There are a hand full of places that do
Disk, but I would expect the price to be high. Try Blue Moon Camera,
Film Rescue or Rapid Photo. Don't have any URLs, but Google can be your
friend on these. Again, though, with the age of the film, there is
likely to be severe color drift. Combine that with the fact that the
printable surface area of the film so small, the picture will
resultantly be very grainy (which is why popularity died, when far
better 35MM technology created more Instamatic-like 35MM cameras).
You'll have to decide if those 7 pics are worth the effort and expense.
jt
Rick Cortese
FWIW: Just took some old 126 film to Wolf Camera and they sent it out to
a special shop. Took like two weeks to get prints back me thinks. Color
was kind of bad as you mention but then 126 film was never exactly
intended for professional use to begin with. The pictures were ~25 years
old in a camera one of my recently deceased friends owned. I was packing
up stuff to send to his family who are out of state when I came across
the camera. There were pictures of both my friend and his parents that I
was able to send to his family. Really worth it under the circumstances
and thanks for making film that would stand up to this type of storage
and abuse while you were at Eastman.
Rick