[vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2024 Atari Classroom

[Dean Notarnicola]

Jeff,
Indeed! Similar to the Apple class, we’ll have example programs to type in
that teach key programming concepts that are specific to the Atari.


On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 8:39 PM Jeff Salzman <jeff.salzman at vcfed.org> wrote:

> You can always teach others how we "installed apps" back in the day like I
> did in my video using an Atari.
>
> https://youtu.be/HkFmZRhtQvs?si=vg_qlkqrRaOsQsJu
>
>
> Jeff Salzman
>
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 5:43 PM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>
>> All,
>> Being that it’s the 45th anniversary of the release of the Atari computer
>> and continuing the still popular 6502 theme, I will be doing an Atari
>> classroom similar to the Apple classroom that was done two years ago.
>>
>> I have a quantity of Atari computers that I am reconditioning in advance
>> of
>> the class, but I’m anticipating that I will be needing more working units
>> of any of the Atari 8-bit family.  My ask is that if anyone has machines
>> to
>> sell/lend/donate for this effort, it would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> As well, I welcome any teaching assistance from anyone who has experience
>> with Atari BASIC and/or assembly language. The courses will be similar to
>> the Apple classes with beginning and advanced BASIC/assembly and an
>> overview of the system architecture.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Dean
>>
>> p.s. - Planned for next year is a CoCo classroom to give the 6809 some
>> love, so I’ll be bugging everyone again at that time  ;-)
>>
>