![]() The tape had some problems, but Atari community member "atarigrub" successfully recovered the data. Lefty was programmed by Scott Savage, the subject of today's interview.īefore the interview, Scott digitized his Atari cassette tape with the code for Lefty. Lefty's game logic ran on an Atari 800 computer, which controlled the robot through the joystick port. The robot arm would play games of checkers against museum visitors, picking up and moving pieces on a physical checkerboard. ![]() "Lefty" was the name of the world's first checker-playing robot, which was located at the Omniplex science museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Scott Savage: Lefty, the Checkers Playing Robot You can load it via fujinet.online as /wiki.xex - bocianu and mozzwald news reader for FujiNet - TNFS:///Networking/fujinews.xex Thom Cherryhomes Mastodon Client for FujiNet - Bluetooth Wireless Atari Joystick and Paddle Adapter - 2 DB9 Ports BASIC 10Liner Contest 2022 results - Atari 400 mini - Retro Relik (in French)Loading Atari software from VHS tape - Video Cartridge by Turbo Soft - playing Atari with your hands as motion controls - Eran Feit - ABBUC Magazine 148 released - Upcoming Shows Boatfest Retro Computing Festival 2022 = June 24-25 - Hurricane, WV - VCF Southeast - July 15-17 Southern Fried Gaming Expo KansasFest 2022 = July 19–24, 2022, Kansas City, MO - in-person AND remoteVCF West 2022 = Aug 6, 7, The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - VCF Midwest 17 - Sep 10-11, Elmhurst, IL Fujiama - Sept 8-11 in Lengenfeld Germany PRGE Oct 14-16 YouTube Videos Atari commercials - Seattle Retro Guy Mom - Father and Son - Bachelor - Atari 800XL - Asteroids Emulator - Real Arcade Rom On Atari 8-Bit Computer - Paul Westphal - FlashJazzCat: Atari 800 Super Color CPU Card Installation - Video issues on Atari 130XE with vendor-installed VBXE - Atari 130XE: VBXE fixed, Rapidus/SIDE3/AKI tested - New at chickenman ACE NSW newsletters - New at Github Listener Feedback FORK: The Great Underground Dining. ![]() ATR mod - Cartridge shell from Vintage Computer Center - 4-in-1 OSS cart - XEP-80 II - Recent Interviews Anthony Ramos: Parrot, Creepy Caverns - Scott Savage: Lefty, the Checkers Playing Robot - ANTIC Interview 434 - Michael Park: Swan and Fujiboink Demos, MIDI Maze - The looking for Xanth tweet - News Allan: Software for Atari Coin Executive - mozzwald Wikipedia reader for Atari 8 Bit FujiNet. ANTIC Episode 88 - We need more Atari shows! In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… lots of Atari action and news, loading Atari software from VHS, and a call for more Atari-specific shows READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast Kevin’s Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we’ve been up to MT32-pi - 576NUC+ cartridge upgrade - AVG Cart.
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