Antic The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Ron Luks, Founder and manager of the Atari Forums on CompuServe Welcome to this interview-only episode of Antic, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast.  My name is Randy Kindig.  In this show, I’ll be talking with Mr. Ron Luks, a name that you’re probably familiar with if you used your Atari to access the Compuserve Information Service.   Ron was founder and manager of the Atari Forums on CompuServe (SIG*Atari, 8-bit Forum, 16-bit Forum (ST), Atari Developers, Atari Vendors, and others.)  He also wrote articles for some of the Atari magazines (like ANTIC).  I hope you enjoy this interesting glimpse into the online world of Atari back in the 80’s. I also want to mention that Ron was kind enough to donate an Atari 130XE and a set of cartridges to the show. This interview was conducted November 18, 2015 Teaser Quotes: “And the owner of the store steered me over to the Atari 800 and it was running Star Raiders, ok, and that was all it took” “So that’s when I decided I’m going to give Compuserve a try and see what it’