ANTIC Software
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Antic Software was the name of the software company founded by Gary Yost of Antic
, a magazine for the Atari 8-bit computers. The catalog of software was bound into issues of Antic
, and products were sold via mail order.
Gary Yost saw an opportunity when APX, Atari Program Exchange
, was shut down by Atari CEO James J. Morgan
in 1984. After convincing James Capparell, Antic magazine's publisher, to create this company, Yost contacted many of the programmers from APX to publish their works with Antic. The APX software was rebranded as APX Classics from Antic.
In addition to select APX programs, original submissions were added as well as public domain collections. All software was provided on self-documented disk only, no cassettes. Orders were made by mail-order form or a toll-free number.
Later, the Atari ST
software was incorporated into a separate company known as The Catalog. The Catalog eventually moved to STart Magazine
.
Gary Yost went on to form The Yost Group which created and licensed a number of products to Autodesk, Inc. (Autodesk Animator, Autodesk Animator Pro, Autodesk 3D Studio, and Autodesk 3DS MAX). He is currently the Executive Vice President for mental images, Inc., a 3D technology company based in Berlin that provides mental ray rendering software and develops the RealityServer framework for server-based 3D internet apps.
ANTIC (magazine)
Antic was the name of a home computer magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit computer line . Its ISSN is 0113-1141. It took its name from the ANTIC chip, which produced the Atari line's graphics. The first issue was published in April 1982. While it began as a bimonthly magazine, within a year it had...
, a magazine for the Atari 8-bit computers. The catalog of software was bound into issues of Antic
ANTIC (magazine)
Antic was the name of a home computer magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit computer line . Its ISSN is 0113-1141. It took its name from the ANTIC chip, which produced the Atari line's graphics. The first issue was published in April 1982. While it began as a bimonthly magazine, within a year it had...
, and products were sold via mail order.
Gary Yost saw an opportunity when APX, Atari Program Exchange
Atari Program Exchange
Atari Program Exchange was a division of Atari, Inc. that distributed software for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers through a quarterly mail-order catalog. APX, the brain-child of Dale Yocam, started in February 1981 and guided by Fred Thorlin. APX published quarterly catalogs until 1984,...
, was shut down by Atari CEO James J. Morgan
James J. Morgan
James J. Morgan is a former American executive who served as CEO of Atari from 1983 to 1984 and CEO of Philip Morris USA from 1994 to 1997.James Morgan first joined Philip Morris in 1963...
in 1984. After convincing James Capparell, Antic magazine's publisher, to create this company, Yost contacted many of the programmers from APX to publish their works with Antic. The APX software was rebranded as APX Classics from Antic.
In addition to select APX programs, original submissions were added as well as public domain collections. All software was provided on self-documented disk only, no cassettes. Orders were made by mail-order form or a toll-free number.
Later, the Atari ST
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
software was incorporated into a separate company known as The Catalog. The Catalog eventually moved to STart Magazine
STart Magazine
STart Magazine was a spin-off computer magazine started by ANTIC magazine. Unlike ANTIC, STart focused on Atari's new ST computer line. The magazine lasted 42 issues, from 1986 to 1991, actually outliving its parent. It originally started from Atari ST specific sections in ANTIC magazine, later...
.
Gary Yost went on to form The Yost Group which created and licensed a number of products to Autodesk, Inc. (Autodesk Animator, Autodesk Animator Pro, Autodesk 3D Studio, and Autodesk 3DS MAX). He is currently the Executive Vice President for mental images, Inc., a 3D technology company based in Berlin that provides mental ray rendering software and develops the RealityServer framework for server-based 3D internet apps.