Below you will find an overview of dates of birth of people who are (or were) in one way or another involved in the Atari scene, ST NEWS, or both, as well as some events. At the moment, 167 dates and events are chronicled here.
Day | Month | Year | Person |
1 | 1 | 1969 | Gunter Bitz (6719 OF tex), Atari computer programmer |
2 | 1 | 1972 | Fabien Masson (Marlon of ST Connexion), Atari computer programmer |
5 | 1 | 1973 | Christian Limpach (The Fate of ULM), Atari computer programmer ("Dark Side of the Spoon") |
7 | 1 | 1974 | Jean-Baptiste Queru (Djaybee of Megabusters), Atari computer programmer |
8 | 1 | 1956 | Tony Greenwood, STOSSER software person |
8 | 1 | 1973 | Katja Kladnik (Lucky Lady), ST/PC computer virus creator |
8 | 1 | 1965 | Volker Söhnitz, Atari computer programmer ("Virendetektor") |
10 | 1 | 1972 | Diederik Hoogenboom (CIA of Galtan Six), Atari computer programmer ("STabloid", "MiNT Control") |
15 | 1 | 1967 | Karsten Köper, computer games designer ("Amberstar", "Ambermoon") |
16 | 1 | 1971 | Vincent Pomey, Atari computer programmer ("ST Zip") |
16 | 1 | 1993 | First issue of Atari ST Disk Magazine "Pure Bollocks" (Issue #21) released |
21 | 1 | 1959 | Bernhard Artz, Atari computer programmer ("Poison!", "Printing Press") |
22 | 1 | 1969 | Slimer of Delta Force, Atari computer graphics artist |
27 | 1 | 1971 | Stefan Kimmlingen (Tyrem of The Respectables), Atari computer programmer |
29 | 1 | 1972 | Arnaud Linz, Atari computer programmer ("Lasers and Men") |
11 | 2 | 1990 | The last official issue of "ST News" Atari ST/TT/Falcon disk magazine (Volume 5 Issue 1) released |
15 | 2 | 1968 | Lars-Erik Osterud, Atari computer programmer |
18 | 2 | 1974 | Dave Moss, computer graphics (Spaz of the Lost Boys) |
19 | 2 | 1971 | Tim Moss, computer programmer (Manikin of the Lost Boys) |
19 | 2 | 1972 | Damien M. Jones, Atari computer programmer ("View II") |
20 | 2 | 1969 | Michael Raasch (Daryl of The Exceptions), Atari computer programmer ("Syntax Terror") |
24 | 2 | 1970 | Cyrille Dupuydauby, Atari computer programmer ("Backward") |
4 | 3 | ? | Anders Nilsson (An Cool), Atari computer programmer (The Carebears) |
5 | 3 | 1966 | Claus Brod, Atari computer programmer and writer ("Scheibenkleister", "CBHD") |
5 | 3 | 1973 | Niclas Malmqvist, Atari computer graphics (Tanis of the Carebears) |
6 | 3 | 1972 | Dave Oldcorn, Atari computer programmer (Volume 11 - "Starball") |
7 | 3 | 1973 | Risto Kowaczweski (STRych of Team from the East), Atari computer programmer |
17 | 3 | 1966 | Tony Cooper, computer programmer ("Cybernoid") |
18 | 3 | 1963 | Ian Oliver, computer programmer ("Carrier Command") |
18 | 3 | 1968 | Tjeerd Bruinsma (Mysteria of Synergy), computer programmer ("Crapman") |
23 | 3 | 1973 | Griff (Martin David Griffiths), computer programmer (Inner Circle, Resistance, Electronic Images) |
25 | 3 | 2005 | Start of Outline 2005 |
26 | 3 | 1988 | The second virus on Atari ST discovered ("Mad" virus) |
28 | 3 | 1970 | Patrick Reynaud (Krazy Rex of ST Connexion), Atari computer graphics artist |
28 | 3 | 1997 | Start of Silliconvention |
28 | 3 | 2005 | End of Outline 2005 |
29 | 3 | 1966 | Jeremy (Jez) San, computer programmer ("Starglider", SNES S-FX chip) |
31 | 3 | 1976 | Zeme of Dawn, Atari computer programmer ("DFC") |
31 | 3 | 1997 | End of Silliconvention |
1 | 4 | 1967 | Georges Kesseler (Gunstick of Unlimited Matricks), Atari computer programmer |
1 | 4 | 1989 | The first "ST News" Atari ST/TT/Falcon disk magazine (Volume 4 Issue 2) with a hidden article released |
1 | 4 | 1994 | Start of Fried Bits 2 |
2 | 4 | 1999 | Start of Error In Line 99 |
4 | 4 | 1952 | Steve Bak, computer programmer ("Goldrunner", "Fire & Brimstone") |
4 | 4 | 1954 | Bob Brodie, Atari Corp. (USA) Director of Communications |
4 | 4 | 1994 | End of Fried Bits 2 |
5 | 4 | 1950 | Sam Tramiel, Atari Corp. (USA) executive |
5 | 4 | 1996 | Start of Symposium 96 |
5 | 4 | 1999 | End of Error In Line 99 |
6 | 4 | 1988 | First "ST News" Atari ST/TT/Falcon disk magazine (Volume 3 Issue 2) with real-time article released |
7 | 4 | 1963 | K-Klass, Atari computer graphics (K-Klass of Lemmings) |
7 | 4 | 1970 | Mike Mee, Atari computer programmer ("PVK 3", "Making Sweet Music") |
8 | 4 | 1996 | End of Symposium 96 |
9 | 4 | 1993 | Start of Fried Bits 1 |
9 | 4 | 2004 | Start of Outline 2004 |
12 | 4 | ? | Dave Small, programmer ("Spectre", "Magic Sac") |
12 | 4 | 1994 | End of Fried Bits 1 |
12 | 4 | 2004 | End of Outline 2004 |
13 | 4 | ? | Charles F. Johnson, shareware programmer |
13 | 4 | 2001 | Start of Error In Line 2 |
14 | 4 | 1966 | Stefan Posthuma, computer programmer (Digital Insanity of the Lost Boys) |
14 | 4 | 1969 | Alex Herbert, computer programmer ("Goldrunner II") |
14 | 4 | 1970 | Ronny Hatlemark, ex-Norwegian distributor of "ST News" Atari ST/TT/Falcon disk magazine |
14 | 4 | 1995 | Start of Fried Bits 3 |
16 | 4 | 2001 | End of Error In Line 2 |
17 | 4 | 1995 | End of Fried Bits 3 |
19 | 4 | 1970 | New Mode of Delta Force, Atari computer programmer |
21 | 4 | 2000 | Start of Sillyventure |
22 | 4 | 1962 | Jeff Minter, computer programmer (Llamasoft - "Gridrunner", "Llamatron", "Llamazap") |
24 | 4 | 1957 | David Whittaker, computer game musician ("Panther", "Sidewinder") |
24 | 4 | 2000 | End of Sillyventure |
28 | 4 | 1970 | Sietse Postma, disk magazine writer (Slimer of Disk Busters Association) |
28 | 4 | 1971 | Richard Spowart (Felice of "Maggie" team), Atari disk magazine writer |
2 | 5 | ? | Mike Montgomery, a Bitmap Brother computer programmer ("Gods", "Magic Pockets") |
6 | 5 | 1966 | Thomas Quester, Atari computer programmer ("PFX Pak", "AFX", "LZHarc", "MiShell") |
9 | 5 | 1964 | Jürgen Verwohlt, Atari computer programmer ("Thriller", "Shocker", "Shocker II") |
9 | 5 | ? | Carsten Frischkorn, Atari computer programmer ("Virentod") |
10 | 5 | 1974 | Leon O'Reilly (Pele of Lemmings a.k.a. Mr. Pink of Reservoir Gods), Atari computer programmer "Tautology") |
13 | 5 | 1976 | Kevan (Kev) Davis, editor of "ST Beermat" disk magazine |
14 | 5 | 1970 | Phil Graham, Atari computer programmer (Grazey of PHF) |
15 | 5 | 1971 | Bryan Kennerley, writer and computer programmer (The Android) |
18 | 5 | 1974 | Martijn Wiedijk, computer programmer (Lucifer, ex-Spirits of Doom) |
19 | 5 | 1972 | Jeroen Tel, computer musician (Maniacs of Noise - "Scoop", "Cybernoid II") |
27 | 5 | 1974 | Roland Zwaga, computer graphics (Evil TS of Spirits of Doom) |
28 | 5 | 1972 | Wolf R. Gross (Jacky of ACF Design Team), computer programmer |
30 | 5 | 1998 | Start of Interjam 98 |
31 | 5 | 1974 | Michael Noyce, British computer person and assistant in compilation of this database |
1 | 6 | 1998 | End of Interjam 98 |
3 | 6 | 1990 | First issue of "Disk Maggie", Atari ST disk magazine, released |
10 | 6 | 1956 | Jake Bain, Proprietor of Caledonia PDL, once a highly rated Atari ST Public Domain Library in Inverness, Scotland |
11 | 6 | 1973 | Michael Schüssler, computer group PR person/magazine writer (Sammy Jo of TLB/Delta Force) |
16 | 6 | 1974 | Krzysztof Wroblewski (Mr. Wrobel of Acid Team), Polish computer .MOD writer), distributor of "ST News" |
17 | 6 | 1974 | Jakub Kruszona, Polish Atari computer programmer (Acid Maker) |
18 | 6 | 1898 | Maurice C. Escher, Dutch graphics artist |
20 | 6 | 1966 | Stefan Radermacher, Atari computer programmer ("Selectric") |
21 | 6 | 1970 | Torbjørn Ose, computer programmer (Lord Hackbear of Delta Force) |
26 | 6 | 1973 | Marc Palmer, computer programmer (ex-Sprog of TLB) |
3 | 7 | 1963 | Peter Johnson, computer programmer ("Arkanoid", "Wizzball") |
7 | 7 | ? | Stephen Kelly, a Bitmap Brother computer programmer ("Speedball", "Gods") |
9 | 7 | 1965 | Udo Fischer, computer programmer (-ME- of The Exceptions) |
20 | 7 | 1980 | Thomas Heimann (Tommy of Cosmic Pirates), programmer and designer |
26 | 7 | 1986 | First issue of "ST News" Atari ST/TT/Falcon disk magazine published |
26 | 7 | 1996 | Final issue of "ST News" Atari ST/TT/Falcon disk magazine published |
27 | 7 | 1975 | Dodge (Ray Donnelly), Atari computer programmer (Digital Chaos) |
28 | 7 | 1973 | Paul Clegg, computer programmer and Project Galactic Guide Catalyst |
28 | 7 | 1975 | Barry Scott Munro, Atari computer programmer ("GfA Basic Shell") |
31 | 7 | 1966 | Ben Dalglish, computer musician ("Trap", "Loco") |
1 | 8 | 1991 | Start of the Delta Force International Coding Conference 2, Leutenbach, Germany |
4 | 8 | 1991 | End of the Delta Force International Coding Conference 2, Leutenbach, Germany |
5 | 8 | 1970 | Jean-Yves Loze (Mordor of ST Connexion), Atari computer programmer |
5 | 8 | 1975 | Lars Johansson (Dark Shadow of The Invizibles of Flexichron), computer artist |
11 | 8 | 1971 | Karl Anders Øygard (Wizzcat of Delta Force), Atari computer programmer ("Protracker", "GEMLib") |
12 | 8 | 1969 | Klaus Berg (Vantage of ST Connexion), PR and writer in a computer demo group |
18 | 8 | 1991 | First "ST News" Atari ST/TT/Falcon disk magazine lustrum issue (Volume 6 Issue 2) released |
19 | 8 | 1966 | Stefan Becker, Atari computer programmer ("Papillon", "Morpher") |
19 | 8 | 1969 | David George Hollis, Atari computer disk magazine editor ("ST+") |
19 | 8 | 1973 | Gard Eggesbø Abrahamsen, computer programmer (Zealot of OUCH) |
20 | 8 | 1974 | Kai Holst, Atari computer programmer ("Antidote") |
21 | 8 | 1971 | Helmut Neukirchen, computer programmer ("Multi Dialog") |
22 | 8 | ? | Marc Rosocha, computer programmer ("Wings of Death") |
25 | 8 | 1971 | Thomas Sandberg, computer programmer (Illegal Exception of Scum of the Earth) |
31 | 8 | 1971 | Andrew Pomianiowski, computer graphics artist (Andy of Volume 11 - "Starball") |
4 | 9 | 1972 | Fabian Hammer (Oxygene of ex-TLB and Delta Force), computer programmer |
14 | 9 | 1969 | John Dower, computer graphics artist ("Goldrunner II") |
17 | 9 | ? | Eric Matthews, a Bitmap Brother computer programmer ("Gods", "Magic Pockets") |
19 | 9 | 1969 | Eloy Wouters (Apache of the Quartermass Xperiment), computer programmer ("Aenigmatica Demo") |
30 | 9 | 1976 | Vincent Queru (Grizzo of Megabusters), graphics person |
5 | 10 | 1958 | Keith Lord, Atari computer programmer ("DSP") |
6 | 10 | 1964 | Olaf Meisiek, Atari computer programmer ("Interface", "Zoom!") |
11 | 10 | 1970 | Gero Zahn, Atari computer programmer ("UnARJ ST") |
14 | 10 | 1971 | Jochen Hippel, computer musician (Mad Max of the Exceptions) |
17 | 10 | 1962 | John Phillips, computer programmer ("Nebulus", "Eliminator") |
17 | 10 | 1963 | Lance Fredrick Squire (Glankonian Software), Atari computer programmer ("Ham View") |
22 | 10 | 1962 | Karsten Isakovics, Atari computer programmer ("Chameleon", "SysMon") |
24 | 10 | ? | Niclas Thisell, computer programmer (Nic of the Carebears), inventor of sync scrolling |
25 | 10 | 1955 | Dave Mooney, ex-editor of Atari disk magazine "ST Enthusiasts Newsletter" |
27 | 10 | 1967 | Frank Lemmen, computer programmer ("Virus Fixer") |
29 | 10 | 1949 | George Woodside, Atari computer programmer ("Vkill") |
31 | 10 | 1950 | Pete Lyon, computer graphics artist ("Goldrunner", "Astaroth") |
1 | 11 | 1964 | Christopher Ian (Chris) Holland (CIH), editor of "Maggie" ST/Falcon disk magazine |
3 | 11 | 1967 | Richard Karsmakers, PR person and magazine writer (Cronos of Quartermass Xperiment) |
4 | 11 | 1948 | John Eidsvoog, Atari computer programmer (Codehead, "Warp 9") |
7 | 11 | 1970 | Stéphane Catala (Belzebub of ST Connexion), Atari computer programmer |
7 | 11 | 1972 | Dan Hollis (of TPPI), ex-American distributor of "ST News" Atari ST/TT/Falcon disk magazine |
7 | 11 | 1995 | Delta Force Virtual International Coding Conference takes place on the Internet |
8 | 11 | 1948 | Robert K. Jung, computer programmer ("ARJ") |
10 | 11 | ? | Jan Willekens, Zokathra of Aenigmatica |
12 | 11 | 1964 | Martin Hintzen, Atari computer programmer ("Thriller", "Shocker", "Shocker II") |
16 | 11 | ? | Michael Bittner, computer programmer ("Warp", "Trex Warrior") |
18 | 11 | 1969 | Tim Coupe, computer programmer ("Dogs of War", "James Pond") |
19 | 11 | 1964 | Ofir Gal, Atari computer programmer ("GEMBench") |
19 | 11 | ? | Henrik Alt, Atari computer programmer ("Sagrotan", "Toxic") |
20 | 11 | 1962 | Anita Sinclair, computer programmer ("The Pawn", "Wonderland") |
20 | 11 | ? | Christian Jungen, computer programmer ("No Second Prize") |
22 | 11 | 1987 | First computer virus discovered on Atari ST ("Signum" or "BPL" virus) |
24 | 11 | 1990 | First 'undead' issue of "ST News" Atari ST/TT/Falcon disk magazine (Volume 5 Issue 2) released |
25 | 11 | 1955 | Bill Aycock, Atari computer programmer ("Cal", "CalShow", "WhatIs") |
28 | 11 | 1969 | Julian Jacobs (2-Stein of ST Connexion), Atari computer programmer |
28 | 11 | 1973 | Gunnar Gaubatz, computer musician (Big Alec of Delta Force) |
4 | 12 | 1967 | Alexander de Vries, Atari computer programmer (Bonus of DBA) |
7 | 12 | 1967 | Markus Fritze, Atari computer programmer ("Midi Maze II", "Bugaboo", "Turbo Ass") |
10 | 12 | 1970 | Oliver Schmidt, Atari computer programmer ("Everest" text editor) |
12 | 12 | 1972 | Marinos Yannikos, Atari computer programmer (Zork of Scum of the Earth) |
15 | 12 | 1973 | Arjen (Cthulu), computer programmer (ex-Spirits of Doom) |
15 | 12 | 2000 | Start of "ST News International Christmas Coding Convention 2000" |
17 | 12 | 1963 | Erik Simon, graphics (ES of the Exceptions) |
17 | 12 | 2000 | End of "ST News International Christmas Coding Convention 2000" |
18 | 12 | 1970 | Stuart Coates, computer programmer ("Revenge Doc Displayer") |
19 | 12 | 1970 | Thorsten Mutschall, computer graphics artist (Gogo of the Carebears) |
21 | 12 | 1990 | Start of "ST News International Christmas Coding Convention", Netherlands |
22 | 12 | 1967 | Dan Wilga, Atari computer programmer ("Geneva", "NeoDesk", "NeoDesk CLI") |
23 | 12 | 1971 | Fabrice Odéro, computer programmer (Fury of Legacy) |
24 | 12 | 1990 | End of "ST News International Christmas Coding Convention", Oss, Netherlands |
26 | 12 | ? | Natasha Lomas (Nice Guy Eddie of Reservoir Gods), computer graphics artist |
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