ANTIC Interview 264 - Paul Cubbage, Atari Program Exchange
Jan 14, 2017•1 hr 46 min
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Episode description
Paul Cubbage, Atari Program Exchange
Paul Cubbage was Director of Atari Program Exchange. There, he was head of reviewing software submissions and publishing the APX catalog. He worked at Atari from April 1981 through January 1984.
This interview took place on October 3, 2016.
Teaser quotes:
"First catalog, we went around and found every last utility or piece of software that we could put out there, unashamedly."
"People used to complain about our royalty and I'd say 'Go to a flea market and sell [your software] off the back of your station wagon. The royalty is the royalty. I know it's not much."
Fred Thorlin interview: https://archive.org/details/FredThorlinInterview
Gray Chang interview: https://archive.org/details/Atari_Gray_Chang_Interview
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