Earl Evans And Randy Kindig

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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit PodcastANTIC Episode 117 - A Kiss on the ForeheadANTIC Episode 117 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… lots of scanning talk, more new games for the Atari than you can shake a stick at, and how to win a kiss on the forehead… READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay’s Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge Interview index: here ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS ...2025-06-071h 01

Next Without ForShow 015 - Atari 8-Bit ProgrammingRandy and Earl discuss the various options for modern programming on Atari 8-bit systems, including the Atari 400/800 and their successors! News/Personal Projects RP2040 Geek - https://www.waveshare.com/rp2040-geek.htm z80pack on Waveshare RP2040-GEEK/RP2350-GEEK - https://github.com/udo-munk/RP2xxx-GEEK-80 Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition - https://csscgc2025.blogspot.com/ Article about the Crap Games competition on The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jul/06/people-competing-to-make-the-worst-computer-games-possible Show Topic Action! programming language - https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Action FastBASIC programming language - https://atariwiki.org/wiki...2025-05-231h 28

Next Without ForShow 014 - The History of BASICRandy and Earl cover the history of the BASIC programming language, including its origins, and the wide adoption of BASIC on 8-bit systems in the 1970s and 1980s! News BASIC 10-Liner Contest - https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium Show Topic https://www.dartmouth.edu/basicfifty/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxo9LVIgOiI “Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer” by Michael Swaine, Paul Freiberger (associate link) - https://amzn.to/3EzdPCp Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC “Sophistication & Simplicity: The Life and Times of the Apple II Computer” by Stephen Weyrich - https...2025-02-241h 10

Next Without ForShow 013 - ugBASICRandy and Earl talk about ugBASIC, and Randy interviews the author/creator! News BASIC 60th birthday!: https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/03/basic_60th_birthday_releases/ AMSCII-Compo: https://logiker.com/AMSCII-Compo (Amstrad CPC AMSCII) Show Topic ugBASIC main site: https://ugbasic.iwashere.eu/ ugBASIC IDE: https://spotlessmind1975.itch.io/ugbasic-ide ugBASIC keywords: https://ugbasic.iwashere.eu/#collapseKeywords ugBASIC examples: https://ugbasic.iwashere.eu/target/to8#examples ugBASIC forum: https://forum.ugbasic.iwashere.eu/viewforum.php?f=8 Soko64 - fun puzzle game written in ugBASIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwuryS6pvKU Other Links 101 BASIC PROGRAMS FOR MICROCOMPUTERS: https://www.at...2024-06-191h 54

Next Without ForShow 012 - CHIP-8Randy and Earl explore programming of the CHIP-8 family of interpreters! News! No news this episode! Z88DK, C compiler and assembler for 8080, Z80, 8085 https://z88dk.org/site/ CHIP-8 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP-8 Joseph Weisbecker: http://www.cosmacelf.com/history/joseph-weisbecker.html Joseph Weisbecker’s introduction of CHIP-8 in Byte Magazine, Dec. 1978 https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1978-12/page/n109/mode/1up CHIP-8 Technical Reference: https://github.com/mattmikolay/chip-8/wiki/CHIP%E2%80%908-Technical-Reference IDE for creating CHIP-8 programs: https://johnearnest.github.io/Octo/ Writing programs for CHIP-8 using Octo IDE: https://www.youtube.com...2024-03-181h 01

Next Without ForShow 011 - Using BASIC on Modern Hardware News! Atari BASIC AI training - https://discord.gg/WnEcxSvtS Nabu computer - https://nabu.ca/ More Contests! Amiga Jam - https://itch.io/jam/amigatooljam VisionBASIC Game Contest - http://visionbasic.fun/ AMSTRAD ASCII Compo - http://logiker.com/AMSCII-Compo BASIC implementations for iOS (iphone/iPad): BBC BASIC by Richard Russell - free - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/bbcbasic/id6444498023 Commodore BASIC - Hand BASIC - CBM flavor by Ahmad Hawwash - free - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hand-basic-cbm-flavor/id394924289 Hotpaw BASIC (iPad) - $4.99 - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hotpaw-basic/id295464266 See: http://www.hotpa...2023-08-181h 17

Next Without ForShow 010 - Assembly Language, Part IIRandy and Earl continue the discussion of Assembly Language in this second episode of a two-parter. If you missed it, check out Show 009 for Part I!2023-03-1745 min

Next Without ForShow 009 Assembly Language Part IIn part I of this discussion on assembly language, Randy and Earl discuss what assembly language is, who invented it, how it works (generally), and why one might have chosen to use it back in the classic days of computing. 2023-01-1742 min

Next Without ForShow 008 - 64 BitesRandy interviews Michal Taszycki, owner of 64 Bites! And, we talk about some more contests.2022-06-251h 37

Next Without ForShow 007 - Programming ContestsEarl and Randy talk about various retro computer programming contests, where participants can show off their creations for platforms from back in the day!2022-03-0647 min

Next Without ForShow 006 - SNOBOLRandy and Earl talk about the SNOBOL programming language - history, specifics of the language, and how to play with it today!2021-10-111h 31

Next Without ForShow 005 - Programming the TI 58 and 59Randy and Earl discuss programming for the TI 58 and 59 programmable calculators!2021-01-181h 05

Next Without ForShow 004 - Turbo RascalRandy and Earl talk about Turbo Rascal Syntax Error, and Randy has a chat with its creator.2020-10-041h 12

Next Without ForShow 003 - FortranRandy and I cover Fortran, the granddaddy of computer languages.2020-07-221h 19

Next Without ForShow 002 - Randy and EarlRandy Kindig joins Next Without For as a co-host, and the podcast reboots!2020-06-2150 min

Floppy Days Vintage Computing PodcastFloppy Days 95 - The Epson HX-20 Part 2 With Earl EvansThe Epson HX-20, Part 2, With Earl Evans Hello everyone, and welcome to episode 95 of the Floppy Days Podcast for November, 2019, where once again this month (in Part 2) we will continue talking about one of the world’s first portable computers: The Epson HX-20. I’m extremely happy to again have my good friend, and vintage computer podcast legend, Mr. Earl Evans, as my co-host for this episode. It turned out we had so much material to cover that I ended up breaking this topic into 2 parts. Last month was part 1, where Earl and I cov...2019-11-291h 31

Floppy Days Vintage Computing PodcastFloppy Days 94 - The Epson HX-20 Part 1, with Earl EvansThe Epson HX-20 Part 1 Hello everyone, and welcome to episode 94 of the Floppy Days Podcast for October, 2019, where this month we will be talking about one of the world’s first portable computers: The Epson HX-20. Thank you, Terry Stewart, for your thoughts about the HX-20 to lead off the show. For those that want more information from Terry, check out his Website and Youtube channel where he has a terrific video on the HX-20, as well as lots of information on other vintage computers. I’m extremely happy to announce that my good friend, and o...2019-10-312h 03

Floppy Days Vintage Computing PodcastFloppy Days 86 - The Sinclair ZX80 Part II with Earl EvansThe Sinclair ZX80 and ZX81 Welcome to the Floppy Days Podcast with myself, Randy Kindig, and a whole host of vintage computers surrounding me, each one wanting their time in the limelight. This will be part 2 of the 2-part series on the Sinclair ZX80 & 81 computer line. Once again, I will have one of the grand-daddy’s of vintage computer podcasting, Earl Evans, co-hosting with me as we complete the journey through one of the historically significant computers from across the pond. We will be covering the normal topics from where we left off the last show, so we’l...2018-08-112h 23

Floppy Days Vintage Computing PodcastFloppy Days 85 - Interview with John Grant, developer of ZX80 OS-BASICInterview with John Grant - Developer of the OS & BASIC for the Sinclair ZX80 In the last show Earl Evans and I covered part I of the Sinclair ZX80/81 line of home computers; its history and tech specs. Before delving into part II, we’re going to have a topic-relevant interview this month. I was able to, with the help of Kevin Palser, track down and interview Mr. John Grant, a man whose name we mentioned several times last month when going through the Sinclair ZX80 history. You see, John is literally the gentleman who wrote the oper...2018-07-081h 17

Floppy Days Vintage Computing PodcastFloppy Days 84 - The Sinclair ZX80 with Earl EvansThe Sinclair ZX-80 Hello and welcome to the Floppy Days Podcast for May, 2018, where we remind everyone of the days when everyone knew how to program a computer, not just use it for social media. My name is Randy Kindig and I host this podcast. We are coming near the end of the computers to be covered on this podcast that were introduced at the beginning of the 8-bit era, when things really started to take off, that being the year 1980. This month, we will be talking about a limited, inexpensive, but definitely historically significant li...2018-05-312h 11

Floppy Days Vintage Computing PodcastFloppy Days 61 - VCF West with Earl Evans and Evan KoblentzVCF West Official Site - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west-xi/2016-07-2646 min

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit PodcastANTIC Episode 26 - 100+ Episodes and CountingOn this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast: we learn about new software and hardware for the Atari. We learn about marketing. We learn that we’re . . . Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevins Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge What we’ve been up to Eight Bit Fix - Paul Westphal Northwest Retro Computing and Video...2015-10-041h 38

Floppy Days Vintage Computing PodcastFloppy Days Episode 32 - VCF East 10.0, Evan KoblentzEvan Koblentz comes on and talks all about the upcoming Vintage Computer Festival East 10.0. Special co-hosts Earl Evans (Retrobits & RCR) and Michael Mulhern (RCR). Links and stuff: VCF East at vintage.org - vintage.org/2015/east/ VCF East Facebook - facebook.com/vcfeast VCF East Twitter - twitter.com/vcfeast 2015-03-0650 min

Floppy Days Vintage Computing PodcastFloppy Days Episode 9 - The TRS-80 Model I (Part II) Second part on the TRS-80 Model I: Personal memories from Terry Stewart (Tezza). Second part on the history of the machine, beginning with its introduction. Second part of the interview with David and Theresa Welsh of Priming the Pump. News, tech specs, peripherals, software, books, magazines, emulation, Web sites, modern-day upgrades. Special guest host Earl Evans!! Links mentioned in this episode: New Acquisitions CFFA3000 CF interface for the Apple II -http://www.dreher.net SIDE 2 CF interface for Atari 8 bi...2013-12-272h 22

Next Without ForShow 001 - Turbo Pascal 3A look at Turbo Pascal 3 for CP/M - the last version of Turbo Pascal to be released on that classic operating system.2013-10-1335 min

Floppy Days Vintage Computing PodcastFloppy Days Episode 5 - The American Computer MuseumNew podcasts, upcoming vintage computer shows, new additions to my vintage computer collection, listener feedback, my stories about the American Computer Museum, and an interview with George Keremedjiev (director of the American Computer Museum) Links mentioned in the show: ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/ Next Without For Podcast (Earl Evans) -http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_6066.xml Chicken Lips Radio Podcast (Earl Evans) -http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_6067.xml 2013 KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ 2013 Commodore Vegas Expo - h...2013-07-1545 min

Next Without ForShow 000 - dBase III Plus 1.1Show zero of Next Without For covers the dBase III Plus 1.1 database programming environment.2013-05-2631 min