Show 014 - The History of BASIC
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Randy 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 - Show Topic “Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer” by Michael Swaine, Paul Freiberger (associate link) - Wikipedia - “Sophistication & Simplicity: The Life and Times of the Apple II Computer” by Stephen Weyrich - “iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple,...
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Show 013 - ugBASIC
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Randy and Earl talk about ugBASIC, and Randy interviews the author/creator! News BASIC 60th birthday!: AMSCII-Compo: (Amstrad CPC AMSCII) Show Topic ugBASIC main site: ugBASIC IDE: ugBASIC keywords: ugBASIC examples: ugBASIC forum: Soko64 - fun puzzle game written in ugBASIC: Other Links 101 BASIC PROGRAMS FOR MICROCOMPUTERS: Floppy Days Podcast: ANTIC Podcast:
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Show 012 - CHIP-8
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Randy 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 CHIP-8 Wikipedia: Joseph Weisbecker: Joseph Weisbecker’s introduction of CHIP-8 in Byte Magazine, Dec. 1978 CHIP-8 Technical Reference: IDE for creating CHIP-8 programs: Writing programs for CHIP-8 using Octo IDE: Awesome CHIP-8 - list of CHIP-8 resources CHIP-8 program archive CHIP-8 Computer CHIP-8 Extensions and Compatibility EZ-Pack: Convert large images into CHIP-8...
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Show 011 - Using BASIC on Modern Hardware
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News! Atari BASIC AI training - Nabu computer - More Contests! Amiga Jam - VisionBASIC Game Contest - AMSTRAD ASCII Compo - BASIC implementations for iOS (iphone/iPad): BBC BASIC by Richard Russell - free - Commodore BASIC - Hand BASIC - CBM flavor by Ahmad Hawwash - free - Hotpaw BASIC (iPad) - $4.99 - See: for a more complete description of the Basic language syntax Smart BASIC (iOS/Mac) by Nikolay Denislamov $11.99 - BASIC implementations for Android "BASIC Programming Compiler" - BASIC implementations for...
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Show 010 - Assembly Language, Part II
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Randy 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!
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Show 009 Assembly Language Part I
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In 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.
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Show 008 - 64 Bites
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Randy interviews Michal Taszycki, owner of 64 Bites! And, we talk about some more contests.
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Show 007 - Programming Contests
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Earl and Randy talk about various retro computer programming contests, where participants can show off their creations for platforms from back in the day!
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Show 006 - SNOBOL
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Randy and Earl talk about the SNOBOL programming language - history, specifics of the language, and how to play with it today!
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Show 005 - Programming the TI 58 and 59
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Randy and Earl discuss programming for the TI 58 and 59 programmable calculators!
info_outlineRandy 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!