Episodes 17
Avg. Duration 1h 7m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (10)
Since May 2013
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Semi-Annually
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

At Next Without For, Earl Evans and Randy Kindig cover historical computer languages (compilers and interpreters) and modern programming tools for retro computers.

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Recent Episodes

Show 016 - Retro Development Survey

Mar 08, 2026 1h 7m

Randy and Earl share the results of our listener survey on retro computer development, favorite languages, and more! News/Personal Projects AtariAge Forum post on CubeDot for Atari 8-bit systems -…

Show 015 - Atari 8-Bit Programming

May 23, 2025 1h 28m

Randy 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 -…

Show 014 - The History of BASIC

Feb 24, 2025 1h 10m

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 013 - ugBASIC

Jun 19, 2024 1h 54m

Randy 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:…

Show 012 - CHIP-8

Mar 18, 2024 1h 1m

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 https://z88dk.org/site/ CHIP-8 …

Show 011 - Using BASIC on Modern Hardware

Aug 18, 2023 1h 17m

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 -…

Show 010 - Assembly Language, Part II

Mar 17, 2023 45m

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!

Show 009 Assembly Language Part I

Jan 16, 2023 42m

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…

Show 008 - 64 Bites

Jun 25, 2022 1h 37m

Randy interviews Michal Taszycki, owner of 64 Bites! And, we talk about some more contests.

Show 007 - Programming Contests

Mar 06, 2022 47m

Earl and Randy talk about various retro computer programming contests, where participants can show off their creations for platforms from back in the day!

Show 006 - SNOBOL

Oct 11, 2021 1h 31m

Randy and Earl talk about the SNOBOL programming language - history, specifics of the language, and how to play with it today!

Show 005 - Programming the TI 58 and 59

Jan 18, 2021 1h 5m

Randy and Earl discuss programming for the TI 58 and 59 programmable calculators!

Show 004 - Turbo Rascal

Oct 04, 2020 1h 12m

Randy and Earl talk about Turbo Rascal Syntax Error, and Randy has a chat with its creator.

Show 003 - Fortran

Jul 22, 2020 1h 19m

Randy and I cover Fortran, the granddaddy of computer languages.

Show 002 - Randy and Earl

Jun 21, 2020 50m

Randy Kindig joins Next Without For as a co-host, and the podcast reboots!

Show 001 - Turbo Pascal 3

Oct 13, 2013 35m

A look at Turbo Pascal 3 for CP/M - the last version of Turbo Pascal to be released on that classic operating system.

Show 000 - dBase III Plus 1.1

May 26, 2013 31m

Show zero of Next Without For covers the dBase III Plus 1.1 database programming environment.

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