RetroBASIC
Offtopic => Offtopic => Topic started by: Richly on October 10, 2018, 11:33:31 PM
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Well, we know E.K.Virtanen followed Peter Verhas over to Java...
But what happened to these other former members of bp.org that never made their way here...
- Thomas Larsen
- Konaexpress (used to frequent the Bacon forum)
- LanceGary (also seen previously at the BB4W and Liberty BASIC forums)
- SteveA (BluntAxe BASIC author)
- Derek (mod at bp.org)
If you know, let us know...add your own MIAs...I'll add more as I remember them...
Btw B+ I haven't forgotten the high/low game in C. I have a program written out but it has a bug and I haven't had time to fix it (I'm procrastinating doing this whilst preparing for a presentation at work tomorrow ;D)
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Well, we know E.K.Virtanen followed Peter Verhas over to Java...
well i don't know that..
and only guy that i remember is Steve Arbayo(BluntAxeBasic)..i really miss him
he is a good guy and good programmer.
TLars become religius leader -something like that
for others i don't know
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Hi Richey,
I remember a Synergy (spelling?) who was going to write a tutorial for SmallBASIC.
No hurry's with Hi Lo, I am not your teacher, I will give you a B+ now ;)
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Well, we know E.K.Virtanen followed Peter Verhas over to Java...
But what happened to these other former members of bp.org that never made their way here...
- SteveA (BluntAxe BASIC author)
If you know, let us know...add your own MIAs...I'll add more as I remember them...
Go to facebook, and search for bluntaxebasic. Name is Steve Arbayo.
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I am wondering what cvirus is up to these days. I see him hanging out here allot but not posting.
Are you, cvirus, still with Java Script? (along with SdlBasic) or have you found another interesting pl?
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If I remember correctly, Markus Hoffman (the author of X-11 Basic) was active on basicprogramming forum. His username was kollo. And AIR was always happy to talk Python and other languages.
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Well, we know E.K.Virtanen followed Peter Verhas over to Java...
... which doesn't make Peter a traitor of the BASIC cause: :)
ScriptBasic for Java (https://github.com/verhas/jScriptBasic)
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The language is a "no freak out" language, so you can put the programming possibility into the hands of users who would not ever touch Python, Groovy or some other programming language.
yeah ... no freak out ;D
it is clear that this is varhas from GIT
but what this have with EK... i think nothing !
..and what a heck should be all this search..for old members who" give a damn shit" what is here
on this forum ... i don't think so that they don't know for this forum .
cvirus.... i am not sure but i receive strAnge facebook invit from facecrap(sugarmaniac-ecosystem) ;D
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it is clear that this is varhas from GIT
but what this have with EK... i think nothing !
That's correct, who on earth and where E.K.Virtanen is, I don't know or really care.
My message was not about "EK" but about the other subject in the sentence — Peter Verhas, a well known language developer and not just a "varhas from GIT" whatever that's supposed to mean. I was just making people aware of him and his another first-class BASIC product just in case somebody, e.g. an "awerel from BP", might've missed it.
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Hi Richey,
I remember a Synergy (spelling?) who was going to write a tutorial for SmallBASIC.
Are you referring to Syzygy? Yes, what happened to him?
...and eHitam (Aurel once called him 'Banna' :o Whatever happened to him and his plans for Royal BASIC ;D)
More blasts from the past when I remember them...
How about this...two for the price of one ;D E K Virtanen interviewing SteveA
http://back2basic.phatcode.net/?Issue-%234/Interview-with-Steve-Arbayo
:o
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Yes Banna . crazy kid from India :D
Mike ..i don't know why you talk about PVerhas because he was never be a member of
bp.org
On the other side ..EK was admin/owner of bp.org
Richie (Sambora) :D
yes i remember some names but i am not nostalgic and i really don't have a clue
where are those people ..i think it is irrelevant .
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Richey
Yes it is a very interesting text...there are some names Steve talking about and about QDepartment group
Is this group still alive i don't know ..maybe ::)
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I am wondering what cvirus is up to these days. I see him hanging out here allot but not posting.
Are you, cvirus, still with Java Script? (along with SdlBasic) or have you found another interesting pl?
I'm still around and playing most with JavaScript and also SdlBasic, and NaaLaa too.
cvirus.... i am not sure but i receive strAnge facebook invit from facecrap(sugarmaniac-ecosystem) ;D
I do not even know what are you talking about but that's not for me....
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Not from you then ok
What i receive for faceB are SilvaNelson or NelsonSilva
must be auto generated from faceCrap ;D when i said sugar-i mean zucker ;D
ok
yes i found Qdepartment and compilers 101 yahoo groups
but there are just old topics there...
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Mike ..i don't know why you talk about PVerhas because he was never be a member of bp.org
I saw Verhas mentioned and thought it would be worthwhile to note he's still a BASIC-er despite his having moved over to Java. OK I agree it was probably not the best thread to mention it but there's enough flood in almost every topic here, so I thought my very short message wouldn't be too much to spoil the overall picture. :)
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Mike ..i don't know why you talk about PVerhas because he was never be a member of bp.org
I saw Verhas mentioned and thought it would be worthwhile to note he's still a BASIC-er despite his having moved over to Java. OK I agree it was probably not the best thread to mention it but there's enough flood in almost every topic here, so I thought my very short message wouldn't be too much to spoil the overall picture. :)
Given that it's a thread about what's happened to former BASIC forum users and what they're up these days, I'd say your post was pretty much precisely on topic :)
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Given that it's a thread about what's happened to former BASIC forum users and what they're up these days, I'd say your post was pretty much precisely on topic :)
Peter Verhas was a member there? I didn't know that. What was his username? I wonder if I had a fight with him one day. ;D
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Peter Verhas probably took one look at BP.org and converted to Java. ;D
E K Virtanen did many interviews with developers one with Galleon of QB64 fame that I am trying to find.
Here he is with challenge post:
http://vintage-basic.net/forums/index.php?topic=4.0
http://ascii-world.wikidot.com/interview-with-stephane-richard
Oh hey Chris look at this!
http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/zines/pcopy/pcopy50.html#small
(scroll up and find interview with Thin Basic author)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/xblite/uMeHlEEP7Tg
Cybermonkey, who's that guy? ;D
Oh hey, Mystic Shadows, a name from before my time but pops up here and there under other names as I recall.
Oh the link is from here (non secured):
http://back2basic.phatcode.net/?Issue-%234/News
Dang! links to defunct QB64,net
Hey has someone taken over the name?
https://www.basicprogramming.org
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E. K. Virtanen was a great contributor to the BASIC world, but left a few years ago. I think he had no time anymore for programming. He was even some time the admin/owner of basicprogramming.org if I remember correctly.
Derek left also because of lack of time. He was one of the first contributors long before bp.org - there was a special forum dedicated to Yabasic where all began.
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Here is E K interview with Galleon
http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/zines/pcopy/pcopy70.html#galleoninterview
Yes Banna . crazy kid from India :D
Mike ..i don't know why you talk about PVerhas because he was never be a member of
bp.org
On the other side ..EK was admin/owner of bp.org
Richie (Sambora) :D
yes i remember some names but i am not nostalgic and i really don't have a clue
where are those people ..i think it is irrelevant .
I'm very nostalgic, which is probably why I like BASIC...and the ZX Spectrum ;D
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Who can forget Clipper BASIC and it's author, Captain Clipper ;D
He was a member of bp.org for a while...
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Oh now you remind me of Disco something or other... weren't they female developers? As I recall they became members to advertise their flavor.
Thanks for finding Galleon interview.
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Oh now you remind me of Disco something or other... weren't they female developers? As I recall they became members to advertise their flavor.
Thanks for finding Galleon interview.
Discorunner...now renamed microm8...see this post...
http://retrogamecoding.org/board/index.php?topic=493.0
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E. K. Virtanen was a great contributor to the BASIC world, but left a few years ago. I think he had no time anymore for programming. He was even some time the admin/owner of basicprogramming.org if I remember correctly.
Yep. Without E. K. Virtanen, we wouldn't have this small BASIC community we still enjoy today (even, if it's much smaller now). When I entered BASIC world, he was an owner, admin and main contributor to basicprogramming forum, wiki and at least two more sites dedicated to retro stuff. He did a couple of interviews with BASIC developers and generally kept everything together. Two years after he quit, basicprogramming forum was no more. He was also developing a small retro BASIC interpreter. His contribution was far more important than that of Peter Verhas, who was just one of many developers and, let's be honest, not really important one. According to John, Peter Verhas decided to created ScriptBasic only because he was unaware of Python existence. Then he abandoned it, moved to Java and didn't really care what was going on with his interpreter. I'm pretty sure he's a brilliant programmer, but this "BASIC hero" status some users have granted him is completely out of proportion.
Derek left also because of lack of time. He was one of the first contributors long before bp.org - there was a special forum dedicated to Yabasic where all began.
Derek was the admin who banned me for requesting my account to be deleted. This I will remember forever. ;D
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but this "BASIC hero" status some users have granted him is completely out of proportion.
Yes i agree 100%.
As far as i know he was not member of bp.org
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Disco... microm8 ... :o
paleotronic ------ :o
what is all that sort of vintage magazine ? .. really everything ::)
but what a heck is Vintage Basic ...and with forum ..gee...
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but what a heck is Vintage Basic ...and with forum ..gee...
More about Vintage BASIC...and it's still being developed
http://www.vintage-basic.net
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Another golden oldie....Psnake (I remember that he had a great avatar)...
...and a more recent cool cat that B+ will remember...MeOfCourse ;D I always wondered if he was Menn in disguise ;D
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Ah, yes Rick3137...I see that you are a member here too...another refugee from bp.org; or perhaps you were always here :)
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Although I do miss some of the members from the old(er) days - I am still pretty new here myself - you know what I really miss?
The massive archives of BASIC code to trawl through looking for amazing stuff.
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The massive archives of BASIC code to trawl through looking for amazing stuff.
well ..bp.org was never full of good programs ,,,just some exmples
and most examples was in yabasic and most of them are trivial.
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Oh speaking of "massive archives of BASIC code to trawl..."
I found this http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/zines/zines.shtml
Richey did you post that before? PCOPY! has the E K V interviews.
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The massive archives of BASIC code to trawl through looking for amazing stuff.
well ..bp.org was never full of good programs ,,,just some exmples
and most examples was in yabasic and most of them are trivial.
True, but this is exactly what BASIC is supposed to be about. Even in 8-bit era BASIC was a toy language for beginners (or lamers). For serious things there was assembly language.
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Although I do miss some of the members from the old(er) days - I am still pretty new here myself - you know what I really miss?
The massive archives of BASIC code to trawl through looking for amazing stuff.
Yes, true. A lot of contributions were lost when bp.org vanished :(
Oh speaking of "massive archives of BASIC code to trawl..."
I found this http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/zines/zines.shtml
Richey did you post that before? PCOPY! has the E K V interviews.
Yes, I posted a copy of PCOPY!, which contains the E K interviews. Thanks for the link though...some great resources in there :)
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Another name...gersen...
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Whatever happened to.....Herman
:o