keithe@teklabs.UUCP (08/20/83)
I'd like to find out if ANYBODY out there is running FORTH on a Commodore 64: If you have obtained a FORTH for the Commodore 64 would you please drop me a line and tell me (1) which one it is (who the vendor is, and is it figFORTH, 79-Standard, or what?); (2) your evaluation of it; (3) does it come on tape, disk or cartridge; (4) what is the price? I've called HES (they made the VIC-FORTH cartridge) and they say their 64-FORTH will be ready by the end of September - but they told me in June that it would be ready by July. Thank you very muchly, Keith Ericson uucp ('|' = 'or'): [ aat | arizona | cbosg | chico | cwruecmp | decvax | eagle | groucho | harpo | ihnss | lbl-csam | lbl-unix | mit-dspg | ogcvax | orstcs | orstcsp | pur-ee | purdue | reed | ssc-vax | ttc | ucbcad | ucbopt | ucbvax | unc | uophysics | watcgl | watmath | zehntel ] !teklabs!keithe ARPAnet: keithe.tek@rand-relay USPS: Keith Ericson Electronic Systems Laboratory Tektronix, Inc. MS 50-383 PO Box 500 Beaverton OR 97077 Phone: 503-627-6042
neil@hscfvax.UUCP (08/22/83)
#R:teklabs:-235800:hscfvax:19400001:000:918 hscfvax!neil Aug 22 11:14:00 1983 I have a pamphlet for "C-64 FORTH" from : Performance Micro Products 770 Dedham Street=S2 Canton, MA 02021 They charge $99.95 and below are some of the claims made for it: FIG-FORTH and FORTH-79 standard compatibility extensions for double-precision(32 bit) integer functions and file i-o macro assembler with source trace feature for single-step debugging access to BASIC data files 144-page manual 'SAVETURNKEY" command allows applicatoin program distribution without licensing or royalties One version which works on both cassete, and vic 154[01] disk drives. Uses ~ 16k I have no connection with the company, but I am interested in getting a FORTH for my C-64, and received this pamphlet. If anyone has actually *used* it, I would be very interested in hearing what they think of it (or any other implementions, for that matter) Neil Rhodes decvax!linus!genrad!wjh12!n44a!hscfvax!neil