avbalen@ehviea.ine.philips.nl (A.G.M. van Balen) (12/04/90)
Does anyone have/ knows of a FORTH implementation for the good old Apple //c ?
RAYBRO%HOLON@UTRCGW.UTC.COM ("William R Brohinsky", ay) (12/04/90)
I've used MVP forth on the Apple //c and //e (and on the ][+ and Franklyn ace before that). I did the software and driving hardware for our very first electronic holography system using MVP forth, an effort that stalled for half a week while I tracked down and typed in the code for the Laxen Editor (or was it the Perry editor?). I can't abide using the line editor for real jobs, and only tolerate it barely for poking about! Lee Brotzman had a version of his Forth running on Apples- Lee, was it called UNI-FORTH? I got a demo version from him about five or six years ago. Worked just fine, but the project was well under way by then (read: out of money), so I was prevented from switching horses in mid stream, even though the horse I'd have switched to was better and going in the same direction... raybro
ZMLEB@SCFVM.GSFC.NASA.GOV (Lee Brotzman) (12/05/90)
>Lee Brotzman had a version of his Forth running on Apples- Lee, was it >called UNI-FORTH? I got a demo version from him about five or six >years ago. Worked just fine, but the project was well under way by >then (read: out of money), so I was prevented from switching horses >in mid stream, even though the horse I'd have switched to was better >and going in the same direction... > >raybro Yeah, I had a Forth called UniForth for the Apple //c, but I believe that support has been dropped by Unified Software Systems (you see, Unified, also known as Arne Henden, took a position in the Astronomy Department at Ohio State and I remained here in Maryland, and I haven't been very good about keeping in touch so I can't be sure). There is a public domain UniForth for the Apple //c that should be available on GEnie and elsewhere. The planned commercial version I was working on was a lot better but didn't really get off the ground before Unified headed West. You can try to get in touch with Arne at: Unified Software Systems P.O. Box 21294 Columbus, OH 43221-0294 I know that Arne is on the net somewhere, I got E-mail from him, but can't remember the address, sorry. -- Lee Brotzman (FIGI-L Moderator)
daniel@nstn.ns.ca (Daniel MacKay) (12/08/90)
You may want to contact Tom Bushell (bushell@hawk.nstn.ns.ca). Many, many years ago, he built TELEKINETICS FORTH, and another local guy, George Matthews, and he, and me a bit, too, I guess, ported it to ProDOS. I've used it for a couple applications. It comes with a screen editor, mouse & joy, clock support &c. Nothing, of course, that you couldn't build yourself. :-) It's not expensive. -dan