HALDANE@UFPINE.BITNET ("that _special_ Haldane magic...") (08/06/89)
Greetings fellow Forthers,
I am looking for a small computer that runs Forth, something in the
handheld or laptop style, that is also pretty inexpensive. I had an HP-41cx,
but that got stolen (grrr), and wasn't really Forthy enough for me. I have a
nice computer already, and was looking at some of the advanced programmable
calculators, but they either just store keycodes, or run BASIC (blech). It
would be nice if it could swap data with my desktop unit, but this is not
essential.
RSVP
Bob Slaughter
Haldane@UFPine <-- Bitnet
Haldane@Pine.circa.ufl.edu <-- Internet
I don't need a disclaimer, I am unemployed.
:)fetrow@BLAKE.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU (David Fetrow) (08/08/89)
> Any Laptop machines that run Forth?
An interesting question that. Is there a good FORTH available for
say the Tandy 100? FIG would do.
It'd be especially nice for that machine since it is pretty memory
limited.jax@well.UUCP (Jack J. Woehr) (08/11/89)
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RAYBRO%UTRC@utrcgw.utc.COM ("William R Brohinsky", ay) (08/17/89)
I have an old public domain implementation of forth for the TRS/80-M100 which I downloaded from a bulletin board about four years ago. It was in 8085 assembly language, for which I had an assembler, and was very poorly documented (like, not at all...). How would you like it, when I find it? I can mail it to anyone who sends me an email, so I have their address. I am loath to use snail mail, and hard- 'copy' versions would be done at a disadvantage to all: I use a chipmunk 3.5" disk (355kb) which is incompatible with both the old and new tandy disk formats... I think the best bet would be ascii or uuencoded mail. Then you'd have to deal with translation and downloading to the M100. Let me know what you want, and I'll get it on my PC in the mean time. Note: this is a 'native' implementation, and when it is running, you may freely overwrite anything in the M100, including (as most good forths allow) the kernel or M100 o.s. (if such a thing could be called an O.S.). -raybro My opinions are considered insignificant enough by my employer that they don't even take notice anymore...
boyd@hpavla.HP.COM (Bill Boyd) (08/25/89)
> I am looking for a small computer that runs Forth.... > Bob Slaughter > Haldane@UFPine <-- Bitnet > Haldane@Pine.circa.ufl.edu <-- Internet ---------- If you have access to CompuServe, there are several Forths for the Radio Shack/TRS-80/Tandy Model 100/102 in the TANDYLAP SIG. Just GO M100SIG, change to LIB 8 (I think!), and SCAN KEY:FORTH. I think all are implementations of FIG-Forth. Alternatively, maybe you can find an HP-71B with a Forth ROM (either the HP82441 FORTH/Assembler ROM or HP82490A HP-41 TRANSLATOR PAC). Unfortunately, you'll have to look for a used one; HP doesn't sell them any more. Bill Boyd (These are my words, not my employer's)
a342@mindlink.UUCP (John McKechnie) (08/27/89)
I would also suggest the TI-99/4A. It has 2 versions of FIG Forth available for it, and is much more powerful than the suggested machines. It's a 16 bit RISC microprocessor, and has a separate video processor. TI Forth is public domain, and source code is easily obtained, for those wanting to play with it. A complete /4A system can be had for as little as $300.00. Several manufacturers still make peripherals for it, including a hard/floppy disk controller. A faster more powerful 9900 based computer is the MYARC Geneve (aka 9640), a 12 Mhz 9995, with 700+K of memory, and an 80 column screen. Memory is expandable to 1.5 Meg, in the current version, with a 2 Meg version in design (a small error in current large scale gate chip prevents the last 500K from being accessed) All said, for a machine out of production for +5 years, the TI-99/4A is still alive and well!