andrewb@wpi.wpi.edu (Andrew J Bastien) (04/03/89)
Does anyone out there know where I can get an MS-DOS Forth-83 system? I would prefer a freeware or shareware type, but a relatively cheap commercial program would be ok. Thanks. I'm currently using MS-DOS Fig-Forth 1.0, but it has some bugs, and doesn't support Dos past about 1.5. AndrewB.
RAYBRO%UTRC@utrcgw.utc.COM ("William R Brohinsky", ay) (04/04/89)
AndrewB-
The latest version of FORTH in the public domain is called F-PC. I find it
much preferable to the F83 implementation by Laxen & Perry (which is still
a VERY good implementation) because it is optimized for a MSDOS 2.1 or higher
operating system, and includes many documentation and self documentation
features that the original F83 did not have. F-PC is also optimized for
"sequential" files rather than block files, which means that you can use any
programmer's editor to make source files. This implementation also includes
an internal screen-oriented sequential file editor, and a turnkey version
called "Z". F-PC is implemented by Tom Zimmer.
The entire implementation de-arcs to about 2.75-3 Mbytes. You can get it
through the net if you have a) a de-archiving program, and b) a UUdecoding
program. The files are on SIMTEL20 (I access it through the address:
LISTSERV@RPICICGE.BITNET
you will have to check with your local net gurus for any additional addressing
mantras). The files are titled FPC225-x.ARC (where x=1..5) and FPC-ADD1.arc.
Send the one line message to the listserver "help" and it will send you
directions.
raybro