PSIMON%PPC.MFENET@NMFECC.ARPA.UUCP (02/07/87)
A while ago (about 10 weeks ago) I promised to post a review to this net concerning MACH 2 FORTH, a forth development system for the Atari ST, produced by Palo Alto Shipping Co.. Well, events have sort of made my task fairly easy: PASC has stopped supporting their GEM forth product. The one person who was their support man for GEM on the ST simply left. Too bad, because the product was (is) very good. Actually, the language system is excellent, including complete hooks into the OS. The editor, however, is very poor. From what the guy said over the phone, PASC is planning on introducing a Forth system bundled to OS9 (by Microware, I believe) for the ST. I have no doubt that the quality of the software will be high. However, the price will also be high, especially after adding in the price of OS9. And I cannot help wondering just how long it will be supported. PASC appears to be quite understaffed (overextended?). Sigh! I guess I will have to buy one of those expensive C compilers sometime soon. -- Patrick Simon 2-7-87 PSIMON%PPC.MFENET@NMFECC.ARPA disclaimer: I am associated with none of the corporations mentioned above, except that I was once a customer of Palo Alto Shipping Co.
870646c@aucs.UUCP (barry comer) (02/01/88)
Has anyone got a legal copy of Mach 2 Forth that they would be willing to sell to a starving univ. student? I need this for some work at school, so if anyone has a legal copy of this product, and would be willing to sell it, could you please reply to this msg., or for even faster results call me at the following: 1-(902)-542-2312. I really need this product so if you are not using it, please sell it to me! later Barry