8-bit FORTH

From: Charles A Davis <cad_at_gamewood.net>
Date: Thu Nov 12 10:15:43 1998

cswiger wrote:
>
> Ok, the customized 4K Altair BASIC lives as a 3 minute track on
> an audio CD (still trying to make a backup of the original cassette
> format to go with the short boot loader - that's trickier), and
> working on getting an 8K Altair BASIC on fresh media (need that
> to run a REAL Startrek).
>
> Another project in the tapes is an 'OS' based on a Byte book called
> 'Threaded Interpretive Languages' - just curious what opionions
> are out there about FORTH as an 8-bit os. It seemed like just
> the right balance of control - not as terse as assembly, and
> not as handcuff'd as BASIC.
>
> What other 8-bit languages/os's were there? What ever happened to
> APL? Is there a Tiny-C available somewhere?
>
> Chuck
> cswiger_at_widomaker.com
Hi Chuck:

For information on FORTH --- check out the information available
through the Forth interest Group (FIG) _at_ http://www.forth.org/fig.html

Chuck

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