On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Hans Franke wrote:
> > Here's an early reference, from the comments of the source code
> > to FIG-FORTH 1.1 dated 17-September-1979, one year after I met
> > him on exit from Harrisville:
>
> > ; APPLE FORTH BY CapN' SOFTWARE $40.00
> > ; EASYWRITER (word processor for APPLE
> > ; by CapN' SOFTWARE) $100.00
>
> > So it appears it was an Apple II package before it was an IBM package.
>
> Of course it was - I always thought we are talking
> about the Apple Version. The IBM port was later on
> developed. As a fun fact he told me that they used
> an 8086 S100 system from Seattle Computer Products
> for development, since they didn't get any hardware
> info from IBM, except that the CPU is an Intel 8086.
The funniest thing is opening up an IBM manual and seeing the name of John
Draper inside.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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