ZX81 BASIC (was Re: ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam)

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Mon Mar 18 14:56:59 2002

Stan Barr wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Eric Dittman <dittman_at_dittman.net> said:
> > > My ZX81 has Forth ROM...I *hate* Basic ;-)
> >
> > Is this the ROM from the Jupiter Ace?
>
> No, it's Skywave Forth which was available as a replacement ROM
> from David(?) Husband in Bournemouth, England circa 1983.
>
> Fig-forth based with multi-tasking and multiple (text) windows were
> the main features.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stan Barr stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
>
> The future was never like this!

Really??? I hadn't played with mine because of the ersatz BASIC. Now
you got me interested again . . . .

Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO
Received on Mon Mar 18 2002 - 14:56:59 GMT