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

From: Stan Barr <stanb_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Mon Mar 18 15:29:27 2002

Hi,

Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com> said:

> Stan Barr wrote:
> > 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

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

I've just had a search for anything on D. Husband or Skywave, but all I
turned up was an old news item at:

http://www.sinclair.f9.co.uk/025/news.htm



-- 
Cheers,
Stan Barr  stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Received on Mon Mar 18 2002 - 15:29:27 GMT

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