Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!wiscvm.arpa!UMFORTH%WEIZMANN.BITNET From: UMFORTH%WEIZMANN.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA Newsgroups: net.lang.forth Subject: FIGIL mailing Message-ID: <8509181900.AA00445@UCB-VAX.ARPA> Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 07:25:00 EDT Article-I.D.: UCB-VAX.8509181900.AA00445 Posted: Wed Sep 18 07:25:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 04:22:56 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 52 Date: Mon, 16 Sep 85 08:43:51 PDT From: bmcg!asgb!benish!asgb!gollem!hageman@SDCSVAX.ARPA I have reciently gotten into FORTH via a CPM System called FORTH-83 written by Henry Laxen and Mike Perry which I got from the lakewood RCCPM in Colorado. This system comes with all of the source screens and is available in CPM80, CPM68, and MS-DOS versions. The system seems very well put togeather and features such things as a background mode for tasks, shadow screens for easy documentation of programs, and clear documentation on the existing sytem. I've been happily reading Brodie's book "Starting FORTH" and a book called "Mastering Forth" by Martin Tracy (This book is an update of "FORTH Tools"). I have found that both books, read in that order are, extremely helpfull. I have been using FORTH in my continuing studies of digital control of processes and of digital control techniques. I feel it is a superior language in these studies since it makes it so easy to quickly change any part of a program and continue on. It is fast and I don't have to wait for a compile/assembly/link operation to discover that my line of reasoning was again close but no banana. I do have a question about META processing. The FORTH-83 system comes with a META processor and complete assembler for each of the 8080, 68000 and the 8088 but I do not know how to use it to produce an executeable file. It would be neet to be able to produce a reduced size object of a control system once I have completed the development. Could you point me to a reasonable text on the subject? Thanks for starting and keeping up with this news letter and for any information you might be able to send in my direction. George Hageman ( .. bmcb!asgb!gollem!hageman ) Date: Tue, 17 Sep 85 09:53:04 PDT From: bmcg!asgb!benish!asgb!gollem!hageman@sdcsvax.arpa Hi, I just wanted to let you know that my questions regarding a difinitive text on the FORTH-83 META processor have been answered. I bought a book named "INSIDE F83" by C. H. Ting Phd. from Mountain View Press which answers all of the questions I had on the subject. I highly recommend this text. George Hageman ( ... bmcg!asgb!gollem!hageman ) Acknowledge-To: