Re: Apple II languages in 1978?

[Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, David Schmenk wrote:

> On Mar 10, 1:17 pm, Toinet <antoine.vig...@laposte.net> wrote:
> > Hi There,
> > I'm a little bit disappointed (kidding) that nobody checked the
> > Contact'78 newsletter @http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/apple/k7_apple_software...
> > See page #26 of the directory (or 3rd scanned page)
> >
> > antoine
>
> The Programma Apple FORTH would be very interesting as I believe that
> precedes the 6502 figForth implementation.  According to this file:
> http://www.textfiles.com/apple/aht.17.v1.0
> The Programma FORTH and the Information Unlimited (Cap'n Crunch) FORTH
> were available at the end of the '70s.  I have the manual for Ver. 1.7
> of the Information Unlimited FORTH and it was based off figForth, with
> a copyright date of 1980.
For a long time, Byte would dedicate most of an issue, something like July 
or August, to a specific programming language.  Details of the language, 
but also reviews of commercial products.  I can't remember which year the
FORTH issue was, but anyone with easy access might look it up.  It might
help to define what was out there.  I know I'd never heard of FORTH until
that issue.

    Michael