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Re: QForth, anyone?
To: rtk
> Is anyone out there using QForth for anything?
> I'm asking because I haven't updated the QForth site in years and I'm
> wondering if it would be worth it. I have a new set of serial words
> for the IIgs which I'm using for my own work but would put them up if
> I thought someone might make use of them. Heck, I'll even clean them
> up and expand them to handle both ports, up to 57600 baud.
> I'm thinking that this would make the IIgs a handy platform for
> working with microcontrollers and robots. I've been using it to talk
> to DC motor controllers and bill acceptors, but any serial device
> would work.
> Oh, the QForth site is here:
> http://www.geocities.com/oneelkruns/qforth.html
> Ron
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I am in the process of learning Forth and would be interested in anything you
have to offer in that regard. Personally, I prefer to learn such things on my
II systems. I feel more comfortable with them. Besides, there are so many
programmers for main stream computers that any contribution I made would be of
little consequence.
FWIW, there is at least 2 Forth environments for the GS.
One is gs16forth aka gs.forth.complete. A GS/OS desktop application. According
to a posting in CSA2 on 22-may-1992 by Rich Anthony, this software was
re-classified as public domain by it's author Warren Stone.
The other is ravenforth. Author claims it is faster than gs16forth. I have yet
to validate this statement. It seems to be an interesting system which uses a
CDA for text code entry.
Cheers,
Mike T
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