Re: a Forth disk and Captain Crunch

[bieling@terra.es (Jorge ChB)]

Charlie Springer <RAM@regnirps.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 06:09:19 -0700, Jorge ChB wrote
> (in article <1hgimxx.vxbv7z1feav0eN%bieling@terra.es>):
> 
> > I bought him his "Forth System" in June '79, so it's development surely
> > must have started sometime in 1978...
> > Also note not any mention to Forth '79: Isn't it that the term "Forth
> > 79" was coined later in the fall of 1980 ?
> 
> We didn't call it 79 but it was close to what eventually was agreed upon by
> the Standards Team (not associated with FIG). Also, IIRC, it was fairly
> simple to take Ragesdale's FIG Forth and turn it into '79. I used FIG on OSI
> and Rockwell AIM-65 based systems for a long time before '79 was "official."

Given FIG Forth's distribution policies, wouldn't it have been perfectly
OK to sell a "Forth System" based on it ? 

(FIG FORTH RELEASE 1 DOCUMENTATION, **MAY 1979**)

"DISTRIBUTION:

All publications of the Forth Interest Group are public domain. They may
be further reproduced and distributed by inclusion of this credit
notice: This publication has been made available by the Forth Interest
Group, P. O. Box 1105,  San Carlos, Ca 94070

We intend that our primary recipients of the Implementation Project be
computer users groups, libraries, and commercial vendors. We expect that
each will further customize for particular computers and redistribute.
No restrictions are placed on Cost, but we expect faithfulness to the
model. FIG does not intend to distribute machine readable versions, as
that entails customization, revision, and customer support better
reserved for commercial vendors.

Of course, another broad group of recipients of the work is the
community of personal computer users. We hope that our publications will
aid in the use of Forth and increase the user expectation of the
performance of high level computer languages."

...

"DOCUMENTATION SUMMARY

The following manuals are in print: 

-Caltech FORTH Manual, an advanced manual with internal details of
Forth. Has Some implementation peculiarities. Approx. $6.50 from the
Caltech Book Store, Pasadena, CA.
-Kitt Peak Forth Primer, 520.00 postpaid from the Forth Interest Group,
P. O. Box 1105, San Carlos, CA 94070.
-microFORTH Primer, $15.00 Forth, Inc. 815 Manhattan Ave. Manhattan
Beach, CA 90266
-Forth Dimensions, newsletter of the Forth Interest Group, $5.00 for 6
issues including membership. F-I-G. P.O. Box 1105, San Carlos, CA.
94070"

-- 
Jorge Chamorro Bieling