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Subject: Locating a Public Domain Forth
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Date: 20 Jul 90 02:33:20 GMT
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Category 18,  Topic 62
Message 22        Wed Jul 18, 1990
W.FEDERICI [W.FEDERICI]      at 20:08 PDT
 
  If Laxen & Perry F83 suits your needs, I can give you copies of my own
"translations" for Atari ST.  The 16-bit version is virtually identical in
detail to the MS-DOS version of F83, and is position- independent. The 32-bit
version is fixed-position (nonrelocatable) but can be quickly metacompiled to
any location.  (If anyone is interested, I also have a ROMable 32-bit kernel
and versions of the 68000 metacompiler which run on IBM clone hosts to produce
68000 target systems.)
 .
  Neither version has any extensions to take advantage of the GEM operating
system -- I only use the Atari as an occasional host system for
generating/testing software for 68000-based control systems.  Although the F83
model may seem rather unsophisticated compared to more recent software, it is
highly serviceable.  I have found it extremely useful for developing
diagnostic tools, user interfaces, debugging routines, supervisory programs,
etc.  Having the complete source code and metacompiler means I can generate a
new version to accomodate a different ROM monitor or hardware configuration in
a few  hours. (Ignore all those silly rumblings from people who claim that
metacompiling is dauntingly difficult!)
 .
  Wilson

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