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Message 45        Wed Sep 19, 1990
D.RUFFER [Dennis]            at 21:37 EDT
 
Re: JEFFERY WOOD

 > What was the name of the FORTH he was using to teach in his book?
 > Where do I get it and what systems is it available for.

Actually, the first edition of "Starting Forth" was written under contract to
FORTH, Inc. and covers polyFORTH fairly well (which is close to Forth-79 I
guess).  In the second edition, Leo added more stuff on Forth 83 standard
systems and cleaned up some of the later chapters.  Unfortunately, I don't
know of anything better than a '79 std. system for the VIC, but both Apple and
IBM have '83 std. systems here in the Libraries.

As for figuring out what the Library files do, on GEnie we have long
descriptions that give more information, but the PC Board systems only have a
short description.  I don't think we have a concise review of all of them
around, so pick a couple and start with them.

DaR
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