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From: cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Jib Ray */+ Stackworks FORTH systems?
Summary: Jib Ray ( Real Name! ) CP/M & PC Versions used by me
	 Good Stuff - Marketing by ?@#$!! Associates ( memory failure! )
Message-ID: <1990Oct5.131111.6005@cbnewse.att.com>
Date: 5 Oct 90 13:11:11 GMT
References: <15490.270b7a4e@levels.sait.edu.au>
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In article <15490.270b7a4e@levels.sait.edu.au>, etrmg@levels.sait.edu.au writes:
> Hey!
> 
> Can anyone remember two products from the past . . .
> 
> Jib Ray FORTH   And/or   Stack Works FORTH 

Jib Ray FORTH started out as a z-80 FIG-FORTH. It was extended
to be ROM-able and support Muti-tasking & Host FORTH based up/down loader/
Terminal Debugger. 

Clean implementation of all this functionality and save ROM image to
disk file attributes made this a pleasure to work with.


I personally supervised a Team that created a 8 task 48k ROM
Z-80 System back in 1983. This thing ran a DMA, prescaler HW counter bank,
48 pin i/o platform sensor/controller and a second "live" serial
Field Debugger Port.

I Taught one SW & one HW engineer to code and test for me and
produced product in record time/cost. Became Engineering Manager
in the Process.

By 1984-5 we bought the PC version and experienced transparent host shift.

Great product, $500-1000 Range but anyone could have made it.
I just wanted to help the pioneer and save time.

Clyde