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From: dwpst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Douglas W Philips)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Finding a Forth for the 8051/8031
Message-ID: <85395@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 30 Jan 91 15:54:46 GMT
References: <2264.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us> <912@ehviea.ine.philips.nl>
Reply-To: dwpst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Douglas W Philips)
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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In article <912@ehviea.ine.philips.nl> avbalen@ehviea.UUCP (A.G.M. van Balen) writes:
>Can someone put this FORTH on SIMTEL20 or similar server ?
>
>Auke

Since I have gotten many questions about this I thought I'd just post
for all to see at once.  SIMTEL20 is dedicated primarily to storing
files and programs for MSDOS machines (i.e. PC's).  Storing files for
other architectures is not within their charter.

If you have been reading this group for very long you know that I
(dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us or uunet!willett!dwp) provide email access to
whatever files people choose to post about (the majority come from the
FIG library located in the FORTH RTC on GEnie).  This is not an ideal
solution since it consumes more net resources than anonymous FTP does.
If anyone knows of a site willing to donate about 30-40 Meg for the
storage of Forth files (the approximate current size of the FIG
library), I would be very interested to hear of it.  I would certainly
be willing to handle the day-to-day business of storing the files and
keeping them up to date, etc.  (This is not to say that the email service
would be discontinued.  It is the only means that some people have to
get these files.)

-Doug