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From: stevens@hsi.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lang.forth
Subject: Forth for PDP/VAX
Message-ID: <130@hsi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Dec-83 07:29:47 EST
Article-I.D.: hsi.130
Posted: Fri Dec  9 07:29:47 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 11-Dec-83 04:40:06 EST
Organization: Health Systems Intl.  New Haven,CT
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Yes, Kitt Peak National Observatory does distribute a public
domain Forth system.  You have your choice of PDP-11 or VAX-11.
The PDP-11 runs under UNIX (V7), RSX-11M or stand-alone.
The VAX runs under VMS or Berkeley UNIX.
Yes, the VAX version was originally written under VMS and then
ported to UNIX (unfortunately I had a VMS VAX before a UNIX VAX -
had the hardware been in the other order, I probably would have
done things differently).  Both the PDP and VAX versions are written
in DEC Macro.  A combination of editor scripts and lex programs
convert it to UNIX assembler.  The systems are very fast.

The version is NOT FIG-Forth and NOT Forth-79 but far better
(of course, :-) ).  They include complete floating point and built in
file systems.  An 80-page manual is available too.

Contact:	... ! ihnp4 ! kpno ! compsup
	       ... ! decvax ! kpno ! compsup
(the Computer Support Group at Kitt Peak) for distribution details.

	Richard Stevens
	Health Systems International, New Haven, CT
	{ decvax | hao | seismo | sdcsvax } ! kpno ! hsi ! stevens
                                             ihnp4 ! hsi ! stevens