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From: XRBEO@VPFVM.BITNET (Bruce O'Neel)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: forths for the c64
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Date: 2 May 88 23:06:10 GMT
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Here is my knowledge and opinions on the forths on the c64 sold in the U.S.

1.  The HES forth rom cartrige.  A fig forth which used either cassette or
disk.  It was slow and had a few bugs (I think) but it was in rom.  It was
not possible to build auto starting programs.  I started in forth on this
one.

2.  Forth from Performance Micro Products, 770 Dedham Street-s2, Canton, MA,
02021.  Two versions.  Version A seemed to be a fig forth, version B was
forth 79.  I haven't used this and I don't think they are in business anymore.

3.  Super forth 64 from Parsec.  Now sold by MVP, of MVP-forth fame.  This is
basically a version of MVP forth on the c64.  I've used it quite often and
while it is quite full featured, it is quite slow on the i/o.  It has many
nice extensions and no bugs which I stumbled over.  This is disk based
and it will produce romable autostart programs (if you have the prom
programmer.)

because of its speed.

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