Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!wasatch!thomson
From: thomson@wasatch.UUCP (Rich Thomson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: F83 for UNIX
Summary: PD FORTH kernel in Vax assembly language available
Keywords: F83 UNIX
Message-ID: <536@wasatch.UUCP>
Date: 11 Nov 88 19:57:53 GMT
References: <1822@garth.UUCP>
Reply-To: thomson@wasatch.utah.edu.UUCP (Rich Thomson)
Organization: Oasis Technologies
Lines: 34

In article <1822@garth.UUCP> tom@garth.UUCP (Tom Granvold) writes:
>[...] I need a Forth that runs under UNIX, System V.  I would prefer an
>implementation of F83.

I have a PD implementation of a FORTH kernel for vaxes only (it's written
in vax assembly).  If you'd like a copy, just send me some mail and I'll
mail you the source.

Here's the header from the source file:
#
# Vforth--a 32 bit forth system using subroutine threading for
#	increased speed.
#
#	By Andy Valencia, 1984
#
# Registers with fixed uses:
#	PC - Since we're using direct threading, this operates as the actual
#		execution vector for each instruction.
#	SP - Maintains the return stack
#	R11 - The operand stack
#	R10 - Next open byte in the dictionary--"HERE"
#	R9  - Index into current input line
#	R8  - Points to last entry in the dictionary chain
#
# Assemble and load with :
#	as -o forth.o forth.vax
#	ld -N -o forth forth.o

						-- Rich
-- 
Rich Thomson	thomson@cs.utah.edu  {bellcore,hplabs}!utah-cs!thomson
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