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From: currier@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Bob Currier - DCAC Network Comm. Specialist)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.lang.forth
Subject: ForthMacs
Keywords: forth
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Date: 2 Jan 89 21:45:16 GMT
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Has anyone had any problems with ForthMacs on the 1040ST?  I ftp'd
a copy from him1.umich.edu and have been playing with it.  It does not
like to live in my Rambaby ram drive, if I make it >128k.  If I have
<128k, it and Emacs runs ok... >512k, forth runs fine, but if you try to
*edit*, the system locks up. If you make it inbetween, I get bus errors
and the bombs... :-(  
 
Does anyone have any ideas?  I am new to the ST, so perhaps I am doing
something wrong. I have tried removing all desk accessories etc etc, but 
to no avail.  I like the forth implementation, but if it is going to crash
my box all the time, I don't think it is worth the $50 Mitch is asking for. 
I would love to send him the money and get the docs, but only if someone
out there can convince me that ForthMacs is worth it....
 
Otherwise, it goes into the blackhole with all the other interesting but
useless programs I have accumulated.  
 
Thanks in advance!

P.S.  What do you _GET_ in the docs?? Is it more than just the source
for the VDI and AES stuff??? Is it a Real Document, as in, how to use
or just a list of commands?


Bob Currier
currier@romeo.cs.duke.edu