Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!utrcgw.utc.COM!RAYBRO%UTRC From: RAYBRO%UTRC@utrcgw.utc.COM ("William R Brohinsky", ay) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: RE: finding Forth-83 Message-ID: <8904051915.AA05382@jade.berkeley.edu> Date: 4 Apr 89 11:51:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Forth Interest Group International List Organization: The Internet Lines: 23 AndrewB- The latest version of FORTH in the public domain is called F-PC. I find it much preferable to the F83 implementation by Laxen & Perry (which is still a VERY good implementation) because it is optimized for a MSDOS 2.1 or higher operating system, and includes many documentation and self documentation features that the original F83 did not have. F-PC is also optimized for "sequential" files rather than block files, which means that you can use any programmer's editor to make source files. This implementation also includes an internal screen-oriented sequential file editor, and a turnkey version called "Z". F-PC is implemented by Tom Zimmer. The entire implementation de-arcs to about 2.75-3 Mbytes. You can get it through the net if you have a) a de-archiving program, and b) a UUdecoding program. The files are on SIMTEL20 (I access it through the address: LISTSERV@RPICICGE.BITNET you will have to check with your local net gurus for any additional addressing mantras). The files are titled FPC225-x.ARC (where x=1..5) and FPC-ADD1.arc. Send the one line message to the listserver "help" and it will send you directions. raybro