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Subject: Help requested (Forth System move)
Message-ID: <397.UUL1.3#5129@willett.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 90 23:51:54 GMT
Organization: Latest link in the ForthNet chain.  (Pgh, PA)
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Category 18,  Topic 29
Message 4         Fri Feb 02, 1990
D.RUFFER [Dennis]            at 10:56 EST
 
Reply to: bills@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (Bill Saltzstein)

 > I am looking for a version of forth for the 80386 (protected mode)
 > which I want to get running on a stand-alone (read: without DOS)
 > system.

Bill, Forth, Inc. sells a 386 product that runs in the 386's flat- memory,
protected mode.  It does need DOS to boot and switches back to real mode
dynamically to use DOS services for I/O, but otherwise could be considered
stand alone.  I'm sure they could make one completely stand alone, but you'd
have to select exactly what I/O services you would want supported.  By using
DOS, you gain the advantage of using whatever I/O DOS will suppport and leave
it up to the manufacturers to write the drivers for you.  If you are really
ambitious, you could write the drivers yourself and convert Forth, Inc.'s 386
product to use them.

Give them a call.   DaR
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