D&C GLug - Home Page

[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] PCW magazine to close

 

Ray Smith wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>> James Wrote:
>>
>>> I was thinking more along the lines of machines that ran Forth as their
>>> native programming language (the Jupiter Ace?) and so on.
>> Wasn't there one called ORIC as well which did Forth?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dave.
> 
> No the oric was a machine that launched with a better keyboard than the 
> 48k spectrum, it had hard plastic keys, and a better sound chip.
> You could type Zap,Ping,Bang for sound effects.
> It really was most popular in France.
> 
> Again Forth was available as a tape option. Forth never really took off 
> I think because of RPN despite a big push when the Jupiter Ace came out.
> It was then that most versions for the home scene started appearing.
> 
> I preferred assembler on the speccy and dabbled a bit with it on the BBC 
> being heavily into the demo scene and hacking prestel.
> 
> Ray
> 
For those of you using (k)ubuntu there is a version of Forth available 
on the MOTU repository. Search for gforth.

Neil Winchurst

-- 
The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG
http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list
FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html