Canon Cat was: 68k homebuilts

Hi First I'd like to mention that the Canon Cat is an interseting 68K machine. With an assembler written in Forth for the 68K one could even use it to create their code for their home built 68K machine. Behind the Cat's editor is a nice Forth that give one complete access to the Cat's I/O and memory space. It has a bit mapped video as well. It would be a great machine to create code and debug. The ability to attach code words to the Forth makes it an easy way to run code in an environment that is one of the best for experimenting and debugging. One can use the editor to write the code and then assemble and debug using Forth as a debug monitor. A few of us have started a google group specifically for the Canon Cat. It can be found at: http://groups.google.com/group/canon-cat We are new ( a few weeks old ) and are looking for more members. We welcome talk on other related subjects. This includes the Swyft prototype, Apple II's SwyftCard and SwyftWare. Talk on Jef Raskin's concepts of Humane Interface are also welcome. You say, this is all fine but you don't have a Canon Cat and these machines are as rare as hen's teeth. It seems that one has just come up for auction. See: http://www.vintage.org/special/2008/accrc/ The suggested price is not giveaway but reasonable, considering that they have gone for as high as $1800 on ebay. Dwight _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail anywhere. No map, no compass. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_anywhe…