18 Mar
2002
18 Mar
'02
7:29 a.m.
Hi,
Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd(a)ccp.com> said:
Stan Barr wrote:
> Eric Dittman <dittman(a)dittman.net> said:
> > > My ZX81 has Forth ROM...I *hate* Basic ;-)
> >
> > Is this the ROM from the Jupiter Ace?
>
> No, it's Skywave Forth which was available as a replacement ROM
> from David(?) Husband in Bournemouth, England circa 1983.
>
> Fig-forth based with multi-tasking and multiple (text) windows were
> the main features.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
Really??? I hadn't played with mine because of the ersatz BASIC. Now
you got me interested again . . . .
I've just had a search for anything on D. Husband or Skywave, but all I
turned up was an old news item at:
http://www.sinclair.f9.co.uk/025/news.htm
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!