15 Dec
2008
15 Dec
'08
2:32 a.m.
On Dec 13, 2008, at 9:50 AM, dwight elvey wrote:
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.
That machine sounds like a great deal of fun. It's a shame there
aren't more of them out there.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL