15 Dec
2008
15 Dec
'08
6:36 p.m.
--- On Sun, 12/14/08, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
That machine sounds like a great deal of fun.
It's a
shame there aren't more of them out there.
There would be if some reverse engineered the asics. Or developed a generic Canon Cat
board. Maybe those roms (or the forth portion anyway) would work in any 68k system.
My IBM System 23/Datamaster has a built in FORTH interpreter. Haven't had time to
experiment. Anyone have experience w/that?
What benefits does having FORTH in rom have over BASIC? Or a ml monitor?