16 May
2011
16 May
'11
3:04 p.m.
On 5/13/11 1:48 PM, Mark Tapley wrote:
fig-FORTH? I'm pretty sure there was at least one
(buggy?) version for
PDP-11; I think maybe it ran on top of RSX-11M because I remember trying
to type it in on UTCSR's RSX-11M system. I would expect drivers might be
relatively easy to write in FORTH, but I don't know what other OS
services might pose a challenge.
If you want a really nice standalone FORTH for the PDP-11, there's
SOL-11 by Nils M. Holm. It's a bit different from standard FORTH, but
not terribly so. It is a pleasure to use; I like it very much.
I spoke with Nils about it maybe 3-4 years ago, and he is no longer
interested in maintaining it. It's interesting enough that I think it
should continue to be maintained, by someone else if necessary. In
particular, I'd love to see additional mass storage drivers written for
it, which I may tackle myself when life calms down a bit.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL