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!FORTH/User
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Zipped Apps » FORTH |
| Filename: | !FORTH/User |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0513 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
The file will become the user guide to the FORTH system. For the time being just some notes so that you can use it more easily. !FORTH is a normal aplication and can be double clicked to start as usual. !FORTH will install itself on the Iconbar, when on the Iconbar it is fully active, i.e. it will execute programs dragged onto it. Clicking on the !FORTH icon on the Iconbar will open the main (at present only) !FORTH window. !FORTH is a character based program, it emulates a 80 by 25 screen. This window can be resized and moved as normal, other windows can be moved on top of it, screen output behaving properly. (i.e. not overwriting the top window, but see the Bug list). The !FORTH system emulates some of the VDU commands, specifically, those affecting the printer, and clearing the screen. !FORTH has only been tested in the following modes: 12, 15, 16. It is usable with a monochrone monitor, and works best in mode 16 (of those I have tested). !FORTH can be multi-tasked, this can be shown by running Prog2 in one !FORTH window while other windows run !CLOCK, !USAGE, etc. Two or more !FORTH tasks can be run at the same time duble click on the !FORTH icon again to get two or more !FORTH icons on the iconbar. Then open the forth windows and run the Prog2 in them.
00000000 54 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 |The file will be| 00000010 63 6f 6d 65 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 67 75 |come the user gu| 00000020 69 64 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 46 4f 52 54 48 |ide to the FORTH| 00000030 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 46 6f 72 | system... For| 00000040 20 74 68 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 | the time being | 00000050 6a 75 73 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6e 6f 74 65 73 20 |just some notes | 00000060 73 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 |so that you can | 00000070 75 73 65 20 69 74 20 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 65 61 73 |use it more eas| 00000080 69 6c 79 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 21 46 4f 52 54 48 20 |ily... !FORTH | 00000090 69 73 20 61 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 20 61 70 6c 69 |is a normal apli| 000000a0 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 63 61 6e 20 62 |cation and can b| 000000b0 65 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 65 64 |e double clicked| 000000c0 20 74 6f 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 61 73 20 75 73 75 | to start as usu| 000000d0 61 6c 2e 20 21 46 4f 52 54 48 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |al. !FORTH will | 000000e0 69 6e 73 74 61 6c 6c 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 6f |install itself o| 000000f0 6e 20 74 68 65 20 49 63 6f 6e 62 61 72 2c 20 77 |n the Iconbar, w| 00000100 68 65 6e 20 6f 6e 0a 74 68 65 20 49 63 6f 6e 62 |hen on.the Iconb| 00000110 61 72 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 66 75 6c 6c 79 20 61 |ar it is fully a| 00000120 63 74 69 76 65 2c 20 69 2e 65 2e 20 69 74 20 77 |ctive, i.e. it w| 00000130 69 6c 6c 20 65 78 65 63 75 74 65 20 70 72 6f 67 |ill execute prog| 00000140 72 61 6d 73 20 64 72 61 67 67 65 64 20 6f 6e 74 |rams dragged ont| 00000150 6f 20 69 74 2e 20 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f |o it. Clicking o| 00000160 6e 20 74 68 65 20 21 46 4f 52 54 48 20 69 63 6f |n the !FORTH ico| 00000170 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 49 63 6f 6e 62 61 72 |n on the Iconbar| 00000180 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d | will open the m| 00000190 61 69 6e 20 28 61 74 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 20 |ain (at present | 000001a0 6f 6e 6c 79 29 20 21 46 4f 52 54 48 20 77 69 6e |only) !FORTH win| 000001b0 64 6f 77 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 21 46 4f 52 54 48 20 |dow... !FORTH | 000001c0 69 73 20 61 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 20 62 |is a character b| 000001d0 61 73 65 64 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2c 20 69 74 |ased program, it| 000001e0 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 65 73 20 61 20 38 30 20 62 | emulates a 80 b| 000001f0 79 20 32 35 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2e 20 54 68 69 |y 25 screen. Thi| 00000200 73 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 |s window can be | 00000210 72 65 73 69 7a 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 6f 76 65 |resized and move| 00000220 64 20 61 73 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 2c 20 6f 74 68 |d as normal, oth| 00000230 65 72 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 |er windows can b| 00000240 65 20 6d 6f 76 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 6f 70 20 6f |e moved on top o| 00000250 66 20 69 74 2c 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 6f 75 74 |f it, screen out| 00000260 70 75 74 20 62 65 68 61 76 69 6e 67 20 70 72 6f |put behaving pro| 00000270 70 65 72 6c 79 2e 20 28 69 2e 65 2e 20 6e 6f 74 |perly. (i.e. not| 00000280 20 6f 76 65 72 77 72 69 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 | overwriting the| 00000290 20 74 6f 70 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2c 20 62 75 74 | top window, but| 000002a0 20 73 65 65 20 74 68 65 20 42 75 67 20 6c 69 73 | see the Bug lis| 000002b0 74 29 2e 20 54 68 65 20 21 46 4f 52 54 48 20 73 |t). The !FORTH s| 000002c0 79 73 74 65 6d 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 65 73 20 73 |ystem emulates s| 000002d0 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 56 44 55 20 63 |ome of the VDU c| 000002e0 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 2c 20 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 |ommands, specifi| 000002f0 63 61 6c 6c 79 2c 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 61 66 66 |cally, those aff| 00000300 65 63 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 |ecting the print| 00000310 65 72 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6c 65 61 72 69 6e 67 |er, and clearing| 00000320 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2e 0a 0a 20 20 | the screen... | 00000330 20 21 46 4f 52 54 48 20 68 61 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 | !FORTH has only| 00000340 20 62 65 65 6e 20 74 65 73 74 65 64 20 69 6e 20 | been tested in | 00000350 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 6d 6f |the following mo| 00000360 64 65 73 3a 20 31 32 2c 20 31 35 2c 20 31 36 2e |des: 12, 15, 16.| 00000370 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 75 73 61 62 6c 65 20 77 69 | It is usable wi| 00000380 74 68 20 61 20 6d 6f 6e 6f 63 68 72 6f 6e 65 20 |th a monochrone | 00000390 6d 6f 6e 69 74 6f 72 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 77 6f 72 |monitor, and wor| 000003a0 6b 73 20 62 65 73 74 20 69 6e 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 |ks best in mode | 000003b0 31 36 20 28 6f 66 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 49 20 68 |16 (of those I h| 000003c0 61 76 65 20 74 65 73 74 65 64 29 2e 20 0a 0a 20 |ave tested). .. | 000003d0 20 20 21 46 4f 52 54 48 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 | !FORTH can be | 000003e0 6d 75 6c 74 69 2d 74 61 73 6b 65 64 2c 20 74 68 |multi-tasked, th| 000003f0 69 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 73 68 6f 77 6e 20 |is can be shown | 00000400 62 79 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 50 72 6f 67 32 |by running Prog2| 00000410 20 69 6e 20 6f 6e 65 20 21 46 4f 52 54 48 20 77 | in one !FORTH w| 00000420 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 6f 74 68 65 |indow while othe| 00000430 72 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 72 75 6e 20 21 43 |r windows run !C| 00000440 4c 4f 43 4b 2c 20 21 55 53 41 47 45 2c 20 65 74 |LOCK, !USAGE, et| 00000450 63 2e 20 54 77 6f 20 6f 72 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 21 |c. Two or more !| 00000460 46 4f 52 54 48 20 74 61 73 6b 73 20 63 61 6e 20 |FORTH tasks can | 00000470 62 65 20 72 75 6e 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 |be run at the sa| 00000480 6d 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 64 75 62 6c 65 20 63 6c |me time duble cl| 00000490 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 21 46 4f 52 54 |ick on the !FORT| 000004a0 48 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 61 67 61 69 6e 20 74 6f 20 |H icon again to | 000004b0 67 65 74 20 74 77 6f 20 6f 72 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 |get two or more | 000004c0 21 46 4f 52 54 48 20 69 63 6f 6e 73 20 6f 6e 20 |!FORTH icons on | 000004d0 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 62 61 72 2e 20 54 68 65 |the iconbar. The| 000004e0 6e 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 74 68 |n open the forth| 000004f0 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 61 6e 64 20 72 75 6e | windows and run| 00000500 20 74 68 65 20 50 72 6f 67 32 20 69 6e 20 74 68 | the Prog2 in th| 00000510 65 6d 2e |em.| 00000513
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