Re: [colorforth] Hello - and where to begin?

["John Comeau" <jc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jason, I just checked the colorForth links I'd saved at del.icio.us
and found they'd met the same fate you described. Ray St. Marie
hopefully has resurrected his site elsewhere, and will let us know.

Meanwhile I've collected a bunch of colorForth sources at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/colorforth/. Those at
http://colorforth.cvs.sourceforge.net/colorforth/colorforth/masm/ are
Chuck Moore's 2001 sources from colorforth.com. I remember I was once
trying to disassemble the 2005 binary into sources but don't think I
ever completed it. You're welcome to join the project if you wish.

My modifications to colorForth, which include using BIOS calls for
disk I/O, ought to work with  USB but I haven't yet tested; my time
has been reallocated to other projects lately.

If I can help with any specific information let me know -- jc

On Jan 18, 2008 4:54 AM, Jason Kemp <jason.kemp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have, at last, obtained an old laptop with a floppy drive that boots
> and saves colorForth.
>
> What is the state of colorForth now?  I know Mr Moore made it public
> domain so it's not centrally controlled, but as a newbie it's difficult
> to find who has achieved or produced what, and where this has been
> shared.  It seems that a lot of  Web pages are derelict or gone -- the
> colorforth-info@ faq links return 404/403, the mail list archives
> mention a wiki that is no more, as well as many other useful looking
> avenues that have since disappeared.  Also the downloads from
> colorforth.com via ultratechnology.com don't work (or does one need an
> account?) so I can't get my hands on that source code (I got color.com
> and put it on a dos floppy a while ago).
>
> Have I come to the party too late?  I do hope not!  It does feel as if
> I'm doing archaeology, though, in just trying to dig up the basics: not
> just colorForth but all Forth.  I've obtained some books but I had to
> get those second hand as they've not been published for a couple of
> decades!  I've spent some time delving into Pygmy but being tied to DOS
> and real mode is too restrictive.  I don't want an operating system in
> the way; I want direct access to the hardware.  Forth is delicious and
> colorForth might just be the ticket.
>
> I would be deeply grateful for any advice on where to start.  Where is
> the accumulated knowledge?
>
> Also has anyone got anywhere with USB?
>
> Regards,
> Jason Kemp
>
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