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- This note was recieved with FF Forth 1/20/88:
- .
- Thank you for ordering FF. Here is the latest release of FF, it is
- still in BETA form, due to the documentation cleanup required. I am
- sending it to you now because I don't know when I will get the time
- to clean up the documentation. Robert L. Smith is still working on
- the Software Floating Point, and will not be done soon, so I felt no
- need to wait for it. This version is fairly stable and has a LOT of
- Memory available for programs and data. Distribute this if you wish,
- it is I think a substantial improvement over PF.
- .
- Tom Zimmer
- .
- P.S. I have included a copy of HF per your request, I do not use HF
- for anything myself, so development on it has not proceeded at the
- same pace as FF. You have been warned!
- .
- <end of Tom's note>
- .
- I (Fred) found 7 FF files on the two disks; to facilitate bbs
- distribution I have ARCed the 5 smaller files into 2 .ARC files
- so there are 4 .ARC files in the upload directory:
- .
- FFREADME.ARC 6K \ FF Forth intro file & release notes
- FFHLP.ARC 109K \ The FF Forth help files
- FF.ARC 231K \ The FF Forth system
- FFUTILS.ARC 55K \ FF Forth tools from Zimmer, Smith and Curley
- .
- The intro file refers to ( and PF included) a file that was not on the disks:
- MODROW.ARC (PF: 28K) \ Some tools from Jerry Modrow
- Until requested I won't upload HF Forth; I expect it to use blocks.
- A quick check showed that PC! is faulty (as in PF) suggesting that OUT
- assembles wrong. Again note that this is a *BETA* version.
- I expect NCFB bbs (below) to host discussions of FF... Enjoy!
- .
- Fred H. Olson (612) 588-9532 or North Coast Forth Board bbs: (612)483-6711
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