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- READ.ME
-
- The first thing to remember is DON'T PANIC !!
-
- Once you have expanded the files on this disk, you will likely be
- a bit overloaded. Don't Panic, you don't have to consume all of this at
- once, examine it a little at a time.
-
-
- REMEMBER!
-
- Exploration is the Method.
-
- HELP, VIEW and SEE are the Keys!
-
-
- Start here, and follow the bouncing ball:
-
- This is disk #1 of a two disk set, it contains;
-
- READ.ME \ this file
- PKXARC.COM \ a de-archive utility
- FF.ARC \ the FF Forth system
- FFHLP.ARC \ The FF help files
-
- Additional archive files are located on disk #2.
-
- ZIMMER.ARC \ some tools from Tom Zimmer and others
- SMITH.ARC \ Some tools from Bob Smith
- CURLEY.ARC \ Some tools from Charles Curley
- MODROW.ARC \ Some tools from Jerry Modrow
-
- The first thing we need to do is try and fill up your hard disk. FF
- will need about a megabyte of hard disk space. If you don't have that
- much available, you might think of doing some house cleaning first.
-
- Create a directory on your hard disk, called \FF, and copy all of
- the files from this disk into that directory. This sequence will do
- that:
- C: <enter> or D: if your hard disk is D:
- CD \ <enter>
- MD \FF <enter>
- CD \FF <enter>
-
- Place this disk in Drive A:.
-
- COPY A:*.* \FF <enter>
-
- When the copy is finished, put disk #2 in Drive A:.
-
- COPY A:*.* \FF <enter>
-
- Now expand the archive files:
-
- PKXARC * <enter>
-
- This will result in a large number of files being added to your
- hard disk, consuming about 1 and 1/4 megabyte including the archive
- files.
-
- Now that you have expanded FF onto your hard disk, you need to
- install PF for your computer. This is done easily as follows:
-
- INSTALL <enter>
-
- A new FF.EXE will be created.
-
- This is the primary file of interest FF.EXE. FF is the Full direct
- threaded Forth. You can start up that Forth by typing its name:
-
- FF <enter>
-
- You should now be running the FF Forth system. If that makes you
- uncomfortable, you can type BYE to leave.
-
- Lets start off by printing some documentation. There are several .TXT
- documentation files on the disk, so lets print them. Set up your
- printer with at least 75 sheets of paper, and type the following:
-
- FPRINT *.TXT *.HLP <enter> \ print all txt & hlp files
-
- FF will print all of the text and help files in the current
- directory. Among these is a file called FF.TXT, it will give you an
- overview, and some examples of the special words in FF, and how they
- are used. The first chapter of FF includes a small tutorial, you
- might want to walk through.
-
- Other text files provide additional information on specific topics.
-
- I hope you like this system, it was developed from F83 version 2.1.0,
- by Laxen and Perry. Various enhancements were completed by Tom Zimmer,
- Robert L. Smith, and Charles Curley, with Alpha site support from Jerry
- Modrow.
-
- This system is completely in the public domain.
-
- Send comments ect. to: Tom Zimmer
- 292 Falcato Dr.
- Milpitas, Ca. 95035
- Hm. 408/263-8859
- Wk. 408/432-4643
-
- As you might have guessed this is an unsupported system. However if
- you want the latest version, contact me at the above address or phone.
- I will send you an update for the paultry sum of $25.00 as long as you
- include a formatted disk in a mailer.
-