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- More plugs
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- I love programming in Forth! I've written a pair of Forth based
- applications that are available on the Internet and wanted to let you
- know a bit about them. Both were written in Pocket Forth (see Other
- Systems) and are freeware.
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- Fractal Lab Kit
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- ftp mac.archive.umich.edu in /mac/graphics/fractal
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- Fractal Lab Kit is a simple command based system for drawing a wide
- variety of fractal images via IFS (Iterated Function Systems). This is
- not a sealed application but makes use of the Forth interpreter and
- defines for you a suite of words that can be easily combined to draw
- fractal images. It includes documentation that will teach the basics
- of fractals, teach what IFS is and does, and provide all necessary
- information for using the program. It also includes a mouse driven
- shell to make working with fractals more convenient. Some dozen or so
- fractals are provided and the program will calculate new fractals. An
- update might be in the works which will make it easier to create new
- fractals and will enhance and expand the manual. A neat demo of what
- can be done with the program is included. If you use it and love it
- let me know! I wrote it for those who want to play around with
- fractal images and to give them the freedom to try their ideas.
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- MDP80 microcomputer simulator
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- ftp mac.archive.umich.edu in /mac/development/languages
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- MDP80 is a small microcomputer simulator running the mythical MDP-8008
- microprocessor (8-bit). It has 14k of RAM and a 2k monitor ROM running
- a monitor program that is written entirely in MDP-8008 assembly code,
- unlike MacQForth, where the monitor is really Mops code. This is a
- sealed application, i.e. you cannot reach the Forth interpreter. An
- MDP-8008 assembler is included (alas, written in Modula-2, not Forth :(
- as is the source code for the monitor program and a few other
- programs. I include extensive documentation on how to use the simulator
- and assembler. I re-wrote the assembler (still Modula-2) and never
- quite finished it but it was running twice as fast as the original so I
- might complete it someday and update the program. I've also toyed with
- implementing a _very_ small Forth in MDP-8008 and using it as a
- pedagogical tool for discussing program design.
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- If you try either of these programs and have questions please let me
- know! See the READ ME FIRST file for my email and snail mail addresses.
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