Title: FORTHMACS Author: Mitch Bradley Version: 3.1 Title From: Documentation Author From: Documentation Version From: Documentation Supplier: Hanno Schwalm (support@4thware.winnet.de) Date: 26/02/96 Keywords: Programming languages ; Forth Shareware: Yes Machine: Archimedes Operating system: RISCOS Memory requirements: Peripherals needed: Other s/ware needed: Directory: micros/arch/riscos/c073 Date mounted/updated: 27/02/96 File names: docs.ziphtmldocs.zip serial.zip server.zip spread.zip tools1.zip workarc.zip workdisc.zip
Unarchived files: 246 Unarchived size: 2034 kbytes Omissions: See also: TILEFORTH (a111), AFORTH (a293)
Acquiring the package:
Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2 (see the "tools_help" file in micros/arch/riscos/tools for further info).
The workdisc.zip holds the complete environment, all other files are tools. You should include them as described in Forthmacs !Help file.
Description:
RiscOS Forthmacs 3.1 is a port of the long-existing workstation FORTH dialect Forthmacs. It has been widely used on Sparc, Sun-68k, Macintosh, Atari-ST., OS9 and other workstations for a number of years. It's exeptionally stable and has been the basis of the Open Boot architecture.
RiscOS Forthmacs is an optimized, direct threaded code port for ARM based computers and comes with the a complete software developing environment.
- html & ascii docs
- assembler (bi-endian, macros, extentable, structures)
- debuggers (highlevel, machine-code)
- disassembler, decompiler
- object-handling (multiple-code fields)
- local variables
- shelled applications with Forthmacs swapping in/out
- expect history
- command-completion
- SWI compiler interface
- runtime profiler
- rs-232 interface using SerialDev
- multitasking
- spreadsheet
- mail-server
etc.
Users are asked to register (40 Pds), they will get a printed 200p manual, complete online documentation & support.
The METAcompiler including all sources plus more tools for cross-platform developing is also available (40pds), additional assemblers will be given on request. This is ONLY available for registered users.
