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From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Gordon Henderson
Sent: 12 June 2009 10:26
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Subject: Re: [LUG] PCW magazine to close
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, James Fidell wrote:
> Gordon Henderson wrote:
>
>> Yea, anything with a Z80 was weird, anything with a 6502 was wonderful :)
>
Hmm. I think that should be the other way round.
There were a few Forth systems for the Apple ][, one called Graforth which
did 3D wire animations. Don't recall any for the BBC though.
Forth was available for the BBC on disk and on a rom chip. You just plugged
it in. We had the speech rom ( I think featuring Kenneth Kendall the
newsreader) and a wordprocessor for instant action.
There was also a robotic arm for the beeb that was controlled with the forth
language.
Can't recall right now if that was used with the Z80 add on that linked with
some unit called the tube which cave if full z80 and cpm.
Ray
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