OT: Vista users and wannabe's

[scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com (Eric S)]

Forth is still used to this day on very expensive equipment.  Sun still
has their OBP (Open Boot Prom) written in forth.

-- 
Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com

1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
1990 Fox Wagon 1.6 Heron Head 8v
1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)


julie@menloparkrandd.com said:
> Oh my god. Forth.
> I remember writing assembler code for an add on board for the apple.
> <shudder>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jean-Claude D?sinor [mailto:desinor@sympatico.ca]
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 05:51 PM
>>To: 'T Berk'
>>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: Re: OT: Vista users and wannabe's
>>
>> How about hacking your Sinclair ZX-80 to have 2k of ram rather than 1?
>> Forth screens were processed faster in that 1 MHz machine than on an
>>4.77 MHz IBM PC ...
>>
>> Jean-Claude
>> 84 8v
>>
>>T Berk wrote:
>>> --- Mtl-Marc <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>>>> De : Allyn [mailto:amalventano1@tds.net]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll stick with OSX, thank you ;)
>>>>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> I grew up with PCs starting back to 8088 running at
>>>> 4.77MHz...
>>>>
>>>> I installed Win XP 64 bits edition, and I love it
>>>>
>>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>
>>> Heh heh. Upgrade that 8088 with a V-20 my friend!
>>> Anybody remember doing soldering iron fixes to Apple
>>> II motherboards?
>>>
>>> Or getting an order to populate an IBM PC's 16k
>>> motherboard to full max of 64k, or an XT to 256k
>>> (here's a tube of chips, get crack'n!..."?
>>>
>>> Add an AST Multifunction I/O board and you got not
>>> only another 384 'kay' of RAM but a parallel port, a
>>> serial port (with room for a second if you plugged the
>>> extra chips in!), and a bunch of goodies including
>>> <gasp!> a BATTERY backup for the system's clock!
>>> <pant>, <pant>
>>>
>>> Oh, I am spent....
>>>
>>>
>>> TBerk
>>> that phrase about forgetting more than the youngsters
>>> will ever learn is starting to kick in...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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