From: bible@iastate.edu (Anthony E Bible)
Subject: Re: Survey
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:06:57 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.152241.549@hhcs.gov.au> anderpe@hhcs.gov.au writes:
>-- 
>Hi, i have just gained access to this thread.  I have had a long but not
>involved association with Forth (IBM-PC and Commodore 64).  Since becomming a
>MACophile I have not seen any information about versions of Forth for the MAC
>(commercial or public domain).  Any information on available versions would be
>most welcome.
> 

Peter:

	There is a FAQ for the comp.lang.forth group which gets posted
regularly.  One of the questions concerns Forth for the Mac.  I have excerpted
it for you:

==============================================================================
,Q10:   Where can I find a Forth for the MAC?

ANSWER:
    From: CHERGR@lure.latrobe.edu.au
    Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
    Subject: Forth system for MacClassic
    Message-ID: <5163@lure.latrobe.edu.au>
    Date: 18 Mar 91 17:14:29 GMT
    Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University
    Lines: 24

    I can recommend Mach2 Forth for the Macintosh.
    Its strong points are:
    1. inexpensive.
    2. stable.
    3. compiles to machine code so its quick.
    4. straightforward access to the Mac toolbox.
    5. menu selected templates mean windows and
      menus etc. are easy to make for the beginner.
    6. standard syntax machine code assembler.
    7. the novice programmer does not have to worry
      about implementing the Mac event loop.

    Weak points are:
    1. a rudimentary built in text editor.
    2. the Mac event loop is handled by an IO task running
      under the multitasker. This makes extensions to
      the event loop conceptually difficult.
    3. development has ceased but it will be
      supported for later Mac System releases.

    This is available mail order from:
    MacTutor,1250 N. Lakeview, Suite O, Anaheim, California 92807
    call (714) 777 1255 for credit cards
    price $90.00

    Message-Id: <9104192113.AA03564@mitch.Eng.Sun.COM>
    To: dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us, ddi1!lrark!gars@uunet.uu.net
    Subject: Re: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (version 1.2)
    Date: 19 Apr 91 14:13:49 PDT (Fri)
    From: pitt!Eng.Sun.COM!Mitch.Bradley

    Forthmacs by Bradley Forthware is also available for the Macintosh.
    This is the same Forth that is the basis of Sun's Open Boot firmware.
    Macintosh Forthmacs costs $50 for working disk+manual, and $50 extra for
    source code.

    Forthmacs is available for the following machines:
    Atari ST, Macintosh (I and II), OS-9, Sun (680x0 and SPARC), NeXT.

    Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM

There are several PD/Shareware MAC Forth's available on the various
BBoard systems and on GEnie.  See the 'Forth On-line
Resource/Technical Help Letter' post for how to access those services.

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	The only other two Forth's for the Mac I am aware of are:

pocketForth --	I think this is a shareware version of Forth.  Other posters to
		this group are using it; perhaps they can suggest archives
		where you could obtain it.

MacForth --	A full featured Forth for the Macintosh from Creative Solutions
		which has been recommended by some people in the past.  This is
		the one I use, and I like it a lot, but it is fairly expensive
		( >> $100; I don't remember the exact price) if you are just 
		tinkering.  If you want more details write me at:

			bible@iastate.edu

Regards,
tony
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth.mac