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volksForth for Commodore C64, C16 and Plus4 re-release

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volksForth for Commodore C64, C16 and Plus4 is being re-released in Version 3.80.1 on http://volksForth.sf.net

volksFORTH is a 16bit Forth System produced by the german Forth Gesellschaft e.V. Major development of this system was done between 1985 until 1989. The volksFORTH Project was revived in 2005 with the goal to produce a manageable Forthsystem for computer systems with restricted system resources.

features:

* write once, run everywhere: volksForth 3.81 for Commodore 8bit
is sourcecode compatible with volksForth for Apple 1, Apple II, Atari XL,
PET, CP/M, Schneider CPC, MS-DOS, Atari Portfolio, Atari ST.
A program that is not using any machine specific features can be
compiled and executed on each volksForth System

* Complete: volksForth is a Forth 83 Standard Forth with many ANSI
Forth enhancements

* build in HEAP Memory Management

* 6502 Assembler, Forth code and Assembler code can be mixed

* Forth decompiler, can re-source Forth definitions

* 6502 Disassembler

* Tracer and Debugger: the tracer can execute Forthcode in Singlestop, can
automatic decompile and disassemble code and will monitor addresses and the stack

* cooperative Multitasker

* full Sourcecode with Targetcompiler. the Forth Kernal is written in
volksForth an can be recompiled on a C64, C16 or Plus4

* 200 Page Handbook (currently in german language, we work on the english version):
http://www.forth-ev.de/filemgmt/visit.php?lid=12

Some modern Forth Systems were influenced by or were derived from volksFORTH (GNU-Forth, bigForth).

The current Version of VolksForth is 3.81. Work on Version 3.90 has started.

At this time volksFORTH is available for this Systems:

volksFORTH MS-DOS (Intel x86 Architecture i8086-ia64)
volksFORTH 6502 (Commodore 64, Commodore Plus 4, Commodre C16, Atari XL/XE, Apple I)
volksFORTH Z80 (CP/M, Amstrad CPC)
volksFORTH 68000 (Atari ST)

VolksForth is in work for this Systems:

VolksForth MS-DOS (Atari Portfolio)
VolksForth 6502 (Apple II, Commodore PET)
VolksForth Z80 (Schneider CPC AMSDOS)
VolksForth 68000 (Mac Classic)

Copyright

The volksFORTH Sources are made available under the terms of the
BSD License - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
 
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