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One of the ZX Spectrum's contemporaries, the Jupiter Ace [1], had Forth built-in instead of BASIC. Sadly: > This difference, along with limited available softw
by tromp 3y ago
One of the ZX Spectrum's contemporaries, the Jupiter Ace [1], had Forth built-in instead of BASIC. Sadly:
> This difference, along with limited available software and poor character based graphic display, limited sales and the machine was not a success.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Ace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Ace
- 4ndrewl 3y agoJust came here to post the same!
- stuaxo 3y agoI wonder how it's Forth implementation compares to ZXForth.
- xkriva11 3y agoI can only compare it with Abersoft Forth on ZX Spectrum. While I admire the Forth implementation in Jupiter Ace a lot, it lacks a lot of basic words. Users can often find them implemented in the manual, but they are not immediately available. 8kB ROM is really on the edge of usability. Jupiter Ace Forth uses an unusual approach to code editing based on decompilation instead of screens, which is closer to how Basic worked. Abersoft Forth was much faster and had better graphics support. The modern Solo Forth is worth mentioning too: https://github.com/programandala-net/solo-forth?tab=readme-ov-file https://github.com/programandala-net/solo-forth?tab=readme-o...