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Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> writes:

>
> I know when I read about FORTH, in 1980 or 81, I was thinking how nice
> it would have been to have that in ROM on home computers, a higher
> level language but also quite simple.  The monitor functions could be
> in FORTH, with a bit of machine language if needed, but you could also
> extend it via FORTH.  Instead, we got simple BASIC.
>

There was such a computer. It was called The Jupiter Ace. I never owned
one but I remember seeing it for sale.