Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Paul E. Bennett" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Olympic Spririt for Forth Followup-To: comp.lang.forth Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:46:11 +0100 Organization: Hidecs Consultancy Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: individual.net 0WaD1Uln5ln1gFtoOXm9+gy2bJYqG5nu4lq6bqMrBE1ZBaowOl7m2BWhSRM+TA/+E2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:MzcmLGzeKCHH7Sh/90KaA1Y1ANU= Mail-Copies-To: Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk User-Agent: KNode/0.99.01 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:16149 rickman wrote: > On 10/9/2012 5:30 PM, visualforth@rocketmail.com wrote: >> >> Thanks Paul! >> Three weeks and 78 posts - 25 more than for "The Secret of a Successful >> Programming Language" - sure a theme which is of interest. >> >> It's a pity that the Forth path may get lost in bloating. >> I am missing an offer where to buy this ultimately easygoing low priced >> Forth board. >> >> Believe me, kids will understand Forth. > > What Forth board are you referring to? There are dozens of > microprocessor boards available at prices anywhere from $4.30 upward. > What about those boards make them inappropriate? > > I think the only issue is the software. Someone would need to provide a > software development environment that suits kids. > > So what do you want from the board and who will provide the software? I > will be happy to design a board if one is not available. Probably he was referring to the TMS430 LaunchPad boards and the 4e4th that can be downloaded to it. The 4e4th web-site is:- . The boards are available from Farnell and probably RS too. -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett............... Forth based HIDECS Consultancy Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************