Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "HAA" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Really? Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 11:04:54 +1100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <1239a88b-a574-401b-9454-50ac7e000049@googlegroups.com> <20170206233939.70a7ecff@_> NNTP-Posting-Host: WMdw+XhzHDND4lwUNhY3Pw.user.gioia.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:54698 Rod Pemberton wrote: > ... > That link says the Valdocs' "'compact and efficient' Forth code is more > than 400K in size." Wouldn't that be a problem on a machine with > 256K? This was before MMU's and memory paging. At best, the Epson > QX-10 was probably bank switched. (Yes, Wikipedia confirms that.) Tracked down the previous reference I mentioned. 'Interview with J. D. Hall' Forth Dimensions 14/5 explains his role with Valdocs and the problems surrounding the project. It mentions the QX had several 64K banks and was running a CP/M compatible OS.