Rekindling Forth with a Propeller Jupiter Ace The Jupiter Ace was - TopicsExpress



          

Rekindling Forth with a Propeller Jupiter Ace The Jupiter Ace was a small membrane keyboard, cassette tape drive computer akin to the ZX Spectrum released in 1982. Priced at £90, it was a little more expensive than its home computer contemporaries, but had a very interesting feature: instead of BASIC, the Ace ran Forth. This interpreted stack-based language is far more capable than the BASIC variants found on home computers of the day, but unfortunately the Ace failed simply because Forth was so foreign to most consumers. Not wanting to let a good idea die, [prof_braino] is bringing Forth back into the modern age. He’s using a … Read the rest bit.ly/12VHubf #Tech #Technology #News #Updates #Like #Follow #Comment
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 18:07:57 +0000

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