Trying to find historic BBS packages written in Forth
reddit / bbs

----------------------------------------------------------------------
rickcarlino · 2021-12-17 03:11

I am a Forth (programming language) preservation enthusiast looking to
find BBS packages that were written in the language. So far [I have
only found
one](http://cd.textfiles.com/simtel/simtel20/MSDOS/FORTH/.index.html).

Is anyone aware of any archives (or even mentions) of historic BBS
packages written in Forth?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Kodiak01 · 2021-12-17 13:44

[Hermes](https://michaelalynmiller.com/blog/2013/05/27/hermesbbs-open-
source/) looks to have had some Forth components listed.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
dialsoft · 2021-12-18 00:01

what do you need to do to program in forth? Is there a modern day dev
environment for it? IS it just like a notepad environment?  Im just
curious. I dont think i ever saw a forth runtime.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
rickcarlino · 2021-12-18 00:39

There are a bunch of Forth runtimes available. You can use an editor
like notepad, or you can use no editor at all (it's an interactive
programming language that has its own shell).

If you're curious, check out https://skilldrick.github.io/easyforth/

----------------------------------------------------------------------
rickcarlino · 2021-12-18 14:21

For those curious, we ended up restoring this package:
https://github.com/RickCarlino/fbbs2