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- ║ Lesson 1 Part 1.0 F-PC 3.5 Tutorial by Jack Brown ║
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- We begin with the assumption that you have installed F-PC V 3.5 on your
- C: hard disk using the install program that comes on the distribution
- disk. Earlier versions of this tutorial gave instructions for
- installation on floppy disks but this time round we assume that the
- price of hard disks has reached the level that the majority of you can
- afford. You can down load F-PC 3.5 from your any of the Forth-Net
- bulletin boards. Ask you local sysop for the file names.
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- │ Installation / Configuration TIP │
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- We have specified an additional C:\WORK sub directory in F-PC's File
- search path that you are permitted to edit during Installation or
- reconfirmation. We keep all our own programs and examples in this WORK
- sub directory so they do not get lost amongst all F-PC's source files.
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- You can still do this even if you have already installed F-PC 3.5 by
- typing INSTALL again and choosing the reconfiguration option. An
- alternate way to do this without running the INSTALL is to use the
- .FPATH FPATH and FPATH+ word set. .FPATH will allow you to see the
- current Forth Path searched for source ( *.SEQ ) and help ( *.HLP )
- files. FPATH <new sub directory paths> will allow you to completely
- redefine the current Forth Path, and FPATH+ <additional path> will allow
- you to extend the current Forth Path. To add C:\WORK to the current
- Forth Path and save the system you would type the following at F-PC's
- ok prompt.
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- FPATH+ C:\WORK <enter> ok
- FSAVE F.EXE <enter> ok
- BYE <enter>
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- For some of you the first exercises may seem very simple but I am going
- to assume that you have been doing very little experimentation so that
- this introductory material will always be useful to others who are about
- to begin on their Forth adventure.
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- │ Getting In and Out of Forth │
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- First make the current sub directory C:\FPC and type F <enter> to start
- F-PC ( <enter> means press the "enter" key ). If you like you could put
- the following commands in a file called F.BAT and place it in the C:\
- root directory.
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- C: \ Place these commands in a file
- CD FPC \ called F.BAT Then you can just
- F / type F while in the C:\ root directory
- CD \ / to start F-PC
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