This web site exists to document my adventures in writing software emulators for old computer hardware. So far, I have completed (sort of) a Commodore PET emulation and am working on a Sinclair Spectrum emulation.
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Forth interpreting Itself
In which we interpret Forth using Forth and a bit of cheating With an implementation of refill, we are in the position of implementing the interpreter loop in Forth itself. In the previous post, we defined the interpreter loop like this: At first, we are going to cheat. Everything inside the outer loop is going … Continue reading Forth interpreting Itself
Forth Inside Out part 2
In which we internalise the read-execute loop, or die in the attempt. In Forth: Inside Out I did some refactoring on the read-execute loop. In this part I and going to re-engineer it entirely and implement it in Forth. The reason for doing this is that it will play better with some of the core … Continue reading Forth Inside Out part 2
Forth: Inside Out
In which we turn the interpreter inside out My Forth interpreter is working fairly well so far, but I think there is some unnecessary complexity. The interpreter is event driven, which means that everything it does is driven by some event, which is always receipt of some text input. This works OK and I chose … Continue reading Forth: Inside Out
State of the Blog and Future Ideas
It’s the end of summer, 2021. It’s some time since I have posted anything, mainly because, this year things like music festivals have been allowed to take place in the UK, so I’ve been taking advantage of them instead of sitting in front of my computer writing material for this blog. I’d like to apologise, … Continue reading State of the Blog and Future Ideas
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