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RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 20:07:59 GMT
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Graham wrote:
> no problem. wait a minute - there is no....
> No commercial use? and I was hoping to become a billionaire thru this. I
> know, why not call it Forth.com, and go public? That's got to be worth at
> least a couple of GECs...
The IS a forth.com already :-)
> (as a bit of background - I actually did entertain making money on the CE
> when it came out. Unfortunately only 12 people bought CEs, so that didn't
> quite pan out. My view now is that, post-web, you can't sell software.
> Obviously there are billions being spent on evil, monopolistic, satanic
> redmond innovation-destroying-ware (kidding) but the way it riches now is
> to give away the software, and charge $20 a month to use it.)
Right on. You sell support, or bokks, or whatever to go WITH the software.
I'd like to know what the profitablilty of Microsoft Press is...
> there is one FORTH for MIPS processor CE, but nothing for SH3. I considered
> hForth - since you said that was the basis for your port. I think, given the
> target machine and my skill set, I'll try to port one written in C.... I'm
> not just wimping out here, ASM is not generally the wisest choice on
> Windows.
There are lots of Forths written in C. Try to pick one that's ANSI C compatible.
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| -----Original Message----- From: Stalker-Wilde, Graham [mailto:graham.stalk...@csfb.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 2:30 PM To: 'Ralph Hempel' Subject: RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit no problem. wait a minute - there is no.... No (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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