wina : an MS-WIndows NAtive Forth
You can download here release 5.4 of a 32-bit/64-bit ISO console Forth for MS-Windows
called wina.
This is one of the Forth's that can be generated by the ciforth generic system at github:
ciforth, computer intelligence Forth.
The archive has a binary download, ready to run,
with documentation ready to be viewed or printed.
It is dll-based (as opposed to dpmi-based) with
long filenames and access to DLL libraries.
You can make executables that uses DLL's
that are opened on a (different) target system.
hence in principle to all facilities of MS-Windows.
The built-in commands however only use kernel32.dll.
Release 5.4 for MS-Windows is available in
64-bit
and 32-bit .
An important addition is a floating point package.
The github archive for
ciforth
contains all corresponding source material, and a wiki.
The previous release for MS-Windows (2020 oct) is available
here in 64-bit.
The last
release 4 version is still available,
as there still may be some programs on this website
that require this version. .
Version 4.0.7 will be the last release for DPMI : DOS protected mode interface.
Simply unzip this file in a separate directory and start wina.com
preferably from the DOS prompt.
At last this is an official release and you can file bug reports against it.
This
is a dead link now, because
Simtel shut down.
A very old
snapshot (beta) version is also available.
FTP is unavailable at present.
Do .SIGNON once you are in
Forth, to find out what version you have.
Go to the home page of Albert van der Horst