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Description

The Chuck Moore, John Rible, Dean Sanderson and Greg Bailey collection on Forth contains materials generated by and for the Forth community between 1970 and 2002. Types of materials in the collection include conference proceedings, journals, manuals, reference books, periodicals, and software. Most of the materials address the development of Forth as a programming language and tool. About a third of the collection is made up of conference proceedings from events such as the Rochester Forth conferences and FORML (Forth Modification Laboratory) conferences. Another third of the collection holds journals and newsletters, such as Journal of Forth Application and Research, Forth Dimensions, ACM SIGForth, ACM SIGPlan, and More on NC4000. The final third of the collection contains publications such as books and reference manuals, most of which pertain to Forth programming. Many of the books were sent to Chuck Moore with inscriptions from users of Forth. In addition to the published materials that make up the bulk of the collection, there are a small amount of program listings on paper and microfiche as well as software, including MacForth Plus and MacGDS. Biographical/Historical Note Forth is a programming language designed by Charles "Chuck" Moore for use in embedded and real-time applications. Forth is unique because its development and proliferation was a grass-roots effort, rather than one supported by universities or corporations. Chuck Moore created the language in 1971 and cofounded FORTH, Inc. in 1973. In 1983, Moore founded Novix, Inc., where he developed the NC4000 processor, which was designed to run Forth. The chip design was later purchased by Harris Semiconductor Corporation and marketed as the RTX2000. In 2009, Moore cofounded and became CTO of GreenArrays, Inc. Dean Sanderson, Greg Bailey, and John Rible are colleagues of Moore's at GreenArrays and have also worked with him informally on a variety of computer projects since the 1970s. Additionally, Sanderson is very involved in the Forth community and was the principal architect of microFORTH. Moore, Sanderson, Bailey, and Rible all helped to compile these materials about Forth over the years since its development, and the collection was stored at the GreenArrays office until its donation to the Computer History Museum in 2013.

Level of description

Collection

Date

1970-2002 (Made)

Author

Charles Moore (Author), Greg Bailey (Author), Dean Sanderson (Author), John Rible (Author)

Extent

10 linear feet in 8 record cartons

Collection title

Chuck Moore, John Rible, Dean Sanderson and Greg Bailey collection on Forth

Credit

Gift of Chuck Moore, John Rible, Dean Sanderson and Greg Bailey

Catalogue number

102784535

Lot number

X6902.2014