The First Course by Dr. C. H. Ting

This is an introductory, easy to learn, Forth tutorial in 6 lessons.
The lessons are based on Tom Zimmer's FPC Forth system.  It covers
about 90 most common Forth instructions, which allows you to solve
most applications.  The lessons are 'loadable'; i.e., you can compile
the lessons and all the source code and examples are entered
automatically for you.  Read the text and do the exercises, and learn
Forth the easy way.

To start, insert this disk in Drive A and type:

        A>f

to load FPC.  After you are in FPC, type

        include lesson1

and you have all the examples in Lesson 1 compiled and ready for
exercises.  After you finish Lesson 1, you can type

        include lesson2

and continue on to other lessons.  Type:

        bye

to exit FPC and go back to DOS.

After you get through these lessons, you can proceed to Dr. Richard
Haskell's 'The Forth Course', which will give you lessons on more
advanced topics like terminal emulation, data structures, etc.

You can order FPC system ($25), The Forth Course ($25) from
Offete Enterprises, 1306 South B Street, San Mateo, CA 94402,
(415) 574-8250, and from Forth Interest Group, POB 2154, Oakland,
CA 94621, (610) 89-FORTH.

If you have questions and suggestions, send them to me:
Dr. C. H. Ting, 156 14th Street, San Mateo, CA 94402 (415) 571-7639.



