Nov. 26, 1995

This is beta release of hForth v0.9.6 package. Following the great
Forth tradition hForth is free software. You can use it for whatever
purpose commercial or non-commercial. Please spread it as widely as
you can.

hForth is based on eForth model published by Mr. Bill Muench and Dr.
C. H. Ting in 1990. The key features of the original eForth model is
preserved. Following is quoted from the original 8086 eForth source.

    > small machine dependent kernel and portable high level code
    > source code in the MASM format
    > direct threaded code
    > separated code and name dictionaries
    > simple vectored terminal and file interface to host computer
    > aligned with the proposed ANS Forth Standard
    > easy upgrade path to optimize for specific CPU

These are also the characteristics of hForth. For better, hForth
is ANS Forth system which complies the Standard, not just aligns
with the Standard. Colon definitions for all high level words are
also given as comments in TASM source code. The source code should
be a working example for Forth learners.

All Standard Core words are provided in assembler source. Complete
TOOLS words, SEARCH ORDER words, SEARCH ORDER EXTENSION words and
other useful words are provided as Forth source in 'OPTIONAL.F'.
BLOCK and FILE wordset words for MS-DOS are provided in 'MSDOS.F'.

Changes from v0.9.5
    Processor independent definition of 'DOES>' is provided.
    Subtle bug in multitasking graphics screen chacter output words
        are fixed.
    'RETRY' is added, which is described by Dr. Astle in Forth
        Dimensions 17(4), 19-21 (1995).

Wonyong Koh, Ph.D.
wykoh@pado.krict.re.kr

Inorganic Materials Division
KRICT
P.O.Box 107, Yusong
Taejon, 305-600
South Korea
82-42-861-4245 (FAX)