Vickers Steven. Jupiter ACE 4000. FORTH Programming

Jupiter Cantab Ltd, 1983. — ISBN: 0 9508477.This PDF document was created by Steve Parry-Thomas, April 2006.Setting up the AceTyping at the keyboard
How to type in your instructions to the AceLoading programs from tape
In case you have bought some softwareDefining new words
How to write your own programs, using : andSimple arithmetic
Integer (whole number) arithmetic and the stackDefining new arithmetic wordsAltering word definitions
How to correct mistakes, using LIST, EDIT and REDEFINEWords that are really numbers
Constants, variables and bytes in memoryMaking decisions
Words that can behave differently in different circumstances, using IF, ELSE and THENRepeating
Words that can do the same thing over and over again, using BEGIN and DOSound
Using the Ace's loudspeaker, with BEEPThe character set
And how to define your own charactersPlotting graphs
With PLOTSaving words on tape
How to save information on cassette tape before you turn the Ace offFractions and decimal points
Floating point arithmeticReading the keyboard
So that you can control a program while it is runningOther ways of counting
Decimal, binary, octal, hex and moreBoolean operations
AND, OR and XORMore advanced arithmetic
Double length arithmetic and formatted printingInside the dictionary
Not only your own words, but your own ways of defining them — CREATE and DEFINERHow the memory is laid out
Including a list of system variablesMachine code
For the Z80A processor chipStrings and arrays
What they are, and how to set them up back of the AceExtending the Ace
How to connect your own electronics to theVocabularies
Setting aside some words for special ContextsInside colon definitions
How to control the compilation process, and COMPILERA The character set
B Error codes
C The Jupiter Ace — for reference
D Quick guide for FORTH enthusiasts