A Forth bootable by old 386 PCs?

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  • forth386

    A bare-metal Forth for i386 machines.

  • jonesforth

    Mirror of JONESFORTH

    • Jone's Forth might be a good starting point for bare-bone forth on x86.

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  • colorForth

    colorForth running in Bochs for Windows

    • ColorForth might be a candidate. This one works pretty well.

  • sectorforth

    sectorforth is a 16-bit x86 Forth that fits in a 512-byte boot sector.

    • If you want to go allll the way down to the metal, you could put https://github.com/cesarblum/sectorforth in a floppy boot sector and then work your way up from there, enabling line A20 and switching into 32-bit protected mode yourself. Certainly on the "DIY" end of the spectrum, but it sure would be satisfying.

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