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[(Up)](../../README.md#topics) | _See also: [DOS](../DOS/README.md#dos), [VIC-20](../VIC-20/README.md#vic-20), [Commodore 64](../Commodore%2064/README.md#commodore-64), [Apple II](../Apple%20II/README.md#apple-ii), [TRS-80](../TRS-80/README.md#trs-80), [6502](../6502/README.md#6502)_

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### Web resources

[history - Did Forth\'s inventor Charles Moore really write a CAD program in only 5 lines of code? - Retrocomputing Stack Exchange](https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/25506/did-forths-inventor-charles-moore-really-write-a-cad-program-in-only-5-lines-of) ★

[PCE - PC Emulator](http://www.hampa.ch/pce/about.html) ★ [💭](commentary/Chris%20Pressey.md#pce---pc-emulator)

_(in [Apple II](../Apple%20II/README.md#apple-ii))_ [Apple II History Chap 1](https://www.duxburysystems.org/downloads/library/texas/apple/history/history/ah01.html) ★★★

_(in [Programming Languages](../Programming%20Languages/README.md#programming-languages))_ [Action! Programming Language Version 3.6 - Source Code : Optimized Systems Software : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/ActionVersion36_SourceCode) ★

_(in [Public Domain](../Public%20Domain/README.md#public-domain))_ [David Ahl places all his classic computing publications into the Public Domain « Adafruit Industries](https://blog.adafruit.com/2022/06/16/david-ahl-places-all-his-classic-computing-publications-into-the-public-domain/) ★★

_(in [Public Domain](../Public%20Domain/README.md#public-domain))_ [Llamasoft 8 bit games](https://web.archive.org/web/20070629145455/http://www.medwaypvb.com/llamadloads.htm) ★★


### Repositories

[aappleby/metroboy: A repository of gate-level simulators and tools for the original Game Boy.](https://github.com/aappleby/metroboy) ★

_(in [Forth](../Forth/README.md#forth))_ [monsonite/1968-FORTH: Original Forth for 1BM 1130 written by Charles Moore in 1968.](https://github.com/monsonite/1968-FORTH) 🏛️

_(in [Forth](../Forth/README.md#forth))_ [ForthHub/F83: F83 Forth by Laxen & Perry](https://github.com/ForthHub/F83) 🏛️


### Books

How to Build a Working Digital Computer (online @ [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/howtobuildaworkingdigitalcomputer_jun67)) 🏛️ [💭](commentary/Chris%20Pressey.md#how-to-build-a-working-digital-computer)

How to Design, Build, & Program Your Own Working Computer System (borrow @ [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/howtodesignbuild00havi)) ★ [💭](commentary/Chris%20Pressey.md#how-to-design-build--program-your-own-working-computer-system)

Microprocessor Programming for Computer Hobbyists (borrow @ [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/microprocessorpr0000grah)) ★★★ [💭](commentary/Chris%20Pressey.md#microprocessor-programming-for-computer-hobbyists)

_(in [Forth](../Forth/README.md#forth))_ Forth on the Atari (online @ [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-forth-on-the-atari-learning-by-using)) ★

_(in [PLDI](../PLDI/README.md#pldi))_ Threaded Interpretive Languages (online @ [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/R.G.LoeligerThreadedInterpretiveLanguagesTheirDesignAndImplementationByteBooks1981))