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Disclaimer:  I know full well this may be a query in vain.

Situation:  1)  Have IBM PC (not a clone) PC-DOS 2.1
            2)  Can't afford expensive compilers
            3)  Wish to develop a medium-to-largish
                program.
            4)  Am frustrated by Turbo-Pascal's limits re:
                programming environment.  (e.g. no separate
                compilation, 64K limits, etc.  Turbo is nifty,
                but awkward for over .5Kloc source, impossible
                for over 1Kloc source.)
            5)  Have but won't use:  a shareware LISP (too slow),
                808X assembler (argh), BASIC (never!).
            6)  Don't know Forth, BUT: have learned many a 
                language on a moment's notice (Pascal (Berkely,
                IBM Pascal/VS, Turbo), PL/S, C, C++, APL, BASIC,
                ProLog, LisP, 6809 assembler, 808X assembler).

Query:      Is there a shareware version of Forth for the PC?
            My modem is 300 Baud (acoustic!), so unless I can get
            it over the net & download locally, I'd prefer sending
            a disk to calling a long-distance BBS. (area code 619 ok)

Cost Limit:  I'd be happy to send a disk & return postage, but as I
             won't know if I would use Forth until I played with it
             a bit, I'd be reluctant to pay someone a repackaging
             fee.
                 If I did use it, I'd be happy to pay a *reasonable*
             shareware registration fee. (under U.S. $50)

                          Many thanks,
                                                             
                              David M. MacMillan, KB6MPN
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