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Dev tools · October 9, 2015

A simple bare-metal Forth for the PDP-10

A simple bare-metal forth for the PDP-10. Contribute to aap/tenth development by creating an account on GitHub.

A simple bare-metal Forth for the PDP-10 launched on October 9, 2015 with 71 votes, #986 of 4,175 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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Tenth is a bare-metal Forth implementation for the PDP-10 computer. It is designed for developers working with or interested in retro computing and the PDP-10 architecture. The project provides a lightweight Forth environment that runs directly on the hardware without requiring an operating system, making it notable for those exploring low-level programming on legacy systems.

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