Community support
Some of the best embedded-systems engineers, Forth experts and general application developers are among our esteemed customers. Their insight and legendary generosity make this a lively community where a problem posed may find a variety of solutions.
There is a wealth of knowledge to be shared, not all specific to FORTH, Inc. products.
e-mail lists
SwiftX™
The SwiftX mailing list is a forum for SwiftX users. It exists to provide a place for the community of SwiftX users to communicate, exchange ideas and code, and get help from each other. To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to swiftx-request@forth.com with the word "subscribe" as the subject.
SwiftForth™
The SwiftForth team invites you to join the SwiftForth mailing list for discussion of issues pertaining to SwiftForth use or application development. This moderated list is available by subscription to anyone interested in SwiftForth. To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to sftalk-request@forth.com with the word "subscribe" as the subject.
list archives
Browse through the archived contents of our emailing lists for SwiftForth and SwiftX.
Subscription to our email lists requires two steps. You must reply to list server's response to your "subscribe" request to complete the subscription process.
Important: If you use Outlook, be sure to turn OFF "Remove extra line breaks" in the Email Options settings. Otherwise, the mangled reply cannot be processed by the list server.
Outlook users, de-select this option.
If you need help subscribing, please send an email to support@forth.com and we'll be happy to take care of it for you.
newsgroup
This newsgroup is a central focus for Forth online, and attracts a steady constituency both of Forth experts — notoriously liberal with both advice and opinions — and of those seeking solutions to specific problems or simply scaling the learning curve. Subject to variations in browsers and system configurations (some e-mail clients serve as newsreaders), news:comp.lang.forth provides access to this Forth newsgroup; Macintosh developers may also find comp.lang.forth.mac useful.
