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+			... 									   ...
+			...             : DOS FORTH ;			   ...
+			... 									   ...
+			..............................................
+
+
+This is my attempt at a FORTH implementation in 8086 Assembler for
+Microsoft DOS.
+
+
+
+							HOW TO COMPILE
+
+Run `make' on a UNIX host system with NASM installed.
+
+
+
+							  HOW TO RUN
+
+Run `make run' to start DOSBox automatically, or run FORTH.COM on a
+real MS DOS machine or emulator.
+
+
+
+							DOCUMENTATION
+
+Please consult <WORDS.TXT> for a list of words and their use.
+
+
+
+						IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
+
+The structure of a dictionary entry is shown in Fig. 1.
+
+				 +--------+-------------------------+
+				 |Byte    |Field name               |
+				 +--------+-------------------------+
+				 |0-1     |Link pointer             |
+				 +--------+-------------------------+
+				 |2       |Length                   |
+				 +--------+-------------------------+
+				 |3..N    |Name                     |
+				 +--------+-------------------------+
+				 |N+1..   |Body (aligned to 2 bytes)|
+				 +--------+-------------------------+
+					   Fig. 1: Dictionary entry
+
+
+
+
+		Copyright (C) 2021 swissChili -- http://swisschili.sh