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| Greetings from the X3J14 Technical Committee. |
| This message has been prepared on 3 Feb 95    |
| by direction of TC Chair.                     |
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The Technical Committee announces the posting of a file
known as  dpans94.zip  for retrieval on the Internet.

When expanded this .zip file yields the following three files:

	dpans94.doc   Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 format,
                      produced by Word 6.0 for Windows.

	dpans94.txt   This file you are reading now

	notice.txt    a file which reads as follows:

[begin notice.txt]
==========================================================================
Copyright (c) 1994 by Technical Committee X3J14.  All rights reserved.

This is a working document of Technical Committee X3J14 which represents
the last draft of ANS Forth submitted to ANSI for publication.  Permission
is hereby granted to copy this document provided that it is copied in its
entirety without alteration or as altered by (1) adding text that is
clearly marked as an insertion; (2) shading or highlighting existing text;
and/or (3) deleting examples.

Specifically, permission is granted to use this working document as the
foundation for textbooks, system manuals, and online documentation so long
as the requirements in the preceding paragraph are met and the resulting
product addresses a technical need that is not practically met by the
official ANS.

NOTE:  This file is provided as a working document of the TC for public
review and comment as well as documentation uses described above.  It is
*not* intended as a substitute for the official ANS Forth document
published by ANSI.  In the event of conflict, only the printed document
X3.215-1994 represents the official ANS Forth.

To obtain the official standard, please contact:
   the American National Standards Institute Sales Department,
   at (212) 642-4900 or FAX (212) 302-1286,
or Global Engineering Documents,
   at (800) 854-7179 or FAX (303) 843-9880,
and request Document X3.215-1994.  Thank you very much for your interest.
==========================================================================
[end notice.txt]

If you repost this material, please repost the entire
original .zip file as you retrieved it so that the original
authentication signature is preserved and there is some
evidence of the integrity of the document.

The original versions of these files are available via
anonymous FTP (login=anonymous, password=email-address)
from ftp.uu.net which is accessible 24 hours per day by
any host whose IP address has a valid domain name that
can be determined by the that server using inverse DNS.

The URL for the fille is:

        ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/minerva/x3j14/dpans94.zip
or      file://ftp.uu.net/vendor/minerva/x3j14/dpans94.zip

A WWW (html) page pointing to these files is accessible
using the URL form:

        HREF=ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/minerva/uathena.htm

This .zip file was produced by PKZIP 2.04g with authenti-
cation enabled and, when decompressed, will display:

        Authentic files Verified!   # MYD772
        ATHENA Programming, Inc.
        [followed by the content of the notice.txt file]

Copies of PKUNZIP are readily available on most archive sites
including, undoubtedly, ftp.uu.net.

The TC would appreciate your letting us know how you have used
this file.  Comments and suggestions may be sent to either of
the following e-mail addresses:

        x3j14@minerva.com - TC members only.
        ANSForth@minerva.com - TC members as well as many people
           who have subscribed to this mailgroup.  Anything sent
           to the ansforth list is automatically crossposted onto
           comp.lang.forth as well.

If you wish to direct mail to individual TC members, the above
mailgroup lists may be retrieved by fingering the user  ansi  at
the host  med3.minerva.com

Best Wishes to all!
