Hello - and where to begin?

Hello,

I have, at last, obtained an old laptop with a floppy drive that boots 
and saves colorForth.

What is the state of colorForth now?  I know Mr Moore made it public 
domain so it's not centrally controlled, but as a newbie it's difficult 
to find who has achieved or produced what, and where this has been 
shared.  It seems that a lot of  Web pages are derelict or gone -- the 
colorforth-info@ faq links return 404/403, the mail list archives 
mention a wiki that is no more, as well as many other useful looking 
avenues that have since disappeared.  Also the downloads from 
colorforth.com via ultratechnology.com don't work (or does one need an 
account?) so I can't get my hands on that source code (I got color.com 
and put it on a dos floppy a while ago).

Have I come to the party too late?  I do hope not!  It does feel as if 
I'm doing archaeology, though, in just trying to dig up the basics: not 
just colorForth but all Forth.  I've obtained some books but I had to 
get those second hand as they've not been published for a couple of 
decades!  I've spent some time delving into Pygmy but being tied to DOS 
and real mode is too restrictive.  I don't want an operating system in 
the way; I want direct access to the hardware.  Forth is delicious and 
colorForth might just be the ticket.

I would be deeply grateful for any advice on where to start.  Where is 
the accumulated knowledge?

Also has anyone got anywhere with USB?

Regards,
Jason Kemp