forth port for m68k
rpon...@gmail.com
for edu. purpose, I want evaluate Forth for a MVME162 CPU (1980
motorola board : 68040 25MHz MMU noFPU 16 Mb ram)
I have a good knowledge of hardware (using it with linux, netbsd
kernel, cross compilation tools, ...)
is there an open source port available somewhere, and if not, what is
the best forth implementation for a starting point (found atari and
mac, but there are plenty flavors ?)
thanks,
raph
Anton Ertl
>hi groups,
>
>for edu. purpose, I want evaluate Forth for a MVME162 CPU (1980
>motorola board : 68040 25MHz MMU noFPU 16 Mb ram)
>I have a good knowledge of hardware (using it with linux, netbsd
>kernel, cross compilation tools, ...)
>
>is there an open source port available somewhere
Gforth will probably work for you.
- anton
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rpon...@gmail.com
effort in order to build a stand alone forth (no os, neither linux,
nor netbsd) ; I do not need multitasking, but it could be an extra
benefit, console I/O via RS232 COM , no fs no nfs...
On May 2, 11:48 pm, an...@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl)
wrote:
Anton Ertl
>can you confirm your proposal : cross compiling gforth is worth the
>effort in order to build a stand alone forth (no os, neither linux,
>nor netbsd) ;
I thought you were using an OS on that board, and based my
recommendation on that. Doing it without OS is also possible (Gforth
EC), but that part is not documented, so it would require quite a bit
of work to find your way around this stuff; I would not recommend it
to most people.
Here's why I thought you are using an OS:
>> >I have a good knowledge of hardware (using it with linux, netbsd
>> >kernel, cross compilation tools, ...)
BTW, please quote properly:
<http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/mail-news-errors.html#quoting>
Jerry Avins
There was Mach 2, Palo Alto Shipping Company. Not open source, but no
longer supported. I think it ran on bare iron, but I might have needed OS-9.
Jerry
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Charles Turner
> There was Mach 2, Palo Alto Shipping Company. Not open source, but no
> longer supported. I think it ran on bare iron, but I might have needed OS-9.
Mach2 had, a/o v. VIII, n. 5 of FORTH Dimensions a version that ran on
"industrial boards." This along with their version for the MacIntosh,
Atari ST and OS-9. I was in touch with most of the developers last
Fall concerning the MacIntosh version, and the trail is pretty cold.
If you have an interest in pursuing this, please let me know, and
perhaps we can get something going.
Best, Charles Turner
Ed
<rpon...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:c72a5e7e-e23a-4ef3...@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
Not well known was a 68K SBC from the mid 80's that
made much use of forth.
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/ht68k.htm
Elizabeth D Rather
It's not open source, but FORTH, Inc. offers SwiftX for the 68K family.
Most of the focus has been on the 68332 line because it's most popular
nowadays, but it could be made to work for the older parts. There are
evaluation versions available, and an educational discount can probably
be arranged; contact sa...@forth.com. For more technical details,
contact sup...@forth.com. For more information on SwiftX, see
www.forth.com and follow the links to embedded systems.
Cheers,
Elizabeth
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Stephen Pelc
>is there an open source port available somewhere, and if not, what is
>the best forth implementation for a starting point (found atari and
>mac, but there are plenty flavors ?)
Not open source, but seee
http://www.mpeforth.com/xc7.htm
Comes with the VFX code generator and a large number of examples.
Stephen
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astrobe
I'm not sure if it is of any help, but there exist a port for the
Coldfire, named coldforth:
http://www.cvs.cx/ColdForth.php
Amicalement,
Astrobe