I remember reading lots about FORTH.

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Post #71,375 by static 12/29/02 8:57:06 PM Reply	I remember reading lots about FORTH. On a TI-99/4a. The user group had some FORTH enthusiasts. It required a disk system, alas (I couldn't afford one), as it was disk-sector-oriented; each sector being a page of code. It effectively was it's own OS, but then that wasn't unusual on home computers of that era. Wade. Microsoft are clearly boiling the frogs.
Post #71,381 by deSitter 12/29/02 9:16:30 PM Reply	Re: I remember reading lots about FORTH. Right - FORTH code came in fixed block sizes that corresponded to physical disk sectors :). A block was called a "screen". If the blocksize is 1024, that's just 16 lines of 64 columns. The editor loaded a screen at a time. Now this is great for embedded systems - your ROM is just a bunch of screens. It's so simple it's stupid. -drl
Post #71,419 by Andrew Grygus 12/30/02 1:35:43 AM Reply	FORTH & embedded systems FORTH was originally created as a language for controlling astronomical telescopes, and is still used for that purpose (and for a while after the high profile QX-10 fiasco, not for much else), so it should work well for embedded systems. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

The Perfect Operating System - (deSitter) - (18) - Dec. 29, 2002, 05:55:51 PM EST

Forth based operating system, huh? - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - Dec. 29, 2002, 06:57:32 PM EST

Well, sounds like a good match - (tonytib) - (6) - Dec. 29, 2002, 07:37:00 PM EST

Re: Well, sounds like a good match - (deSitter) - (5) - Dec. 29, 2002, 08:52:49 PM EST

I remember reading lots about FORTH. - (static) - (2) - Dec. 29, 2002, 08:57:06 PM EST

Re: I remember reading lots about FORTH. - (deSitter) - (1) - Dec. 29, 2002, 09:16:30 PM EST

FORTH & embedded systems - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 30, 2002, 01:35:43 AM EST

Thanks, it looks interesting - (tonytib) - (1) - Dec. 29, 2002, 11:26:49 PM EST

Re: Thanks, it looks interesting - (deSitter) - Dec. 30, 2002, 02:33:44 AM EST

Ahhh.. is *THAT* what QX-10 was about !? - (Ashton) - (1) - Dec. 29, 2002, 09:19:07 PM EST

FORTH took the rap. - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 30, 2002, 01:44:30 AM EST

Oh, GRREEEAATT! - (jb4) - (7) - Dec. 30, 2002, 06:06:35 PM EST

Re: Oh, GRREEEAATT! - (deSitter) - (6) - Dec. 30, 2002, 10:20:07 PM EST

Re: Oh, GRREEEAATT! - (hnick) - Dec. 31, 2002, 07:24:24 AM EST

Well, I didn't really wnt to go there, but ... - (jb4) - (4) - Dec. 31, 2002, 09:30:41 AM EST

Re: "use the ASCII character set" - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - Jan. 1, 2003, 10:50:02 AM EST

Yes...well, um...er,...*coff*... - (jb4) - (2) - Jan. 2, 2003, 01:02:19 PM EST

Sigh - when things were interesting... - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2003, 04:26:18 PM EST

Yes, I remember this cover! - (jb4) - Jan. 3, 2003, 09:39:17 AM EST

Same thing we do every night, Pinky... try to take over the WORLD!
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