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Group: comp.lang.forth · Group Profile
Author: MatthewKMatthewK Date: Nov 25, 2007 07:44
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>I am interested in a
> complete operating system and associated software in Forth, kinda like
> a forth-unix (foonix?). I have been toying with
> the idea of writing my own native Forth for ARM as x86 is not ideal
> for Forth.
I'm newer than you to all of this but I have followed the forth community
for a lot of years. The projects that spring to mind are retroForth,
enth/flux, and colorForth. I seem to recall a french project that had
some eye-candy graphics --- I know no other infromation on it.
Seems to me the way to go about this is being application based rather
than trying to create a modern operating system. If I was going to do it
I would start with a text-based webtv type application. That would be a
fun hardware and software product. Base it off an x86 platform like a
mini-itx or nano-itx. Make your favorite forth boot into ram from a CF
card and write to a second one or hd.
What I understand about colorforth is that it seems to be made for this
type of work. It is an operating system.
>When all the
> associated code required to create a full system is
> taken into account it seems like an insurmountable task. Are there any
> active open source projects that share this aim? If not,
> would anyone else be interested in such a project?
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I think retroforth is active but the original owner gave up, not sure
about enth/flux, and ofcourse colorforth is alive and well.
matthew
ohio
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