Re: Forth on the Maximite

From	Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: Forth on the Maximite
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Date	2011-04-12 00:17 -0700
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Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> writes:
> And to my surprise, there is no ARM microprocessor available
> at that low price with that high amount of memory (512k program, 128k
> RAM), UART/SPI/I2C, RTCC, 16 AD channels, 5 Timers/PWM, USB/CAN/
> ETHERNET, 8 DMA's, and only 64 pins. Microchip licensed the MIPS
> architecture, a really powerful machine, and because of Microchips
> high market penetration this will be the right micro for starting
> Forth, unbeatable in price.

Did you look at the TI MSP430 stuff (16 bit)?  They have some
ultra-cheap boards and should be good hosts for Forth.  They even have a
wristwatch with one of those processors, that would be a good Forth
target.  We had a thread about it a few months ago.  I actually got to
see one of the watches and put it on my wrist for a minute recently.
The thing weighs a ton compared to a normal watch, and the display is
kind of hard to read, but I guess it's not outlandish.

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Forth on the Maximite Andrew Reid <andrewreid69@gmail.com> - 2011-04-07 12:47 -0700
  Re: Forth on the Maximite Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-07 13:21 -0700
    Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-10 20:32 -0700
      Re: Forth on the Maximite rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-11 08:13 -0700
        Re: Forth on the Maximite anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2011-04-11 15:37 +0000
          Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-11 14:00 -0700
            Re: Forth on the Maximite rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-11 15:42 -0700
              Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-11 21:35 -0700
            Re: Forth on the Maximite anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2011-04-12 11:20 +0000
              Re: Forth on the Maximite Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2011-04-12 18:07 +0200
        Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-11 11:48 -0700
      Re: Forth on the Maximite Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-12 00:17 -0700
        Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-12 10:19 -0700
          Re: Forth on the Maximite Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-16 12:50 -0700
            Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-16 15:05 -0700
              Re: Forth on the Maximite rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-16 15:34 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-16 16:37 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-16 16:55 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-16 17:41 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-17 14:38 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-17 21:08 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk - 2011-04-17 14:14 -0500
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-17 14:08 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk - 2011-04-18 04:00 -0500
      Re: Forth on the Maximite Chris Baird <abuse@brushtail.apana.org.au> - 2011-04-16 20:12 +1000
        Re: Forth on the Maximite rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-16 15:36 -0700
          Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-16 17:06 -0700
            Re: Forth on the Maximite rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-17 14:15 -0700
              Re: Forth on the Maximite Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2011-04-18 18:12 +0000
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-18 11:15 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-18 21:44 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-19 00:23 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-19 07:23 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-19 10:24 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-19 12:22 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-19 16:14 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2011-04-20 00:08 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2011-04-20 10:46 +0000
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-20 14:55 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-21 20:24 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-04-21 21:02 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-21 23:09 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite "David N. Williams" <williams@umich.edu> - 2011-04-22 08:42 -0400
                Re: Forth on the Maximite BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-04-22 07:06 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-22 12:18 -0700
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2011-04-20 04:07 -0500
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2011-04-19 19:05 +0000
                Re: Forth on the Maximite Micke <oh2aun@gmail.com> - 2011-04-19 12:00 -0700
        Re: Forth on the Maximite Bluebee <visualforth@rocketmail.com> - 2011-04-16 15:52 -0700
          Re: Forth on the Maximite Chris Baird <abuse@brushtail.apana.org.au> - 2011-04-17 23:01 +1000
      Re: Forth on the Maximite Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-21 19:52 -0700
    Re: Forth on the Maximite Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-10 21:58 -0700

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