Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alexander Skobelev Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Forth for MIPS 24K computer Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:19:49 +0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <8d015754-5414-4656-9e85-961e807891c1@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="58cd4a4f18c7b357f57794f0ef154488"; logging-data="2016"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18nQEk3OqKgQ/ybZQnZSdSN" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uWOaGFjq6PR0d077NHA60k2Lclg= sha1:Ov1+mrB7yoLM94IxACKUiviqEEM= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:36134 visualforth@rocketmail.com writes: > On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 2:52:53 AM UTC-5, Alexander Skobelev wrote: >> Hello all! >> >> I'm just wondering, what the Forth can be used on this computer with MIPS >> 24K processor: >> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1133560316/black-swift-tiny-wireless-computer >> >> It looks like Gforth is the only possible candidate? > > Looks interesting! > These people have great ideas, even to easily fit Black Swift inside > my old printer making it WiFi-compatible, or using it for metering. > > I only don't understand why Linux is needed to run this board. It > doesn't have a video or keyboard interface. It's an embedded system, > called 'Black Swift' - so it should be run with 'Swift Forth' on it. As far as I understand, Linux is needed to provide the device drivers and convenient environment for programs to develop and to run. > Would be great to have a Forth computer that size! Perhpas this board can be a good start point to write Forth OS? You need only write some drivers and Forth for MIPS. :)