cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips) (04/22/91)
In article <9104191330.AA16232@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, Mitch.Bradley@ENG.SUN.COM writes: > > I use the Sun SPARC station 2 and Sun-3/160 (68000) machines both run UNIX > > systems. And there are 3 versions of FORTH on them. > > > > Sun Forth - written by Mitch Bradley (68000) > > PolyForth - written by Forth Inc. (68000) > > OPEN BOOT PROM - written by Sun Microsystem, Inc. (SPARC) > > More precisely, Open Boot PROM was written by Mitch Bradley who happens > to work for Sun Microsystems, Inc. Several people helped me, but at least > in the early days, I wrote most of the code. > > There is also a "Sun Forth" for SPARC. 99% of the source code is identical > among the 680x0 and SPARC versions of "Sun Forth" and Open Boot. The same > source code is extended in the direction of a Unix application to form Sun > Forth, and in the direction of a firmware boot/debug monitor to form Open > Boot PROM. > Mitch, Most of the SUN specific magazines are now touting "embedded Sparc". It seems that you would have a decent window to exploit your expertize and perhaps supplement your income with an embedded FORTH development system, no? Clyde