paulba@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Paul T. Barton) (10/30/90)
> From: ForthNet@willett.pgh.pa.us (ForthNet articles from GEnie) > Subject: Finding a Forth for the 8051/8031 > > Date: 10-07-90 (13:43) Number: 4016 > To: JACK WOEHR Refer#: NONE > From: WILLIAM GILES Read: 10-08-90 (09:08) > Subj: COMMENT Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE > > I just got a copy of a new book called "Embedded Controller FORTH for > the 8051 Family" by William H. Payne of Sandia National Laboratories, > ISBN 0-12-547570-5, published by Academic Press. This book is about two > thirds listings of the source code, which is declared to be in the > public domain. The book contains a FORTH for the PC, a Metacompiler, an > operating system for an 8051 target system and a terminal emulator to > talk to the target system. It appears to be a system that was developed > over a period of several years and is quite complex. There is very > little in the way of the system and the reader is expected to get this > information from the listings. > > The author says that source code and FORTH Encyclopedias for this system > are available on disk from "participating hardware vendors", but does > not give any names. It is also supposed to be posted on some bulletin > boards, but, again, no names re given. Are you aware of this book or any > one who has the disks or files available? When I realized the amountof > time nedded to retype the listings would take, I thought that I would > try find the files first. > > Any help that you might give would be appreciated. > > Bill Here at VESL, Tektronix, this group has used BRYTE-FORTH. It is a FIG-FORTH. At the time it was purchased, it was $100.00 for the real nice manual and one 2764 EPROM. Address follows, remember it is old and might not be current. The manual was available for $30.00 separately from the EPROM price. Oh, yes my old purchase request slip is here... dated 4-24-1986. BRYTE-FORTH P.O Box 46 Augusta, ME 04330 (207) 547-3218 I really like this forth. A PCB with an Signetics 80C451 (8031 look-alike+extra ports) 32k ram, FORTH-ROM, WD-1770 floppy chip was made. Originally, the PCB mounted to the side of a 3 1/2" floppy drive. If a self-starting applications software ROM is to be added, then the space between the ram and rom is spread, and the code is inserted there, easy to do with a memory-mapping PAL which select several memory maps, like I used. The memory map could go like this: $0000-->$1FFF is FORTH-ROM $2000-->$9FFF is forth-ram, can be as little as 2k, I used 32k. $A000-->$FFFF spare $0000-->$1FFF is FORTH-ROM $2000-->$3FFF is SELF-STARTING FORTH-APPLICATIONS, ROM $4000-->$BFFF is forth-ram, can be as little as 2k, I used 32k. $C000-->$FFFF spare If you want more info on either the PCB or FORTH, Holler ! Paul Taylor Barton CSNet: paulba@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM ARPA: paulba%tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM@RELAY.CS.NET UUCP: uunet!tektronix!tekgvs!paulba MAIL: Tektronix, Inc. PO Box 500, MS 50-370 Beaverton, OR. 97077 (503)-627-6134 HOME: 8120 S.E. Lake Road #4, Milwaukie, OR. 97267-2311, (503)-659-9417 ---End Forwarded Message/s---