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by crc_ 11mo ago
With this, I wasn't seeing any output with -display curses. It does work with -nographic or using a vnc connection to qemu's display, as well as on the two physical machines I currently have access to.
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by crc_ 11mo ago
Thanks; I'll start doing that when running on Linux. (I had missed this, as my main dev box is running OpenBSD which doesn't have kvm)
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by crc_ 11mo ago
64kW of RAM @ a 4 byte (32-bit) word size, so 256KiB of actual RAM for the applications running on ilo. For a reference, the 8088 build needs a bit more than that to account for stacks, the VM code, drivers, and memory needed for the actual
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by crc_ 11mo ago
I wasn't aware of the clash when I chose the name, unfortunately.
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by crc_ 11mo ago
For RetroForth, I have a new interface under development that may be somewhat like this. A screenshot can be seen at https://imgur.com/a/z4jhq6e I use RetroForth as a working environment on Unix [mostly OpenBSD & F
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by crc_ 11mo ago
I'm not well versed in qemu's various options. When I didn't specify a BIOS image, it seems to be using SeaBIOS, not UEFI, and hangs on "Booting from Hard Disk...". I should be able to start doing proper videos soon
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by crc_ 1y ago
Supernote hasn't posted anything about the potential future Linux system. I'm personally not expecting this to actually come around. The standard OS is derived from Android, but has no Google Play services and only supports side l
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by crc_ 3y ago
I'm not sure I'd quite count this as Forth; it's more of a very simple monitor for loading and running code. It's not a bad approach for use with a host Forth though.
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by crc_ 3y ago
I wrote a short article on interfacing with Konilo using external tools. It's at https://konilo.org/articles/interfacing-with-konilo.txt
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by crc_ 3y ago
Thank you for the feedback. I'm hoping to have the documentation considerably improved over the remainder of the year. Apart from the current work on the hypertext manual, a larger book format manual and tutorial are being worked on, t
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by crc_ 3y ago
Konilo is not an ANSI Forth. It's a unique dialect with similarities to my older RetroForth system, which is also not a traditional model. In Konilo, that example would look like: :variable d:create #0 comma ; and using it would
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by crc_ 3y ago
Filesystems introduce complexity that may not be needed, especially on smaller targets. I'm personally not averse to file systems. I've implemented (but not yet published) a couple for testing purposes. It's probable that one
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by crc_ 3y ago
ilo could likely be made to work, though with some limitations. From a quick reading of the linked system: - ilo is little endian (for block & rom format); if you wanted to keep external compatibility, this would need to be dealt with.
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by crc_ 3y ago
There is a floppy image on the x86 page. I also have multiboot compatible kernels linked there for use with GRUB or similar bootloaders.
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by crc_ 3y ago
There is some limited graphics support. The underlying system (ilo) has a branch for x11 providing a limited framebuffer and pointing device support, and the native x86 system optionally supports a low resolution display (but no mouse yet).
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by crc_ 3y ago
There is a version that runs natively on x86 hardware (through it's a 32-bit system, aimed at older hardware; my newest x86 hardware is over a decade old and I've not had time to work much on a 64-bit system & drivers). See ko
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by crc_ 3y ago
This is correct.
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by crc_ 3y ago
I'd love to have a better name for this, and am quite willing to change my description of it when I find one.
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by crc_ 5y ago
Currently you can.
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by crc_ 6y ago
That is correct. I use FreeBSD and OpenBSD, the ports/packages for others are contributed by others.
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by crc_ 6y ago
I've identified the issue. A correctly built copy of the ePub is at https://forthworks.com/retro/r/RETRO12-2021.1.epub (replacing the broken one) and I've now issued a 2021.2 release to fix the issue tha
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by crc_ 6y ago
I'll investigate this and get a bug fix release out ASAP.
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by crc_ 6y ago
A few comments follow; note that I'm not unbiased :) RetroForth is smaller and easier to build than gforth or Factor. I actively use it and seek to improve it, and I've been told the documentation is good, though I still feel I ha
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by crc_ 6y ago
It's not only in ePub. The canonical source for the documentation is in doc/book, with HTML formatted copies in doc/html and a Markdown copy as doc/RETRO-Book.md. The glossary of words is also included separately as a te
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by crc_ 6y ago
RainbowForth is interesting, but unrelated to RetroForth.
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by crc_ 6y ago
The server limits the number of connections; this is likely the heaviest traffic it's seen; I've raised the limits a little to hopefully help with this.