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Subject: Metacompilation
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Date: 23 Aug 90 03:05:51 GMT
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 Date: 08-20-90 (23:35)              Number: 756 (Echo)
   To: LARRY GABRIEL                 Refer#: 1601
 From: RAY DUNCAN                      Read: NO
 Subj: COMMENT                       Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 We can supply the code changes that are needed for the RTX2001, if you
 need them.

 The RTX version of the metacompiler runs on a PC and generates an
 executable image in a disk file on the PC, like all the other versions
 of the Metacompiler.  You then ship this image onto the RTX2000 system,
 by burning it into EPROM, downloading it into RAM, or whatever.  Once
 the image is there, you have an interactive Forth system running on the
 RTX2000 that can use the PC as a terminal and a disk drive (transferring
 stuff over the serial link).  You can debug words individually and
 compile new code on the RTX2000, rather than having to recompile the
 entire RTX2000 system with the metacompiler each time you want to make a
 little change.

 We didn't write any of the code Harris supplies.  However their target
 compiler runs *on top of* our PC/FORTH product.  They bought PC/FORTH
 and used it for their development environment, and they bundle a copy of
 PC/FORTH with all their Blue Boxes (or they used to, anyway, I don't
 know what they are doing these days).  That is the only connection
 between Harris and us... we don't really have a close relationship with
 them, unfortunately -- we hardly ever hear from them!

 NET/Mail : LMI Forth Board, Los Angeles, CA (213) 306-3530             
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