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Subject: Finding a Forth for the 8051/8031
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Date: 31 Dec 90 13:47:45 GMT
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 Date: 12-28-90 (23:49)              Number: 704 of 705 (Echo)
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 From: BOB SCHEMMEL                    Read: (N/A)
 Subj: 8051 & FORTH                  Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
 Conf: FORTH (58)                 Read Type: GENERAL (+)

 The company I work for uses 8051's (87C51,87c52) for controlling
 robotic theater lighting equipment. We currently use assembly language
 and Basic. I am interested in experimenting with forth that can target
 this processor. I understand there is an embedded forth version of this
 IC and I think the book "Embedded Forth for Control" by some people at
 Sandia Labs deals with just such a chip however the people who have
 purchased it seem put off by the technical detail and extensive source
 code listings. I am curious if anyone has actually tried an embedded
 forth 8051 or barring that, has anyone used forth to target that chip
 with a metacompiler and/or native code compiler. I have LMI's PC/FORTH
 3.2 and have not really learned it enough yet to use it at work but
 that is my objective, hence I would be curious if anyone has used LMI's
 8051 metacompiler/code optimizer or such to improve the performance of
 there 8051 equipment. I would be especially curious about anyone who
 WAS using assembly language and or Basic and then tried forth for the
 8051, since I would like to interest the engineering dept. here in the
 difference between these two software approaches. Anything in the way
 of first hand accounts of people who switched to forth for the 8051
 would certainly carry alot of weight to interest the people here who
 are receptive but would like to see evidence of the difference. I
 don't need any convincing myself, I am merely looking for something
 to show the people at work. I would appreciate anyone's input. Bob

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