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Fourth - Own OS!!??

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 4:27 am
by srg
Hi

Do my eyes need testing or did I really read that in FOURTH the enviroment can basically act as a standalone OS?? This sounds very interesting if it does.

thanks
srg

Re:Fourth - Own OS!!??

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:24 pm
by erikgreenwald
when wired up right, 'forth' can act as a crude OS... "open firmware" is a relatively common forth interpreter on a chip used to boot some systems...

if you happen to have a "new world" mac, try holding "cmd+opt+o+f" during boot.

If you have a sun sparc laying around, the key combo during boot is "stop+a"

Amusing for playing, and useful when you cork the os on one of those machines... :) I used it for partial recovery when my powerbook's hdd crapped out, before I shipped it off to apple for a new drive

-Erik