5 Jan
2012
5 Jan
'12
1:43 a.m.
On 04/01/12 7:25 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 4 Jan 2012 at 13:16, Fred Cisin wrote:
That was implemented as http://www.openfirmware.org/ (found in Suns,
Macs, etc).
The format is Fcode; it's actually a brilliant idea that of course was
of more pressing importance when the hardware market was actually
heterogeneous.
--Toby
On Tue, 3 Jan 2012, Chris M wrote:
At one point, I seem to recall that there was a proposal put forward
for Plug'n'Pray cards that each would contain a small ROM with some
Forth code--the idea being that the card wouldn't be tied to a
particular CPU.
It never went anywhere, AFAIK. Oh if I had my way, every computer would have
BASIC in firmware or
on disk. You betcha.
. . . and to supplement or ameliorate deficiencies in the firmware
version, there can be addtions to it on the disk! . . . and, for those
missing the firmware copy, put "Gee Whiz BASIC" on the disk!
--Chuck