Re: [Amforth-devel] Question about bootstrapping

[Erich W. <ew....@na...>]

Hi,

> Nice! I'm playing with the idea of using amforth on an ATmega8. With
> just 8K of RAM, it might make sense to move the compiler onto the PC,
> and just have the inner interpreter on the microcontroller -- or is that
> just crazytalk?

an atmega8 is a little tight. You barely get the amforth system into the
8k flash --- amforth is comfortable and therefore not *that* tiny. A bigger
controller is more fun. I' using atmega32.
There is 1k RAM on an atmega8, and 2k on an atmega32. Sounds little, but is
plenty for my stuff.

Moving the compiler onto the PC is certainly possible, this stuff is called
"umbilical Forth". One example of such an implementation is Byteforth by Willem
Ouwerkerk. amforth ist not an umbilical forth.


Cheers,
Erich