Re: [Amforth] avr8

[Tristan W. <ho...@tj...>]

Hello Brian,

My suggestion was just that the prebuilt AVR hex files in the
distribution should include more assembler words as standard. 

Being able to build from source means being able to do things that
might otherwise prove impossible. Not something I would want to
change. 

Best wishes,
Tristan

On 06Jul20 10:08, Brian wrote:
> Sending this again
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm an avr8 user and love amforth. This is the best system for an eight bit
> micro that lets you have interactive use of the chip. Things like circuit
> python and ulisp are cool but so resource intensive or tied to the arduino
> ecosystem that they become fun toy environments (on the 8 bit platforms)
> meant to move you on to the arm based systems where the 'real' work can be
> done. So I ask that you don't eliminate the ability to build from source,
> even if it means using wine and the atmel (micochip) assembeler. These tools
> allowed me to build and run the current amforth on the avrbutterfly. I think
> this is a great project. I would love to help, especially in the
> documentation. I'll keep my eyes open to how to submit patches. Thanks for
> everything.
> 
> brian-in-ohio
> 
> On 7/1/20 2:17 AM, Tristan Williams wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > Who of you is using which target controller?
> I use AVR atmega328p, atmega1284p, atmega2560
> 
> > Can we get rid of the Atmel/Microchip Avrasm Assembler?
> Unless AmForth/avr8 can be ported to gnu assembly, no. I would imagine
> that would be a lot of work and wine does run it very well.
> 
> Having "fuller" hex files in the distribution that have assembly words
> like bm-clear, bm-set, sleep, spirw, wdr, store-wdc already, would
> delay the need to build AmForth. AVR flash and ram are not the limited
> resource they once were. It might be worth updating the documentation
> to say which hex files are available.
> 
> > Would it be feasible to drop msp430, arm, risc-v in order to simplify
> > the whole thing? yes/no?
> I think that depends on the collective response to the first question.
> 
> > amforth-shell.py and python3
> amforth-shell.py is a great tool for AmForth. I have modified it to
> run under python3 and it works well for me. I will put up a patch but
> it really needs testing in a python os/environment other than mine.
> 
> > ticket system or mailing list ?
> I would prefer a mailing list.
> 
> Thank you Erich for AmForth Weekend #1 - I look forward to #2
> 
> Best wishes,
> Tristan
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/
> Amf...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel
>