Subject: Re: OF: show-modes (Re: Getting Started, again)
To: fission <fission@mb.sympatico.ca>
From: Monroe Williams <monroe@pobox.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/21/2000 11:21:48
on 3/21/00 11:07 AM, fission at fission@mb.sympatico.ca wrote:
> Okay, then, do a:
>
> dev /chaos/control
> words
>
> And see what words you can play with.
>
> --fission
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0 > dev /chaos/control ok
0 > words
close restore draw-logo write open
read-rectangle
fill-rectangle draw-rectangle get-colors set-colors color!
color@
control#
0 >
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Looks pretty sparse.
Is there a good "Open Firmware Forth for Dummies" book somewhere? I have
the ieee 1275-1994 spec and I've read the Apple tech notes on using OF,
but neither seems to be a very good intro to, for example, making sense
of the contents of the nvramrc.
-- monroe
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Monroe Williams monroe@pobox.com