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Re: typo / my opinion

Jeff Fox wrote:
>. . . Look at P8!

I would have loved to -- why is it that here (on this list) the first
time that I have ever heard of it?


>. . . Too bad that no one wanted to pay for it.

...Too bad that it was never publicized!  The whole sorry history of
FORTH chips seems plagued by a lack of decent datasheets;  even the
PacSci effort (which comes close) has yet to leave me with a warm
cozy feeling when it comes to justifying a design win.  The RTX is
the only one that cuts the mustard in this department, yet Novix /
RCA / GE / Harris remained elusive when it came to a lucid
description of interrupt-behaviour.

For all of the typing that gets done on webpages, why is it that
no-one seems able to get their shit together to publish a proper .PDF
datasheet???  Surely there is working silicon...  and I thought the
whole philosophy was to *abolish* the preisthood -- why is it as
painful as pulling teeth, just to get the simple facts?  (sorry Jeff;
you at least have been pretty up-front wrt the F21 status)


> *want* to buy your technology . . .

Not *yet*, I don't!  If everyone wants to remain cagey about basic
design data, then this situation will never change.  Chuck Moore is a
brilliant guy, but I refuse to take him on pure faith, or kiss his
ass (and he'd probably be the first person to agree with me) --
inluence:  YES.  Dictate:  NO.  If anything, FORTH is for
individualists, and anarchists.


cheers   - vic