[Oberon] FPGA Oberon - DAU status report...

[Simon Forman]

Maybe this is a good time to mention my attempt to get a Python
implementation of the compiler (and RISC) working:
https://github.com/PhoenixBureau/PythonOberon/tree/master/OPY13

I got pretty far with it before getting side-tracked.  It compiles
Kernel.Mod.txt and FileDir.Mod.txt, but errors with "Reg Stack"on
Files.Mod.txt...  I hope to find time this month to circle back and
finish it.

It was incredibly educational working through the compiler to convert
it to Python.

Eventually I hope to use the Python version of the compiler to
bootstrap the Oberon system on the little RISC emulator I wrote.  The
idea is to be able to play and experiment with an Oberon 2013 system
without an FPGA board.

Warm regards,
~Simon

On 2/7/14, Bob Walkden <bob at web-options.com> wrote:
> On 7 Feb 2014, at 19:30, "Jan Verhoeven" <jan at verhoeven272.nl> wrote:
>>
>> greim wrote:
>>> So to generate prom.me i would need a running ORP and ORX on any PC.
>>
>> Bingo! You reached the point of fast return. Just about all of the
>> Oberon related projects need an oberon operating system to "cross"
>> compile the sources.
>> I haven't found one in the last 15 years. I tried to port some of the
>> sources to Modula-2 and failed.
>>
>> Oberon is to me like a holy grail hidden in a Tantalising setting. Each
>> time I think "I have it, it is in reach", it turns out that there is
>> still a tiny thing missing and I need to retreat.
>
> I'm not sure why that is like a holy grail - if you want to cross-compile
> and need an Oberon system, why not get an Oberon system? There are plenty of
> them.
>
> Way, way back before the days of browsers, when Oberon was fairly new, I got
> the dos version on a floppy disk, and got my library to order all of Prof.
> Wirth's papers about the system. One of them is called Designing a System
> from Scratch. A very worthwhile paper if you're not familiar with it. It
> includes a fascinating description of how they bootstrapped the first
> systems onto Ceres or Lilith or whatever the box was called. You may be able
> to find a copy online.
>
> B
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