[Oberon] Astrobe for FPGA

[greim]

Hallo Chris,

>
> Yes - editing, compiling and uploading are all done on the PC using the
> Astrobe IDE. The Oberon source code files on the PC are just text files so
> you can use any of your other Windows software development tools (editors,
> difference listers, version control systems, grep searches) to maintain
> them. The resulting modules (*.rsc files) are dynamically linked on the FPGA
> exactly as they are in the full Project Oberon system.
>
> The core OS modules that I use - Kernel, FileDir, Files and Modules (the
> dynamic loader), are identical to the Project Oberon distribution except for
> one difference: I have implemented a Files.SetDate function that I call from
> the Upload function so that files uploaded from the PC have the same date /
> timestamp on the Oberon system.
>
> As for a 'business model' Astrobe for FPGA RISC5 is free - you'll just have
> to register your name and email address to use it:
>
> http://www.astrobe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=476
>
> The downside is that you will get half-a-dozen or so Astrobe-related emails
> from me each year ;-)
>

thats ok, i guess i already got it, because afaik I have a license for 
ARM...


> Support is limited to this mailing list and the Astrobe forum. Anything else
> that would create work for me which I am not already doing for myself I
> would have to charge for e.g. helping you to get it working on a board that
> you have built or purchased for your own or commercial use. An exception
> would be for individuals like Magnus (Saanlima) or Enso who were developing
> a board specifically aimed at supporting Oberon. I am happy to try and help
> them if possible - the only cost to them would be to send me a board to work
> with. If Xilinx or Altera was the customer that might be a different story
> :)
>
ok, thats a very fair business model


> No Linux version of Astrobe for RISC5 is planned - it requires Windows 7, 8
> or 10.
>
> If you wanted a Linux version you would be able to use the target system as
> long as you had a Linux tool to write the supplied core OS disk image to an
> SD Card. You would also need:
>
> * A Linux text editor to create your Oberon programs
> * To port the RISC5 Oberon compiler to Linux.
>    Gardens Point Component Pascal (GPCP) for JVM might be a good starting
> point. It only took a couple of days to port the compiler using GPCP for
> .NET

> * A Linux terminal emulator that can run at 115200 baud to upload the object
> files (*.rsc) to the target.


ok, maybe i will make a try with WINE, but i have also Windows in a 
container on my Linux desktop, i must confess....

>
> Sorry - I missed your last question in my previous reply. Yes you can use
> the full featured FPGAOberon system as your developing/master system. You
> just need a way of transferring the resulting .rsc files from the full
> system to your target system. I'll supply a disk image for the full system
> as well as the core OS to make sure that the module versions are compatible.
>

that sounds very elegant...

One last question regarding this topic:
The timing of the full FPGAOberon is strongly influenced by the CRT 
refresh rate. Is there any speed/clock-frequency increase with your slim 
system realized/possible?


Best Regards

Markus