<div dir="ltr">The workstation versions of Oberon had a modified linker that produced boot files. From memory, I think this was called BootLinker. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Bob Walkden <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bob@web-options.com" target="_blank">bob@web-options.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On 4 Jun 2014, at 16:49, "Charles Perkins" <<a href="mailto:chuck@kuracali.com">chuck@kuracali.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I considered calling it MakeABootTrackForRISCV5FromCompiledModuleFiles.Mod<br>
> but that exceeded the module name size limit. So instead, since it links modules, I<br>
> called it 'Linker.Mod'<br>
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</div>You could call it Gepetto - he makes boots.<br>
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>> If it is a booter, it must 'match its native-hardware'.<br>
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>> A booter for OberonV5 for RISC for an emulator is like,<br>
>> a photo, of the mirror-image of Shroediger's cat.<br>
>> Or is it the mirror-image of the photo?<br>
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> Is it useful or is it not useful? Only by opening the box and interacting with it can<br>
> you find out.<br>
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> Warning: interacting with this linker may break the box. Be sure to have plenty<br>
> of extra boxes handy.<br>
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</div>Link outside the box.<br>
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