• An extensible application, with peripherals that self-install.
• Powerful diagnostic and debugging tools.
• An escape hatch for your screw-ups.

TOF is a platform for a different kind of application. It:

• Uses processor-independent code that can reconfigure your application at boot time or on the fly. A JIT compiler quickly converts tokenized source to native machine code.
• Staves off obsolescence in masked ROM parts. Fast late-binding mechanism allows patches to ROM code.
• Allows live debugging and rapid interactive development.

Vocabulary 1. Lexicon and token assignments for basic TOF with the SPIX bus.

Evaluation boards for 8051 derivatives and the MC68331.

Serial SPIX expansion bus and add-on modules.

• A system distributed over a multidrop RS485 bus.
• A parallel expansion bus.
• Arbitrary communication channels.
• Shoes for a 'C' application.

Visit the Forth Interest Group or the Open Firmware Working Group. View the ANS Forth draft standard or use my quick reference card.

Visit the hardware store.

Forth, inc. sells Forth Application Techniques which is an excellent Forth primer. Buy it and work through the problems using TOF. Their Forth Programmer's Handbook is a good Forth reference.