Hardware Support -
Chipmakers angle for Linux support, an article about te importance
of Open Source software for harware vendors by
Stephen Shankland
Open Firmware Companies/Vendor support
Open Firmware Documentation (non local)
Hardware Independant Boot Code - - An Open Firmware description at an introductory level by Matthew Johnson
Apple's Open Firmware Home Page - Besides Apple's Open Firmware Technotes, this page has a link to a list
of PCI cards supporting Open Firmware
Forth
kForth - programming examples
DPANS'94 - very interesting: annex D and E.
Gforth - Forth implementation of the GNU project
PFE - The Portable Forth Environment is based on the ANSI Standard for Forth. It is targeted for embedded environments.
vnpforth - contains a traditional compiler, which turns Forth into standard object (.o) files
Moving Forth -
Article on writing Forth Kernels by Brad Rodriguez
Hayes ANS compliance test -
a test for ANS Forth compliance by
John Hayes. The OpenBIOS forth kernel passes this test.
gfob -
a forth source obfuscator
Primer -
A Beginner's Guide to Forth by J.V. Noble
Forth engines -
written in several languages.
Thoughtful Programming and Forth -
an essay by Jeff Fox.
Selected Forth Papers -
at theforthsource.com
Stack Machines
Stack Computers: the new wave -
Philip J. Koopman Jr's book on stack computers offered as pdf and html.
Booting
Flashing on Linux Systems
Other Open Source Firmware Implementations
LinuxBIOS -
The LinuxBIOS project bootstraps systems to the point where they can run
an OS kernel from flash or over Ethernet using Etherboot.
FreeBIOS -
The FreeBIOS sourceforge project hosts all of the LinuxBIOS source code
in CVS.
TIARA -
TIARA, an Openbios/GRUB/PFORTH composite, BIOS replacement (dead?)
GBIOS -
GBIOS is a GPLed firmware for PowerPC G3/G4 and some Motorola cpus.
Proll -
Proll is a firmware replacement for SUN JavaStations to boot Linux