Re: Name of the Main task

From: Elizabeth D. Rather <erather_at_forth.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:50:14 -0700

It is OPERATOR. Its user area is set up in <mcu>\Start.f.

Historical note: OPERATOR has been the name of the primary task
since Chuck Moore's first multitasker in 1971 (at least, in
his and FORTH, Inc.'s systems).

Cheers,
Elizabeth

> -----Original Message-----
> From: swiftx-bounce_at_forth.com [mailto:swiftx-bounce_at_forth.com]On Behalf
> Of Noel Henson
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:16 PM
> To: swiftx_at_forth.com
> Subject: [swiftx] Name of the Main task
>
>
> Forth Gods,
>
> What is the name of the primary (or initial) task in SwiftX? I have task
> that needs to access the user variables of the task that is started when
> SwiftX boots.
>
> Thanks,
> Noel
>
> PS: I and my clients just love the performance we get with SwiftX for the
> 68331. We have 8 tasks running that handle a kiosk-like color
> graphical UI,
> multiple tables in a dynamic FLASH database, telemetry, GPS and
> multiple communications channels. Thanks!
>

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