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Re: Name of the Main task

From: Noel Henson <noel_at_noels-lab.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 13:02:28 -0700

Thanks! I completely missed that in the documentation.

Noel

On Thursday 02 October 2003 12:50 pm, you wrote:
> 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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