Thanks to Willie F., Joseph Herpers, and Carl Ma for their quick responses to my question regarding "FCODE" and "iPOST". Carl provided a URL that describes where "Forth byte code" comes from (http://www.primenet.com/pcai/New_Home_Page/ai_info/pcai_forth.html). Both Joseph and Willie provided a bit more background on how FCODE is used, which is to provide descriptors - i.e. memory mapping info - of cards that use the SBUS. The only documentation I found on Sun's web site was for reprogramming the flash prom in an enterprise system, but nothing as to the "why". I guess only someone with experience in the actual architectural configuration of a SPARC would be able to answer the question as to "why forth byte code is used". I never did find out if there is any differences between "iPOST" and "POST". Again, thanks to all who did respond Cheers, -deb Deborah Santomauro Unix System Administrator Kennedy Space Center - Florida / CSOC-ROS email: santode@kscems.ksc.nasa.gov Work: 321-861-2226 o, o__ o_/| o_. </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') ~~@~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~@~~~~ -When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.- Franklin Delano Roosevelt _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Tue Dec 18 08:54:22 2001
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