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3.4 Initialisation, Startup

After resetting the subsystem (power-on reset), the bootstrap sets up the Forth environment, copies the firmware from PROM to RAM and disables the PROM for further access.

After this, the main word Do-App is called from the Forth system immediately after setup. You can find the main word Do-App in the file app.fth (see part II). Do-App calls Init-App, which itself calls other initilisation words like Init-ADS. Then the application enters the main loop. In the main loop the following actions are performed:



Peter Schmid 2001-05-18