OpenBoot 2.x Command Reference Manual

The Forth Monitor

The Restricted Monitor functions b (for booting the system) and c (for resuming execution of a halted program) are available as the boot (see Chapter 2, Booting and Testing Your System) and go (see Chapter 5, Loading and Executing Programs) commands, respectively, in the Forth Monitor.

The Forth Monitor is an interactive command interpreter that gives you access to an extensive set of functions for hardware and software development, fault isolation, and debugging. A variety of system users, from end-users to system administrators to system developers, can use these functions.

The Forth Monitor prompt is ok. When you enter the Forth Monitor, the following screen is displayed:


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