feat(v4.0.0): a node is sent text as a message and sends back what it prints

MESH.md step 3.  The ports are the transport; the message is what is
transported: to, from, type, heat and TTL, ACL tag, sequence, length, then
text four characters to a word.

- quit.v4: a node with nothing to do is blocked reading "any port"; text
  for it is interpreted; (FINISH) sends what it printed and then how the
  text ended, and it waits again
- core.v4: EMIT keeps what is printed, (FLUSH-OUT) and (HDR) send it to the
  sender on the port the message came on.  EMIT still needs one free data
  cell and no more; it works on the return stack and in A and B
- message.h/.c: the same format for whatever is on a port and is not a node
- boot.c: the boot is the node's console on port 1 and its kernel on port 0
- the prompt tests are a console that speaks messages
- gone: v4_line_begin, v4_line_done, v4_line_status; writing a node's input
  buffer and setting its P from outside; any use of CONSOLE-TX

Verified: make -C v4 test (test_host_quit.c 1283 checks, the full-stack
figures unchanged) and make -C v4 sanitize pass; hosted-check passes on
three ISAs with POST 550 of 550; clean qemu with STARFORTH_V4=1 passes POST
and answers lines typed at each prompt on amd64, aarch64 and riscv64
(logs/20261006-110551, -111621, -111341).  -110837 is an aarch64 run ended
by the test wrapper's limit while still in UEFI firmware; it shows nothing
about v4.

Not done: KEY, EXPECT and QUERY still read the console's input registers;
a message not for this node is let go (step 4).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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rajames
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co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
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UEFI firmware (version 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 built at 15:40:26 on Sep 23 2026)
[=3hBdsDxe: failed to load Boot0002 "UEFI Misc Device" from PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0): Not Found
BdsDxe: failed to load Boot0003 "UEFI QEMU QEMU USB HARDDRIVE 1-0000:00:04.0-1" from PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x4,0x0)/USB(0x0,0x0): Not Found
BdsDxe: loading Boot0004 "UEFI Misc Device 2" from PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x6,0x0)
BdsDxe: starting Boot0004 "UEFI Misc Device 2" from PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x6,0x0)
[=3hStarKernel UEFI Loader
Loading kernel from ESP...
[CKPT 001] Entered efi_main - ConOut live
Collecting boot information...
[CKPT 004] Command line parsed
[CKPT 005] Kernel stack allocation decided
[CKPT 006] Boot info collected (ACPI table located)
[CKPT 007] GOP: linear framebuffer found
[CKPT 008] About to enter ExitBootServices retry loop
_____ _ _ __ _
/ ____| | | |/ / | |
| (___ | |_ __ _ _ __| ' / ___ _ __ _ __ ___| |
\___ \| __/ _` | '__| < / _ \ '__| '_ \ / _ \ |
____) | || (_| | | | . \ __/ | | | | | __/ |
|_____/ \__\__,_|_| |_|\_\___|_| |_| |_|\___|_|
LithosAnanke v2.1.0
Architecture: aarch64
Build: Oct 6 2026 11:15:55
UEFI BootServices: EXITED
=== StarKernel Boot Information ===
Memory map entries: 108
Total memory: 4093 MB
Usable memory: 4056 MB
===================================
PMM initialized.
PMM statistics:
Total pages: 1039866
Free pages : 1038455
Used pages : 1411
Total MB : 4061
Free MB : 4056
Used MB : 5
VMM initialized (mapped RAM, CR3 switched)
VMM initialized (mapped RAM, CR3 switched)
VMM self-test: mapped OK at 0xffff800000000000
VMM self-test complete.
AArch64: running at EL1
IDT installed.
APIC: init...
PSCI: no DTB -- using HVC (QEMU virt-machine default)
GICv2: no DTB GIC node -- using QEMU virt-machine defaults
GICv2: distributor+CPU interface enabled, PPI 30
APIC: init done
Timer: init...
Timer: AArch64 generic timer initialised.
Timer: init done
Kernel heap initialized.
Heap statistics:
Total bytes: 2147483608
Free bytes: 2147483608
Used bytes: 0
Peak bytes: 0
Heap base addr: 1207959552
Heap end addr: 3355443200
Heartbeat: init...
Heartbeat: init done
Kernel initialization complete.
Boot successful!
StarForth v4: one host node, the F18-derived engine
V4: capsule v4:nucleus-64.f18 signature: missing (unsigned)
PARITY:V4_NUCLEUS name=v4:nucleus-64.f18 capsule_id=0x97a655081b2af559 capsule_hash=0x97a655081b2af559 words=298
V4: capsule v4:forth79.4th signature: missing (unsigned)
PARITY:V4_CAPSULE name=v4:forth79.4th capsule_id=0x4055641ee17d176b capsule_hash=0x4055641ee17d176b dict_hash=0x594818fc69677603
V4: capsule v4:post79.4th signature: missing (unsigned)
PARITY:V4_POST tests=550 pass=550 fail=0
PARITY:V4_CAPSULE name=v4:post79.4th capsule_id=0xb987dbb4388990bd capsule_hash=0xb987dbb4388990bd dict_hash=0x8768fb163c8529f4
PARITY:OK
POST: PASSED
ok> : SQ DUP * ;
ok
ok> 7 SQ . 3 4 U* . .
49 0 12 ok
ok> COLD
FORTH-79 Cold Start
System initialized.
ok
ok> 3 4 U* . .
0 12 ok
ok> FORGET U*
Protected word
ERROR
ok> 9 KERNEL-WORD ASK9 ASK9
Argument out of range
ERROR
ok> BYE
BYE: cold restart