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#189, ENGINE step 4, Phase 1 (plan 2026-11-13-engine-step4-phase1), Tasks 1-4. Captain Bob, 2026-11-13: Q1 "A new node key", Q2 "Per heartbeat tick", Q3 "All of v3's", Q4 "In Phase 1" / "Full births now", who runs next "Hera by compudynamics now" (Task 5, to come). - stadium.c/.h: stadium_node_key(node) ("NODE" | number), stadium_boot_init_for(first), stadium_birth_node(key, name); stadium_boot_init() and stadium_birth_hera() are them for Hera's key, so v3's path is as it was (only an impossible panic's words changed). - kernel_main.c: the system is chosen and said first, then the Stadium, sessions, switch-signal and kernel-Hermes tables for both systems in v3's order; v4: Hera, node 10, patron zero under her node key, the word, block and opcode layers. The quota self-test and the heartbeat's line are functions now, called by both systems. - sk_v4.c/.h: sk_v4_run() goes -- sk_v4_boot() returns, the kernel's checks after POST (opcodes, words, conservation, quota, heartbeat), then sk_v4_prompt(). sk_v4_charge_opcodes() at the heartbeat's service points (the key wait, after each line) and once after POST. - stadium_ops.c/.h: a node's 32 opcodes as Stadium patrons (HEAT-OP's feed, "Both"): retirements charged as the word layer's dispatches, a quantum each, the reservoir's floor kept, shared by retirements when short; cooling per tick as words. ~0.5 us a charge on the host: kept. - qemu_session.py: a v4 acceptance boot fails without "Stadium: N cells", "Stadium conservation: CONSERVED" and the heartbeat's ticks (#189). Tests first (logs/20261113-122142): the physics check failed on the v4 boot; test_stadium_node, test_stadium_ops (and its share case, after a real boot showed ";" taking all the heat) failed before. Now: kernel host tests all pass; amd64 v4 boot passes, POST 539/539, dict_hash unchanged, "Stadium opcodes: 30 resident, hottest opcode 8", CONSERVED; a system=v3 boot prints its Stadium lines as on 2026-11-06. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017RzZgrf7V7Zk2iczBXDRbm
StarForth / LithosAnanke documentation — the map
Start here. This page says where each kind of document lives and which one to believe. Reorganised 2026-10-14 (the docs triage): one place for current reference, one archive for everything kept as record, and every superseded or abandoned document labelled as such in its own header.
- INDEX.md — every document in the repository, with its status.
- DEAD-AND-REVISED.md — the ideas that were abandoned, and the claims that were revised, each with the date and where the decision is recorded.
- DELETE-CANDIDATES.md — what was deleted as duplicate, and why (2026-10-14).
What to believe
| For | Authoritative | Where |
|---|---|---|
| How to work in this repo, and current status | .claude/CLAUDE.md |
repo root |
| What was decided, and why; work as it happened | the FABRIC record | fabric/ — FABRIC-3.md is the living one |
| StarForth v4 (the F18-derived engine) | the v4 design | v4.0.0/ and ../v4/README.md |
| Roadmap and release-versioning policy | ROADMAP.md |
reference/ |
| Getting onto the boards | the bring-up checklist | ../boards/BRINGUP.md |
| A word, a primitive, a term | the dictionaries and the ontology | reference/ |
| What the code does | the code, and its folder's README.md |
../kernel/, ../v3/, ../v4/ |
Where two documents disagree, the one higher in this table wins, and code wins over all.
Layout
- fabric/ — the design and work record, numbered in order.
FABRIC-3.md(bare-metal boot and everything since) is open; the others are closed:- FABRIC-0, -1 and -2 are history;
- FABRIC-3.5 and -3.6 are the Tripod/kernel reshuffle, still authoritative for what they ruled;
- FABRIC-3.7 (elevation) is closed as not needed;
- FABRIC-4 holds ideas caught early, not yet scoped.
- v4.0.0/ — StarForth v4: justification, engine, decomposition, nucleus, mesh,
parity with v3.
plans/holds the step plans, all executed. - reference/ — current reference material:
ROADMAP.md(roadmap and the ratified versioning policy);M7.1.md(init capsules and birth);word-acl/(the word-level ACL design);kernel-args/(the boot command line);hosted-acceptance-test/;DICTIONARY.mdandSTARFORTH_PRIMITIVES.md(the words);ONTOLOGY.md(the lexicon);L8_ADAPTIVE_CONFIG_TABLE.md.
- working/ — living material and the source for
formal/:architecture/(design notes and HOWTOs);experiments/(DoE designs and campaign data);papers/(academic sources, the system narrative, proposals);hardware/,specifications/andscratch/;archive/, which has four parts:historical/: finished work, kept as record;superseded/: replaced, and each file's header names what replaced it;dead/: abandoned or never adopted;- the older
legacy/,quality/,operations/,research/andsession-logs/.
- formal/ — the press-ready LaTeX tier (three volumes, books, standalone
reports). Governed by
formal/CLAUDE.md. - book/ — the LithosAnanke and StarForth book build.
- pptx/ — slide decks for different audiences.
- patent/ — provisional patent material. Legal hold: ask Captain Bob before
touching anything here (also
formal/patent/,formal/scraps/legal/,working/legal/).
Adding a document
- Draft in
working/; promote toformal/when it is ready to be cited (formal/CLAUDE.md). Reference material that describes the system as it is goes inreference/. - When a document is overtaken, do not delete it:
git mvit intoworking/archive/superseded/ordead/with a header saying why and what replaces it, and add a line toDEAD-AND-REVISED.md. - Rules for documentation work: CLAUDE.md.