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Ralph, to what extent do you have QForth communicating to the RCX?
I just started writing (again, I started this last year and didn't get
around to it) a QForth program to communicate with the RCX. Do you have any
QForth code that would get me jumpstarted?
-Wes
In lugnet.robotics, Ralph Hempel writes:
> > Ralph Hempel wrote:
> >
> > > Well, actually, the idea was to be able to write Forth source • on the Palm
> > > and
> > > upload it using a terminal emulator from the Palm.
> >
> > So, this program will generate forth that the RCX can interpret, on the
> > palm? That's pretty cool. Hopefully, everyone can agree on some database
> > format in which RCX bytecode can be stored, so that it can be used by
> > NQC, Quartus, or whatever else ends up on the pilot.
>
> No, it's way simpler than that. The text files on the Palm are source
> code for Quartus Forth on the Palm. The idea is that the *same* source
> gets sent to the RCX via the IR link - you can do it now with a serial
> link, a terminal emulator, and the IR Tower.
>
> pbForth takes human readable ASCII source and compiles it right on the
> brick. The pbForth firmware does all the compiling etc. In todays world
> of C Development Studios that span 2 CDs, putting a compiler in a 14K
> image seems impossible, but that's what pbForth does, and it's fat compared
> to the early Forths. I'm working on a slimmed down compiler with less
> error checking that takes only 8K!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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