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This is a bulk mailing of notice of the new pbFORTH 106 release. If you don't want to be on this list, please email me so I can take you off. The latest and greatest pbFORTH is now available. Enhancements include: 1. Fixed issues with timers (thanks (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: TIMER 0 is flakey
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(...) That's not all. Seems like I've left half of the words using the old calling convention..... I'll get 1.0.6 out and posted by tomorrow, along with the TCL gui and a small test suite. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Do the high resolution timers work?
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(...) Yep, you've got the parameters backwards. Try FFFF 0 timer_set. Also, I'm not sure about numbers above 0x8000... I'm working on a TclTk interface for uploading firmware images to the RCX and for pbFORTH scripts. I ALMOST have the comment (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: TIMER 0 is flakey
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(...) Looks like I'd better test this again, and maybe release 1.06... Sorry. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus station, So why am I sitting at a work station? ---...--- Reply to: (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | TIMER 0 is flakey
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Hi Ralph, It looks like TIMER 0 is hosed in v1.05. Take a gander at this: ----- : time RCX_INIT 0 0 TIMER_SET 32 0 DO 0 TIMER_GET . LOOP ; ok time 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -32639 -32639 130 130 -32638 131 131 131 -32637 132 132 132 133 -32635 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Do the high resolution timers work?
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Hi Ralph, Are timer_SET and timer_GET working? I can't seem to get any non-zero values from them: RCX_INIT ok 0 FFFF timer_SET ok 0 timer_GET . 0 ok Am I missing something? Thanks, Jonathan (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Couple of questions about the Mindstorms software
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<Silly fly thread snipped...it WAS funny though> (...) Well, pbFORTH DOES have the ability to emit arbitrary bytes by the use of the EMIT word. And it has the ability to receive arbitrary bytes since that's how the terminal program talks to it. It's (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Couple of questions about the Mindstorms software
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(...) LOL! BTW, speaking of viruses (in the good sense) and on-the-fly bytecode compiling, do any of the RCX packages currently support the spontaneous exchange of high-level code between two or more RCX bricks? It seems like it would almost be a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | [ANN] pbFORTH 1.0.5 for RCX
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Finally, I have got pbFORTH to where I can release it again. It now has: - A simple cooperative tasker - A marker word so you can erase things easily - Support for poweroff - High res (10msec) count down and stop timers - Various and sundry fixes (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | PBForthConsole v0.4 source
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Hello, I've updated my pbFORTH console tool. New features include: - Backspace is now supported. Sloppy typing is no longer a disaster. - A file upload option. This allows you to develop scripts offline and upload them all at once, which is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Rotation sensors?
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(...) Thanks, I was using that as a reference for the FORTH overview I wrote. (...) Thanks for the heads-up. It should be no trouble changing the URL, as the book is still a draft. After August or so it'll get harder, but still won't be impossible. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Rotation sensors?
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(...) OOOOHHH. That makes me feel warm and fuzzy and willing to do more work! Here's a link to an on-line (free) book about FORTH for real time applications. Tim Hendtlass (the author) is really good about linking to the book, which is hosted on the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Rotation sensors?
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Hi Ralph, (...) Sorry for not being more specific. It shows the same value all the time. (...) Yup, you nailed it. I thought the rotation sensor was a passive resistive device. The call to SENSOR_ACTIVE fixed it up. (...) Thanks, I'm still getting (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Rotation sensors?
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(...) Thanks for attaching the code Jonathan. Before I go through the steps of trying this out, what do you mean by doesn't work? ie. 1. Does it hang and not display anything? 2. Does it display the same data all the time? 3. Does it not respond to (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Rotation sensors?
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Has anyone used a rotation sensor with pbFORTH? I can't seem to get it to work. My test script is attached. Thanks, Jonathan ----- HEX : isRunButtonPressed BUTTON_GET 1 AND 1 = ; : showRotation 3002 SWAP 3001 LCD_NUMBER LCD_REFRESH ; : clear (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Whither 0> ?
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(...) Yes, it's not in the hFORTH (ANSI) standard. You can always do SWAP 0< instead. The new release I'm working on does define 0> .... As a workaround, you can define 0> as above, and then remove the alias later. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Whither 0> ?
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Hi Ralph, I'm able to use <, =, >, 0<, and 0=, but 0> is not defined. Any idea why? Thanks, Jonathan (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Java 2 pbFORTH console, version 0.2 source release
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(...) Wow! I haven't looked at this, and probably won't until I get more Java experience, but thanks for the effort. Just to keep everyone up to date on pbFORTH, I have (as usual) got too much other stuff on my plate right now. I am going to have (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Java 2 pbFORTH console, version 0.2 source release
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Hello, This is not for the faint of heart. I wrote a Java 2-based pbFORTH console that strips out repeated characters when talking with the RCX (most of the time). It still chokes when the IR tower awakens, but you can get some pretty clean-looking (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Assembly tool?
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(...) I'm afraid I was going to use Delphi (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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