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Hi Ralph, (...) Yes, it works. After fighting for a while with Cygwin32 + binutils (it's still present a bug in linker configuration), finally I got the development environment. Your makefile works fine so it was very easy to get pbFORTH compiled. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) After seeing all the cool stuff at Mindfest this weekend, I'll say this: 1. Learn about basic bot building using the graphical tools from LEGO 2. When you need more control, go to NQC 3. When you run out of variables or timers, etc go to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Double echo
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(...) This is a good idea Sergey. Obvoiusly you have got a set of tools up to build the pbForth from the distribution. Does the makefile work OK for you? I might suggest that I add a word that turns the echos off or on? How does ECHO_OFF ( -- ) (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Here is a simple example where 32 bits isn't enough precision. Task: Given a robot with at least one motor, rotational velocity sensors [1] on each motor and a light sensor, implement a program to compile statistics on motor speed and light (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi Ralph, I just tried out to remove all EMITs from ACCEPT word, in order to eliminate back echo from RCX. It works good: less Frame Errors and Break Interrupts from comm port during the session. And you can use "normal" terminal program, like (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Cool! This is what I origianlly designed pbFORTH fro, so you could upload source prom your PalmPilot via the Serial interface to the IR tower... There's even an ANSI forth for the PalmPilot for testing code!!! I for one would LOVE to see this (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | FW: RCX Firmware and SP
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-----Original Message----- From: Sergey Udovenko [mailto:udovenko@bluewin.ch] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 5:56 PM To: Ralph Hempel Subject: Re: RCX Firmware and SP Hi Ralph, I'm just yet another hobbyist, so nothing is special about my plans. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hmm, this is the kind of message I should use for FAQ fodder... (...) You can run it either way. The original intent was to use the dumbest tool possible to interact with the RCX. For DOS this is Procomm Plus or some such tool, for Windows its (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Does pbforth run under dos or windows on the PC? Does it use blocks or dos/windows file system on the PC? Does it use blocks in RAM on the RCX? If I program directly on the RCX can I upload the programs to the PC for further development? In using (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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My 15 year old son is into legos big time. He has asked for the Lego robot package. I developed in Forth many years ago and I am just getting back into it with Forth Inc.'s SwiftForth for Windows. I have enjoyed messing about with it but what I am (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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