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(...) Just scanned through Kekoka's excellent dissection of the ROM routines. Seems like system variable/register at address $ff7b contains the relevant Long range/Short range bit flag, ie. bit 0 toggles the IR range 0 = Long, 1 = Short. Could I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) OhOh. Now you have got me thinking again. I can fix my make system to provide images that have optional wordsets, double precision, floats, etc. This is a good thing. (...) Check (URL) and look in the PDA section. LOTS of free stuff there. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) I like the solution proposed by many Forht packages (by hForth in particular): there is a basic kernel and a few different variations with optional wordsets. For myself, I would like to see at least one additional variation to pbForth - image (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) This is an important part of what I want pbForth to be. It should be possible lo load up "precompiled" images to let users put exactly what they want in their system. (...) Since SAVE-SYSTEM is something you do at the END of the development (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi Ralph, Thanks for words of cheers ;) (...) Exactly. My first attempt was to dump out the whole image and make terminal to receive it as a textual file. Uh uh... (...) Well, of course I would like to make it available for community. If you think (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Sergey, This is an EXCELLENT idea. On an old project I used to work on, I actually used an SREC dump routine, but here the tower would cause problems because the PC would keep having to poll for addresses. Using XMODEM transfer will work great (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hello, Being bored uploading all the optional libraries to my pbForth system all the time, I’ve reinvented the wheel and implemented SAVE-SYSTEM word. Now I can create many different “saved” pbForth versions and load them at will. The idea is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) I don't have this word defined yet. If you like and REALLY need it, I can roll it into the next release which will use the ROM math routines for speed. I could (time permitting) roll a special release out for you in the next few days with just (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Does anyone know how to switch the RCX to long range IR mode in PBForth? Dave (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) It's not that hard, and it's not really a secret....I'll email the source as a zip to you in the next few days, OK. I just realized that the only place RCX_ECHO RCX_EMIT, and LCD_4TH are documented are on this list! (...) The RCX has 32 of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) It works fine. It even worked with my own "no-echo" terminal. Best part, of course, it's that nice splash "4th" ;) (...) Well, I'm really would like to see sources, if it not a secret. I would not mind about "cleanest", perfection is very (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Thanks! How does it work for you? I'll put in some release notes on the website in a few days. (...) I took the sources out for now until I can really clean them up. If you REALLY need them, I can email them to you. Next on the block is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi Ralph, Nice to see a new release! Only question, why did you remove sources from the package? Would be really nice if you can publish the sources too. Sergey Udovenko (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Finally, the pesky stack bug and the goofy double echo byte problem has been fixed. Thanks to Sergey Udovenko I have also integrated a little "splash screen" on the LCD that lets you know pbForth is up and running. (URL) Will get you there. Please (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Will do shortly... (...) I'm not sure I want to be known as the guy that hates variables. They DO have their place, as data structures or to hold information that is infrequently accessed or is inconvenient to manage on the stack. The thing (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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-----Original Message----- From: Ralph Hempel [mailto:rhempel@bmts.com] Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 7:58 PM To: munafo@gcctech.com Subject: RE: belated question from Mindfest (...) Nice to meet you too. I'm not sure if anyone really appreciates (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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-----Original Message----- From: munafo@gcctech.com [mailto:munafo@gcctech.com] Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 5:24 PM To: rhempel@bmts.com; Robert Munafo Subject: belated question from Mindfest Ralph, It was good talking to you at Mindfest. As you (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I hate to admit it, but the version of Turbo C++ I just pulled out is 1.00. I departed from the Borland compiler shortly after acquiring this version and did not keep up with advances. Would I gain any advantages by finding a later version, or (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Yeah. Not sure about the hardware interface, though. Would it be possible to run the DOS executable to generate a binary and then download it otherwise? I too am not sure what this whole discussion is about- if it is just NQC, then it is (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Wes and Dave, I pulled out an ancient copy of Turbo C++ 3.0 for DOS. It compiles most of the code but chokes on the >8 character file names. I might have to try Microsoft VC++ next....to make a DOS executable. I also found a DOS C Comm library (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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