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Hello. I became acquainted with pbforth via Jonathan Knudsen's (O'Reilly) books and think that it's a terrific place to learn forth. I am using CRT with line delay=100 and char delay=20, but if I wait between carriage returns, I get "garbage" I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi Vlad, (...) These commands are low-level calls to ROM firmware. If you want to simulate original firmware' behaviour you mast do a little coding. May be you will be interested to see my small example at the end of this post. This is the part of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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i tried, and indeed CRT works much better. but, when using POWER_INIT and POWER_OFF standalone, the display remains lit, showing 4th... and when running TEST_POWER from the supplied scripts, the RCX suddenly (at the fourth step) did not want to come (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) yes, that I forgot to do... (...) yes, and it works well in direct mode via HyperTerminal (...) I will try it sorry for bothering with FAQs... have a nice day /Vlad (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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(...) The IS a forth.com already :-) (...) Right on. You sell support, or bokks, or whatever to go WITH the software. I'd like to know what the profitablilty of Microsoft Press is... (...) There are lots of Forths written in C. Try to pick one (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Remember to set up character and line pacing. Char pacing should be about 20 msec or so and the line space should be 100 msec. Does the LCD display 4th after you have uploaded pbforth.srec using NQC? I personally HATE hyperterminal. Try CRT. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Ralph Hempel skrev: > * how does one send files to pbForth? HyperTerminal is garbling everything up - The double chars are eliminated in this release. Thanks for the quick answer! I downloaded the latest version. But what I meant by garbling was (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | FW: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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-----Original Message----- From: Stalker-Wilde, Graham [mailto:graham.stalk...@csfb.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 2:30 PM To: 'Ralph Hempel' Subject: RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit no problem. wait a minute - there is no.... No (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | FW: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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-----Original Message----- From: Stalker-Wilde, Graham [mailto:graham.stalk...@csfb.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:32 AM To: 'Ralph Hempel' Subject: RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit you did indeed get another one, and I'd love (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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-----Original Message----- From: Stalker-Wilde, Graham [mailto:graham.stalk...@csfb.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 12:42 PM To: 'Ralph Hempel' Subject: RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit Doh! Question for you. I built a scanner (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: sending files to pbForth
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(...) Yes, they are a FAQ. PLease refer to the website for FAQ info. It sounds like you do not have the latest version of firmware. Go to the website and gran a copy of the lastest 1.1.0 pbForth. The double chars are eliminated in this release. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I realize these might be a FAQ, but cannot seem to find the answers... * how does one send files to pbForth? HyperTerminal is garbling everything up - was that one of the problems with it that Ralph was talking about? maybe another terminal program (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: local echo (MMOOTTOORR__SSEETT instead of MOTOR_SET)
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(...) Well, when there's nothing to actually RUN under WIN9x or Linux or MacOS then it's hard to get the installation wrong :-) (...) Yup, it's the tower. (...) Let me know what works. I suggest a simple terminal program that allows XMODEM transfers (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Yes, the tower... And unfortunately you can't turn it off. Sergey (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: local echo (MMOOTTOORR__SSEETT instead of MOTOR_SET)
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thank you both, I got it working now (I had the 1.0.7, so I downloaded the latest one, if only every installation was that simple:-) and I subscribed to the announce list. however, I was wondering, if the pbFORTH does not echo the keystrokes and (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: local echo (MMOOTTOORR__SSEETT instead of MOTOR_SET)
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(...) Thanks Sergey. Erik, if you check out the website, there is a link to automagically subscribe to be notified whenever pbForth gets updated... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: local echo (MMOOTTOORR__SSEETT instead of MOTOR_SET)
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Hi Erik, Starting after the 1.0.7 version, echo from RCX was disabled (controlled by RCX_ECHO variable, off by default). Current version (1.1.0 as I remember) shouldn't show any echo. At least with "standard" terminals. I've tried Hyperterminal, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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hi guys, I just started the pbforth for the first time! definitely interesting experience. I use the minicom to communicate with rcx now. it looks like it's working, I can start/stop motor etc... however it always puts every character I type twice (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | WebSite Update - Building a MazeWalker
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Ok. You have heard me blather on about how I will eventually get the mazewalker posted. The code isn't posted YET, but the pictures and text are...here's the link. (URL) This is a complete maze navigation system. It figures out where the boundaries (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Multitasker and MARKER word
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Hi Ralph, (...) There is present automatic detection in XMODEM protocol group (they are three XMODEM, XMODEM/CRC and XMODEM-1k). But difference comparing to YMODEM and ZMODEM is bigger. Simply because XMODEM transfers only a raw data, but YMODEM and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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