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(...) Neither am I... but the fact is that it's not 20 years ago. My attitude is why use computers as if we are? (btw, I was programming back then... and I must confess that there are a few things I miss about programming in that era [most notably, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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How about a Forth based environment running on the PC? It would not be that difficult to move the RCX based compiler to be a cross compiler on the PC. One would be able to run in two modes - "native" through a Forth based terminal (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Thought on pbForth
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(...) Wow! Great company indeed! (...) This would be a good idea, and one day, pbForth will get there. I used to ship a Tcl based shell with pbForth, but it wasn't working well on all platforms. Here's why pbForth is the way it is, and forgive the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Ralph, This is something that has been bothering me about pbForth ever since you developed it... please do not take this as an attack against you or your efforts. I do, in fact, truly believe that you have contributed significantly to RCX (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) It's working just fine. If the LCD says "4th", then the firmware is in place, now all you need is a terminal set to 2400,n,8,1 By the way, this kind of question should be on the lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth heirarchy... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Last night I tried to install pbForth 1.11 with nqc (2.02). It beeped like it was installed and "4th" was displayed on the screen, but I could not turn it off. I had to take out the batteries to get it to turn off, but by then, the pbForth was gone. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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After too many delays, I have finally released the latest pbForth. You can find out about it at: (URL) Remember to hit refresh so that you get the new page with the new links, not the old one! Have fun on the holidays. Here's what's new: Notes for (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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The November 22, 1999 issue of Electronic Design had an article on Forth. "Although Sometimes Viewed Merely as an Interesting Relic, Forth Still Holds a Role in Today's Embedded Systems." Here is the URL of the Online edition: (URL) G. (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: wired expiriences UPLOADING & SAVE-IMAGE
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(...) Yes, Sergey. either that or a separate zip file with appropriate tools for each platform. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Whitespace and comment remover in perl
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(...) :) (...) unfortunately i've broken my palm III by stepping on it. (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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