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Yeah!! After lots of reading and study and experimentation and suggestions from Ralph I finally added a new word to the .asm files. It was a simple word. I just cloned DUP under a different name. But it works. Now I am truely turned to the dark (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Hmmm...this is a good alternative, the dialog would then point the user in the right direction, which is the rcxoption.tcl file. I like it. I could even do it when the com port could not be opened... (...) This is wierd. It works just fine on (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) I have run into this too, Jerry. A few especially bothersome noise sources include video cameras, security systems, and remote controls. You might consider covering the RCX and tower with a box or towel... I'm glad the terminal emulator works (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I think my problem is bounce back noise. I doubled checked the port settings, started with a fresh set of batteries, made sure I had a clear buffer, but what made the difference is where I am doing my programming. I'm working off of a laptop, and (...) (24 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Is there a compatible h8 assembler for forth words?
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(...) A good rule. I just know I'm going to need fast so I am planning ahead. Somehow I'm usually at the bleeding edge of trying to squeeze everything possible out of limited hardware. I originally learned my Forth on a 68000 (Mac Forth on the (...) (24 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) No there is not. That being said, it's pretty easy to write one...if you have the time. I fiddled around with it a bit and then gave up since the GNU tools worked pretty quick. It was strictly a time/value exchange. From bitter experience, (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) I don't think this is clear. I ment an assembler written in pbforth that can create assembler defined words in the RCX (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I asked this once before but in the middle of an unrelated email so the question got lost. (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Right. If you look at the beginning of h8hforth.asm, I've abstracted the actual register names so I could move them around....here's the snippet from the file... ; The H8/300 Forth machine register usage has to be closely intertwined with ; (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Ralph, I'm trying to add an assembler word and trying to deduce register. usage. Could you verify for me please. It looks like the top cell on the stack is actually a register (r6). The second cell on the stack is pointer to by r7. This means that (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) At first look, I thought this looked like a baud rate problem. But with Ralph's program (at least on my machine), you can't really screw up....the baud rate is set in rcxutil.tcl, and overrides whatever you do in the control panel "ports" (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) A little more information please. Describe the sequence. Start by taking a battery out for at least 10 second so you know the RCX is in a known state. Then verify that the config file is pointed to the right serial port. Then try to download (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Thanks to Jeffrey Hazen, Steve Morris, Paul Addison, Mario Ferrari, and others, I can happily confirm that the new GUI works on Windows NT and Windows 2K. There are still some issues under Linux... I've added more info to the default GUI home page (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics)
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I'm just getting started using pbForth, and I'm having trouble with the terminal emulator echoing garbage on the screen with almost every key stroke. I've tried all of the suggested terminal emulators with the same results, including hyperterminal, (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) need (...) the (...) Maybe...I'll keep you informed :-) In the meanwhile I tested your GUI on a Win2000 machine (version 5.0, build 2195). Same procedure, same positive result. Mario (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Great! Maybe I can get another convert over to the dark side... The script uploads should work well too. And definitely try the SAVE-SYSTEM download. You need to load bigsys.srec firmware. Just type SAVE-SYSTEM after you've added whatever (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Just to confirm that, I successfully installed the GUI in my NT system (NT4.0 Build 1381, SP 5) following Jeff's procedure. It works great, no need of the giveio driver, no problems with the COM port though not having the Admin rights. Thanks (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Jeff wrote... (...) Thanks Jeff, I was worried it might be taken the wrong way after I posted it... (...) I've snipped the rest of the description, but the result is that it works without the giveio driver, if I understand correctly. This is VERY (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Ok, Ok, I'm an idiot....this is such a polite group that no one ever says RTFM ;>) Well, you did Ralph, but very, very nicely.... This GUI works great in NT (NT4.0 SP3), with very little work (once you start to think). Download and unzip TclTk ( I (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Yup, it's your COM port. Rather than put it in a dialog, which is THAT much more code to write and DEBUG, I've put it in rcxoption.tcl - which you would know if you read the installation notes on the web page...:-) (...) Thanks for more (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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