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I've put together a stand-alone application which I am calling ForthPad. It is a Windows executable which should run on any version of Windows from 95 on up. It is a simple Forth editor that performs user-configurable syntax highlighting. Users of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Palm and pbForth
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(...) Yes, this is very easy to do. I'd have to change the GUI I supply too, but that would not be too bad... (...) It's not pbForth that's the problem, it's the host-side software that I need to update to use the USB tower. (...) The RCX does not (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Palm and pbForth
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(...) If you changed pbForth to use 2400,o,8,1 instead of 2400,n,8,1 wouldn't that make it work with the USB tower? It seems to me like that is what the standard Lego firmware expects from either tower. That appears to be how it works under Windows, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Palm and pbForth
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(...) Well, for starters, the RCX uses a different modulation scheme on the IR port, but these guys have a C solution... (URL) You'll need a Palm SDK and some patience. Is there any or some interest in getting this for the Palm? I'm having trouble (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi all, i'm interested in using a Sony Clie N770 (Palm OS 4.1) to program my RCX (RIS 1.5). I ran across pbForth in the book "The Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms" by Jonathan B. Knudsen. I downloaded pbForth.srec (version 11/11/2001 22:08) from (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: rotation sensors
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(...) Yes, you need to read the rotation sensor continuously. Be careful to not read it TOO quickly, especially if the sensor is turning slowly or you get the jumpy count problem. There is a fix for it and I might add it too the rotation sensor code (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: problems with communications
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(...) Keep digging. Try using a PC first and get that working. (...) Yep. (...) Sounds like pbForth is picking up steam again. Good. It's emails like this that keep me motivated to keep development going. I'm just back from a vacation, so I'll do (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Support for pbForth in BricxCC
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(...) John, This is great news! My own Tcl based GUI is a bit lacking, and a grand unified firmware uploader sounds like a great idea. I've been away on holidays and conferences most of the month, so I've missed most of this thread. Quick question, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Support for pbForth in BricxCC
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(...) I wrote a hack to dump all the words, and here's the result for version 2.0.0. The word list has changed since 1999. I think the list is complete, but no guarantees. ?DUP 2SWAP 2OVER 2DROP 2DUP RSHIFT DLShift LSHIFT MOD / * */ SM/REM /MOD (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Support for pbForth in BricxCC
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(...) My plan is to simply have the editor syntax highlight the built-in words in various (configurable) ways. Comments, for instance, () and \ would be highlighter in a certain way. Numbers in another. Standard Forth words that are not simple (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Support for pbForth in BricxCC
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(...) I'm also playing with interfaces to pbforth at the moment. What you're doing and I'm not is syntax highlighting. I'm not actually sure how well that works in pbforth, since I'm not sure how the editor knows which words have been defined (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Do I have to manually frequently read the values from rotation sensors for the count to work, or does the firmware monitor the sensor for me? I have home-brew passive sensors, touch sensors and light sensors working fine, but the rotation sensor is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Support for pbForth in BricxCC
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I've started a project recently related to pbForth. And I'm interested in some community feedback. Last night I wrote a preliminary pbForth syntax highlighter for the editor component I use in BricxCC. And I modified BricxCC slightly so that you can (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: problems with communications
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(...) Dear oh dear. Probably because I'm being dense. (...) And the obvious answer - if it's software handshaking I should be able to see it with software. Having written a program to feed the serial port arbitary bytes and capture and log arbitary (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I'm trying to get started with pbforth, but not finding it easy. While I know no forth, I'm happy with RPN (long-time HP calculator user) and stacks, dictionaries and defining words (ex-Postscript programmer). What I'm struggling with is getting as (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: IRC
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(...) Please, in the future, cross post to multiple groups instead of separate messages. You can cross post in the web interface by entering all of the newsgroups separated by commas. If posting via NNTP, most newsreaders allow you to sellect (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Anyone who is a regular user of IRC can join my channel #LegoMindstorms (on dalnet). Coma and chat or give/recieve assistance. If you join you are welcome to Ops because anyone in here will know more about Mindstorms than me as i know almost (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Using IR Remote within pbFORTH
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(...) If Caldera OpenDos supports QBASIC, then there is a program out there. I'll email it to you separately. (...) This can be awkward, because pbForth is expecting communications at 2400,n,8,1 while the remote is at 2400,o,8,1 You can call a (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Using IR Remote within pbFORTH
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(...) Interesting. What sort of class/project is this? (...) I think I have some DOS dowload program at home. I never tried it, so I can't tell you whether it really works. I got it from the internet, so I suggest you try some search engines. If you (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Using IR Remote within pbFORTH
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I'm trying to work a project for class using a Mindstorms kit. I want to program the system using Forth, but I've had two minor glitches. 1) Is it possible to download the firmware from an old DOS system? I've had no problem using NQC, but the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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