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Hi Ralph, (...) Thank you very much :-) (...) I gave it a look and so I've just released the new version of my Brick's Music Studio that supports pbForth. I'm not a pbForth user yet, so I was wandering if you and Mario could give it a try :-) You (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | [ANN] pbForth Version 2.1.4 Release and Music Tutorial
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The new 2.1.4 Version of pbForth has a minor fix that affected programmers using the MARKER word. I recommend you get the new 2.1.2 GUI while you're at it because it is less agressive in stripping comments when uploading scripts. This was causing (...) (22 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Announcing a pbForth emulator
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I started this project because I like pbForth, but having no previous experience about coding in Forth I felt the need of a comfortable environment where to test and debug my programs. I know that a good factored Forth code needs little if any (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: somewhat off topic, but...
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Repost to proper newsgroup... ===...=== I'm NOT biased because I DIDN'T write the thing... Forth is a wonderful language that has a proven track record. I don't use it in my job simply because management has never heard about it. I don't mean to (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: somewhat off topic, but...
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Kenneth, (...) I wrote it so I'm biased... (...) I'll get to the ttasker in a minute, but pbForth is the only alternative firmware with native support for SERVOS if you use the simple circuit I developed here: (URL) The newest version 2.1.3 has an (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: [ANN] pbForth Version 2.1.3 Release
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Thanks, it seems to work much better now. Very quick turn-around time, I appreciate that. You've done an excellent job putting this Forth together, thank you for your efforts. David (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | [ANN] pbForth Version 2.1.3 Release
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The new 2.1.3 Version of pbForth has only minor fixes thanks to the investigative efforts of David Rojas and Rob Harvey. They were able to provide detailed, reproducible bug reports, which makes fixing bugs so much easier. Thanks guys! Here's what (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Apparent 'time-out'
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(...) Rob, Thanks for this. I think I'll be able to get to this tonight. I'll have a good look at what is going on. Cheers, Ralph (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | FW: Apparent 'time-out'
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(...) Have you seen the articles I recently wrote here... (URL) Cheers, Ralph (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Apparent 'time-out'
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(...) Yes, the flashlight consistently makes the RCX go "dead". (...) No rush. PATIENT: "Doctor, it really hurts when I move my arm like this." DOCTOR: "Then don't move your arm like that." (...) I look forward to the article. I am currently working (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Apparent 'time-out'
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(...) OK, so if the RCX is in the "dead" state, shutting down the GUI and restarting the GUI makes no difference. And you can always clobber the RCX running pbForth by shining a light at it? I'll see what I can do on this end to reproduce the (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Apparent 'time-out'
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Shutting down the GUI and starting it back up has no effect, pbForth continues to respond correctly. Adding words to the dictionary doesn't seem to make any difference either. Whether having just uploaded the firmware or having the RCX active for (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Apparent 'time-out'
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(...) Thanks... (...) When the RCX is sitting idle, the pbForth interpreter is spinning and looking for characters from the IR. I doubt that sunlight (or flashlight) would be interpreted as valid chars, and the error handling should just discard the (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Apparent 'time-out'
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The GUI version is 2.1.0. The pbForth version (COLD) is 2.1.2. I am using the USB tower with RIS 2.0. Once the RCX stops responding, if I pull out a battery and re-upload the firmware, the RCX will respond again to the same GUI session. In other (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Apparent 'time-out'
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(...) One more bit of useful information would be the version of pbForth (which you get by typing COLD) and which version of the GUI (top left of window) Also, are you using the serial or USB tower? What messages were you sending to the RCX before (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I am using the TCL GUI provided by Ralph Hempel on a Windows 2000 machine to program the RCX 2.0 in pbForth. The upload of the firmware appears to be working just fine. I get responses back from the RCX and am able to create new functions without (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Co-operative Multi tasking in pbforth 2.1
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(...) Mario, Thanks for the feedback. As you all know, writin this stuff is hard. I figure 10 minutes of reading time is probably 2 or 3 hours of writing... (...) Ha! The dark side has won you over! Can you give us a tiny hint on the subject? I'll (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Co-operative Multi tasking in pbforth 2.1
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, Ralph Hempel writes: [...snip...] (...) Ralph, your recent additions to pbForth and to its documentation are simply great. Can't wait to see the next article... I'm currently in a "pbForth phase". Not only I do (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Co-operative Multi tasking in pbforth 2.1
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Hi Ralph Thanks for you reply. I have just started into the article on background monitoring, its great. I am looking forward to your articles on hooking into the one millisecond timer and use of using John Barnes' ultrasonic sensor. I was going to (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Co-operative Multi tasking in pbforth 2.1
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Phil, I have some hooks in the current version of pbForth that you can use to implement cooperative multi-tasking. Have you read the article on implementing a background monitor to check for button presses? It's at: (URL) I was going to write (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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