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> Thanks, I'm still getting used to FORTH. Yes, as you could probably
> tell, I'm working on a chapter about pbFORTH: a quick fly-through
> of FORTH itself, descriptions of the pbFORTH-specific words,
> and a couple of sample programs. I'd love to have you read through
> the chapter if you can.
>
> I feel pbFORTH is underappreciated in the MINDSTORMS community; I'm
> hoping the book can push it forward a little.
OOOOHHH. That makes me feel warm and fuzzy and willing to do more work!
Here's a link to an on-line (free) book about FORTH for real time
applications. Tim Hendtlass (the author) is really good about linking
to the book, which is hosted on the <http://www.forth.org> site.
<ftp://ftp.taygeta.com/pub/Forth/Literature/>
the book you want is rtfv5.pdf - if I include it in the URL, the file
is loaded into the browser...
As a side note, some of the words will change to be more compatible with
Kekoa's (and the RCX itself) call interface - unless everyone thinks
this is a bad idea....
Also, the site will move soon, since I'm getting my own domain name very
soon. Since you are still in the manuscript stage, hopefully this will
not impact you very much. The original root will remain with a link to
the new site...
Finally, I'd be happy to review and comment on that chapter. I really AM
going to get to work on the new release this weekend...
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| (...) Thanks, I was using that as a reference for the FORTH overview I wrote. (...) Thanks for the heads-up. It should be no trouble changing the URL, as the book is still a draft. After August or so it'll get harder, but still won't be impossible. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| Hi Ralph, (...) Sorry for not being more specific. It shows the same value all the time. (...) Yup, you nailed it. I thought the rotation sensor was a passive resistive device. The call to SENSOR_ACTIVE fixed it up. (...) Thanks, I'm still getting (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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