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> Is anyone considering, or in the process of, writing an editor
> for pbFORTH on the PC? I am thinking of doing one in the style
> of RCX Command Center (http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/lego/),
> but don't want to reinvent the wheel if there's one on the
> stocks.
I'm not in the process of writing an IDE, but I'm not sure you
need one either.
> I haven't tried pbFORTH (though I have done some FORTH
> programming), mainly because I like to see all my code on the
> page before committing it, and the interactive nature of talking
> FORTH directly to the brick puts me off. Besides I have found
> that bost things I've tried that do this lock up sooner or later
> under NT when the RCX loses communication, even momentarily.
I'm going to make the pbFORTH a bit more user friendly shortly, by
adding a MARKER word that essentially clears out all of your
own definitions.
> I am using NQC at the moment, but feel that there will soon come
> a time when the limitations of the LEGO firmware will mean that
> I can't go any further. I have considered legOS but feel that if
> you're going to replace the firmware, then you might as well do
> it with a FORTH kernel, feels much closer to the robotic spirit.
> --
> John Cooper, Wallington, UK
The "closeness" to the metal also means that you must accept some risk
in terms of a crashed RCX once in a while :-) I don't think you can HURT
the RCX via software, but severe sleep related lockups can take a
few minutes (5-10) with no power before the brick recovers its senses.
Please try pbFORTH and feedback some comments. I'm going to try to get
a TclTk interface out at some time in the future...
In the meantime, why not just use the Hyperterminal application and send
files using the Send Text option?
Set the line delay at 200msec and the character delay to 10 msec for now.
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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