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Re: Save image word for pbForth.
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Date: 
Mon, 8 Nov 1999 08:54:13 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, Ralph Hempel writes:
Since SAVE-SYSTEM is something you do at the END of the development cyccle
I think it should be loaded by the user and then executed. Or, it could just
be one of our base "versions" that has it included automatically. The images
are so small in compressed SREC format, that distributing them is no
problem.

I like the solution proposed by many Forht packages (by hForth in particular):
there is a basic kernel and a few different variations with optional wordsets.
For myself, I would like to see at least one additional variation to pbForth -
image which is includes all the optional words available in hForth package
(adaptable to RCX of course).
All the rest, as you said, up to the user. He can debug and work with "full"
version and then create his own image out of the "basic" version.

Portable enough to run on a PalmPilot? I doubt it. The big advantage of saving
an SREC file directly is that NO other tools are necessary. I'll dig around
for some old SREC code I have.

Does it exists, the XMODEM enabled terminal for PalmPilot?
Anyway I will also try to see how much it will cost. Sure, integrated solution
would be best. I also would like to see your code in case you will find it.

The record size in XMODEM is fixed, I see, so
we could just make the SRECORDs fixed length inside the XMODEM packet, right?

Yes, fixed size will help to make things simpler. I also hope it will enable
to not make intermediate buffer.

I will report nearest days about my progress.
Sergey



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  RE: Save image word for pbForth.
 
(...) OhOh. Now you have got me thinking again. I can fix my make system to provide images that have optional wordsets, double precision, floats, etc. This is a good thing. (...) Check (URL) and look in the PDA section. LOTS of free stuff there. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)

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  RE: Save image word for pbForth.
 
(...) This is an important part of what I want pbForth to be. It should be possible lo load up "precompiled" images to let users put exactly what they want in their system. (...) Since SAVE-SYSTEM is something you do at the END of the development (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)

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