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I realize these might be a FAQ, but cannot seem to find the answers... * how does one send files to pbForth? HyperTerminal is garbling everything up - was that one of the problems with it that Ralph was talking about? maybe another terminal program (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Yes, they are a FAQ. PLease refer to the website for FAQ info. It sounds like you do not have the latest version of firmware. Go to the website and gran a copy of the lastest 1.1.0 pbForth. The double chars are eliminated in this release. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Ralph Hempel skrev: > * how does one send files to pbForth? HyperTerminal is garbling everything up - The double chars are eliminated in this release. Thanks for the quick answer! I downloaded the latest version. But what I meant by garbling was (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Remember to set up character and line pacing. Char pacing should be about 20 msec or so and the line space should be 100 msec. Does the LCD display 4th after you have uploaded pbforth.srec using NQC? I personally HATE hyperterminal. Try CRT. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) yes, that I forgot to do... (...) yes, and it works well in direct mode via HyperTerminal (...) I will try it sorry for bothering with FAQs... have a nice day /Vlad (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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i tried, and indeed CRT works much better. but, when using POWER_INIT and POWER_OFF standalone, the display remains lit, showing 4th... and when running TEST_POWER from the supplied scripts, the RCX suddenly (at the fourth step) did not want to come (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi Vlad, (...) These commands are low-level calls to ROM firmware. If you want to simulate original firmware' behaviour you mast do a little coding. May be you will be interested to see my small example at the end of this post. This is the part of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hello. I became acquainted with pbforth via Jonathan Knudsen's (O'Reilly) books and think that it's a terrific place to learn forth. I am using CRT with line delay=100 and char delay=20, but if I wait between carriage returns, I get "garbage" I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) think (...) Also, try the places like www.forth.org or www.taygeta.com (...) com port (...) I'm afraid there is no any good way. Seems this "garbage" appears due to some design problems in IR tower scheme. Usually it happened whenever the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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