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Hello, first of all, i'll have to say, that i'm very glad to have a FORTH on the RCX but, and the but is a big one, there are some problems if you want to develop some even small pieces of code. First of all, the downloading of source is very (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi Carsten, Nice to see an interest to the subject (even not so cheerful ;) Ok, first question, you are right, it's quite boring. But this is the price for "power". I believe that only direct byte-code uploading will be faster. My only suggestion - (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Yes, you are right. I have the char delay to about 10 or 20 msec and the line delay at 100msec. Remember that your monitor and other IR sources may interfere with comms to the RCX. Try fresh batteries and put the bot and tower under a box... I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Sergey wrote... (...) Sergey, would you like me to bundle your Java uploader with pbForth releases? Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus station, So why am I sitting at a work station? (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) I've tried different positions even under my desk. But it won't work. after 500 - 1000 chars the first transmission error occurred normally inside a word definition. (...) i've done this already (yesterday evening). In perl. If there is a need (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Taken out of context, this sentence is a bit strange :-) Think of Bill Clinton... (...) Hmm, have you tried breaking your source into smaller chunks? What is the definition that is failing. I have lots of scripts that are 2K or more and they (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Ok yesterday evening i tryed to track down this problem. Using a y cable and my old terminal. The communication starts normaly. The first frame was transmitted correct, 'rx' answered with <ACK> but the RCX never sees the <ACK>. If i type the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I've got the similar effect with my Cygwin+'rx'. One of the problems was the COM port speed: it was 9600 instead of 2400. Have you checked your port settings? Anyway, something other remain... I will try it again tonight. Sergey. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi Ralph, If I understood well, do you have plans to make an alternative "tools" directory in your next release? In that case I would be glad to propose my "terminal" for your collection. (I will send you the code by e-mail) Sergey (...) My (...) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Yes i've done a stty ispeed 2400 ospeed 2400 </dev/cua0 before (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Yes, Sergey. either that or a separate zip file with appropriate tools for each platform. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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