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  proposed new word for deleting pbforth
 
It would be handy if there was a word that deleted firmware. It is often inconvenient to get at the batteries. At Kekoa I see the opcode but no rom entry point. Trashing the header in memory and jumping to the reset vector might do it. I wonder if (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
 
  RE: proposed new word for deleting pbforth
 
(...) Kekoa, feel free to jump in here... Personally, I think just jumping to the reset vector 0x0000 should do a total cold start, right? Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
 
  Re: proposed new word for deleting pbforth
 
(...) As a guess the following string tells the ROM that there is valid firmware. This might need to be stepped on before jumping to the reset vector. .string "Do you byte, when I knock?" (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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