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Subject:	Turning the RCX off and on again (was: New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed))
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx
Date:	Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:09:02 GMT
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Mario, i'm interested in pbForth example scripts, too. Furthermore, the "supervisor" you suggested could be the answer to one of my questions in http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/pbforth/?n=454 concerning turning the RCX off and on without loosing pbForth: 2) According to Knudsen, i have to remove batteries to stop pbForth running on the brick. That not only stops pbForth but of course deletes the firmware from memory. a) Is there any way to stop and restart pbForth on the RCX without the need to download pbForth each time? As i said, i'm interested in using only the Palm PDA to program the brick (after one initial download of the firmware using the PC). Regards, Christian

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		Re: Turning the RCX off and on again (was: New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed))
(...) If you have the new version 2.1 the POWER-OFF word via terminal to shut off and the red button to power on works fine. If you have an earlier version (1.2x) you have to use the words RCX_INIT and POWER_INIT to initialize the brick and the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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		Re: New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed)
Thanks Ralph, this is great news. I just got the new USB tower, and considering my revived interest for pbForth your new version arrives really at the right time. What IMHO would really boost the spreading of pbForth, is the availability of some (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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