(71B) FORTH questions

[rprosperi]

(06-16-2023 01:53 PM)floppy Wrote:  

(06-16-2023 03:22 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  I'm not sure what you mean by "BASIC functions? prohibited", but you can try this:

" TIME$" BASIC$ which returns a string with the current time to the stack, which you can then display with the TYPE command.

And with no BASIC? I am searching the memory area where the time counter is placed.

Why not use the BASIC commands, that's why they were put there, so you don't have to create all the system access components by hand in Forth? You may as well, since reading various memory locations will all be 71B-specific, and not portable.