(71B) FORTH questions

[rprosperi]

(06-20-2023 07:41 PM)KimH Wrote:  Thanks a lot for that DAT file Bob

It puzzles me how things are right under my nose and then “someone” triggers me to actually “look and learn” - had been looking for good Forth examples on Titan - and there it was.
As a bonus an example of how to assemble with the forth assembler.

Now I am waiting for a rainy day - again…

KimH

Happy to help. The source for the Forth tools that came in this product are the only way I was able to teach myself 71B Forth back in the day. I had the Brodie book of course, but sooo many things are different due to wonky 20-bit addresses, etc. that very little I was trying was working, and then after playing around with the info. in this toolkit, much (!) became clear. And they're not only useful for teaching, but also pretty useful as premade tools to use in your programs.

Most interesting tool in the kit: UN: (that's un-colon) which decompiles a word in the dictionary, so you can recover source from binaries. The results are frustratingly only displayed, and redirection isn't possible, but at least it's a start, and hey, you got the code, so you can change it...

Have fun and please report back after it rains....