Re: Apple 1 CFFA1 AND FORTH +

[Nama <forums6000@mac.com>]

On Oct 15, 1:05 pm, David Schmenk <dschm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 13, 7:38 pm, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
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> > In article
> > <e56a3494-d2a2-4b92-b247-01bf13536...@l14g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
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> >  Nama <forums6...@mac.com> wrote:
> > > On Oct 14, 8:59 am, DaveSchmenk <dschm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > OK, not exactly Apple II, but after meeting Chuck Moore, I decided
> > > > to delve a little more into Forth by porting it over to the Apple
> > > > I/ Replica1 and CFFA1 combo.  It actually makes for a nice little
> > > > Forth development platform.  I found and typed in by hand (just
> > > > like 1976), the FORTH-65 assembler and a polyForth compatible
> > > > editor so you can follow along in Leo Brodie's book, "Starting
> > > > Forth."  I made a little page about it:
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> > > >http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/Forth.html
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> > > > Enjoy, and thanks to John Matthews for his ProForth source and help.
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> > > > Dave...
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> > > WOW!!!! thats great. I'm going to try this out on my A1+CFFA1 this
> > > weekend.
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> > Excellent! Thanks for posting about this. I lost a lot of the work I did
> > on it over the years; it's nice to see so much of it restored. In
> > particular, the error codes on screens 4 and 5 were recreated by trial
> > and error. I put a generic "Error n" on (apparently) unused lines just
> > to see something when that error number was generated. Some of the
> > empties may have been used by the editor and assembler.
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> > --
> > John B. Matthews
> > trashgod at gmail dot com
> > <http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>
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> I look forward to hearing back from everyone's experience.  I just
> made a minor, but important update, for when you read a screen block
> that doesn't yet exist as a block file on the CFFA1 filesystem.
> Previously there would be an error message, now you just get a blank
> screen that will be properly updated when altered.  Over time, we can
> create a nice library of words for the Apple I.
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> Dave...

I have loaded PROforth onto a CF card and installed in in my A1 clone
(not replica) + CFFA1. From the CFFA menu I can load 'F1' no problem
and can the launch it by 270r, and I see the splash screen with ***PRO-
FORTH V3.2 *** and all the creators listed etc.

...Now if I do a '200 LOAD' or a '80 LOAD' the machine seems to freeze
(@ cursor still flashes though), resetting and doing a 270r again
displays just 'APPLE-DAYTON PROFORTH V3.2"

if I then do a '200 LOAD' or a '80 LOAD' I either get the freeze again
or sometimes I get the following message: '64 LOAD ?'

doing a '0 LIST' seems to work as it list the location/blocks of
EDITOR, ASSEMBLER, PROFORTH and EXTRAS.

Well, thats all I have tested so far. Should I try your updated
version?

Phil