Forth-41

[Ángel Martin]

(12-28-2020 02:09 AM)jjohnson873 Wrote:  

(12-27-2020 08:25 PM)smp Wrote:  On page 6 of the aforementioned Forth Manual, the primitive HEX shows up in the table of Forth primitives contained in the Forth-41 module. The primitive DECIMAL is there, as well. I'm not certain what has gone wrong for you, but it's worked for me on my (beta) DM41X.
smp

On my DM41X, I can get the proper Forth output of 1234 using DECIMAL entering 4D2 DECIMAL R/S But for some reason, when I enter 1234 HEX . R/S I don't get 4D2. I tried entering 1234 HEX R/S. But then when I enter . R/S I don't get anything from the stack.
~ Jim J. ~

That's strange, I can't reproduce that error either but here's a few troubleshooting checks you can try:

- In FORTH mode, type BASE @ R/S to see what's the current base value. Note that the content should always be 10, which is both Ten in decimal and Sixteen in HEX

- To see what base is selected type "A" followed by space. If there's an error (long tone) you're in Decimal; if it takes it you're in HEX.

- Start anew from scratch, either using Memory Lost, then resize to 10 registers - or - use FRAMCHK to reset the contents of buffer #13. Note that this is to be done from the normal calculator mode, outside of FORTH.

- Better yet, clear said buffer #13 completely using 13, CLB - available in the AMC/OSX and other modules (not the library-4 aware version)