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loading FORTH via HP-IL to 71B
09-27-2022, 10:37 AM (This post was last modified: 09-27-2022 11:32 AM by Stefan_Titan2944A.)
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RE: loading FORTH via HP-IL to 71B
So,

the FORTH code TEXT file is in a LIF volume on a mass storage.
It should already be an HP ASCII text, in LlF Type 1 format.
(Is it possible to write a non-HP ASCII TEXT file to a LIF volume,
without adding EXTFILES first?. Hm ...)

1.
RESTORE IO in BASIC

2.
" [text_file_name]:MASSMEM" LOADF in FORTH



N.B.
The file is not "loaded into the 71B Forth module", but
COMPILED into the CURRENT VOCABULARY of the FORTHRAM file.

CORRECTION:
The TEXT file is streamed as an input (like keyboard inputs) and parsed - WORD definitions ( : ; ) are COMPILED, all other stuff is executed as IMMEDIATE.
Given the way FORTH works (in general), even ( : ; ) is executed IMMEDIATE, with a COMPILED result. :-)
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loading FORTH via HP-IL to 71B - dmh - 09-26-2022, 03:23 PM
RE: loading FORTH via HP-IL to 71B - dmh - 09-26-2022, 10:18 PM
RE: loading FORTH via HP-IL to 71B - Stefan_Titan2944A - 09-27-2022 10:37 AM
RE: loading FORTH via HP-IL to 71B - dmh - 09-27-2022, 11:05 AM



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