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  1. Wintermute_BBS @[email protected] ·

    tinkering with #durexforth on the
    #Commodore64, doing some #retrocoding

    I have compiled Durexforth from source, using the "master" branch. The main reason for this being that - unlike the official 5.0.0 release - the most recent code allows the S" word to be used in interactive mode.

    Even more interesting is the fact that there already is a COUNT word but not its counterpart PLACE - so I provided that myself. And that eventually enabled me to provide a new, custom word: S, (which you may know from gforth)

    S, will add a counted string to the dictionary, starting at HERE

    Which eventually gives us a the ability to create nice lists of strings. 💡

    Now, why do all of this (despite having fun)? 🤔

    Well, remember when I put together a two-word parser for a simple #textadventure #game in DX-Forth on CP/M? 🔄
    (oldbytes.space/@Wintermute_BBS)

    With my additions in place that code now also runs on Durexforth without any changes (despite ASCII to PETSCII conversion) .... yay!

    #forth
    #programming

    #durexforth #commodore64 #retrocoding #textadventure #game #forth
  2. Wintermute_BBS @[email protected] ·

    I wanted to be able to run #VolksForth for the #Commodore64 from a .CRT image so that it becomes immediately available at power on (just like you can do with #DurexForth ).

    So I found this nice little #Python script below which converts your *.PRG file to a *.CRT file and adds a bootloder to it.

    Some of you probably know this already, but I was very happy to find it - works with #Python3 as well:

    frank-buss.de/c64/prg2crt/inde

    #prg2crt
    #EasyFlash
    #Tool

    #volksforth #commodore64 #durexforth #python #python3 #prg2crt