valFORTH

[robdaemon]

Hi there,

 

Has anyone had luck with valFORTH? I'm trying to use it on my 130XE with an SIO2SD adapter. With the ATR in, it boots properly, and I get to the main screen. Any command I enter causes it to freeze though I can hit reset and go right back into it, but nothing seems to work.

 

I had been reading the docs to it, and I like the idea of their enhanced editor. Maybe I should try fig-FORTH 1.4S instead?

 

Thanks!

[flashjazzcat]

Maybe your version requires the 800 OS?

[robdaemon]

Maybe your version requires the 800 OS?

 

Huh, I hadn't even considered that I'm working off the version on the AtariWiki: https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ValFORTH- it crashes emulators too. Maybe it's just a bad copy.

 

I wasn't having much luck with figFORTH either, but it turns out that has something to do with my SIO2SD adapter. When I switched over to loading it off my AtariMax MyIDE-II, it works better. No such luck with valFORTH though.

 

Thanks!

[+DrVenkman]

 

Huh, I hadn't even considered that I'm working off the version on the AtariWiki: https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ValFORTH- it crashes emulators too. Maybe it's just a bad copy.

 

 

The ATR of ValForth boots just fine for me in Altirra set to emulate a standard 64K 800XL. I don't know the first thing about any flavor of Forth, but the program runs, gives me error messages as I flub around and doesn't lock up. *shrug*