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#100359– RAM CHIP FAILURE + ?? Message #100389

From: Gary Bender Model 100 SIG · Tech Notes & Util. November 13, 1985 3:29 AM

I'd swap the chips. If the same address fals again you either have a Model 100 problem or a bug in the RAM test program. NO computer can afford RAM errors. Expensive super-minis with error-correcting memory can survive for a while, but it catches up with you. The Model 100…

#85524– forth Message #85546

From: Gary Bender Model 100 SIG · Tech Notes & Util. July 15, 1985 7:06 PM

Thanks for the encouragement. Enter command, N for next message or for menu:n

#85483– "Unused" 8085 opcodes Message #85506

From: Gary Bender Model 100 SIG · Tech Notes & Util. July 14, 1985 11:16 PM

Glad to see some interest out there! I've been fearing that I'll produce a beautiful product with no market! See msg #85504 that I just left for Tim Peters regarding rIOforth. Enter command, N for next message or for menu:n

#85429– "Unused" 8085 opcodes Message #85504

From: Gary Bender Model 100 SIG · Tech Notes & Util. July 14, 1985 11:14 PM

You've touched on a subject that can keep Forth designers awake nights! After much thought, I ended up following a similar stack & reg. arrangement to that used by the 8080 implementation of fig-Forth, i.e. {BC} => IP register, {SP} == Data Stack ptr, the Forth Return Stack Ptr is…