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Phil__G · 16th Feb 2024, 4:06 pm

Its ok its me, MOD in FP is a different format to NIBL:

Code:

NIBL:       PRINT MOD(x,y)
NIBLFP:     PRINT x MOD y

another significant change is indirection:

Code:

NIBL:       @(x)=y : z=@(x)
NIBLFP:     POKE x,y : z=PEEK(x)

I think the reason for the slow loading via the console is cos unlike NIBL which simply stores a program as ASCII text,
FP is tokenised and every line is processed as its loaded, so theres a delay before the prompt reappears - hundreds of ms.
I think a straight binary load of the tokenised page is the way to go - 2400 no delays

Realtime · 16th Feb 2024, 7:56 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil__G

... unlike NIBL which simply stores a program as ASCII text, FP is tokenised and every line is processed as its loaded,

So that would explain why a program that exceeds the page memory in NIBL generates an AREA ERROR (i.e. out of memory) but NIBL-FP is able to accommodate it. (I thought at first that NIBL-FP is loading across multiple pages)

avrkris · 20th Mar 2024, 2:23 am

yay! I just joined - this is Kris Sekula, the guy behind MGH8060 PCB

I see @
Phil__G has done a great job promoting the hardware here

Thank you all for comments and great contributions.

Kris

16th Feb 2024, 4:06 pm	#21
Phil__G Octode Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: North Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 1,122	Re: Karens PAGE2.SYS relocated to PAGE3 for NIBL-E systems Its ok its me, MOD in FP is a different format to NIBL: Code: NIBL: PRINT MOD(x,y) NIBLFP: PRINT x MOD y another significant change is indirection: Code: NIBL: @(x)=y : z=@(x) NIBLFP: POKE x,y : z=PEEK(x) I think the reason for the slow loading via the console is cos unlike NIBL which simply stores a program as ASCII text, FP is tokenised and every line is processed as its loaded, so theres a delay before the prompt reappears - hundreds of ms. I think a straight binary load of the tokenised page is the way to go - 2400 no delays Last edited by Phil__G; 16th Feb 2024 at 4:13 pm.

20th Mar 2024, 2:23 am	#23
avrkris Diode Join Date: Mar 2024 Location: Danville, California, USA Posts: 5	Re: Karens PAGE2.SYS relocated to PAGE3 for NIBL-E systems yay! I just joined - this is Kris Sekula, the guy behind MGH8060 PCB I see @ Phil__G has done a great job promoting the hardware here Thank you all for comments and great contributions. Kris