how many versions of Max-FORTH V3.5E?

[drknapp]

I just started using floating point words and was having a problem with FOVER.

COLD
Max-FORTH V3.5E
10.0e0 5.0e0 FDEPTH . F. F. FDEPTH . 2 5.000000 10.000000 0 OK
10.0e0 5.0e0 FOVER FDEPTH . F. F. FDEPTH . 2 5.000000 10.000000 0 OK

I rethought the example and tried the following on a different board and to my surprise it worked fine.

COLD
Max-FORTH V3.5E
1.0E0 2.0E0 3.0E0 FDEPTH . F. F. F. FDEPTH . 3 3.000000 2.000000 1.000000 0 OK
1.0E0 2.0E0 FOVER FDEPTH . F. F. F. FDEPTH . 3 1.000000 2.000000 1.000000 0 OK

A peek at the code for FOVER showed different code. The example failed on the chip marked MC68HC711E9CFN2 (old) and worked on the F68HC11FN V3.5 (newer).

Is a roadmap of chips, firmware versions and problems available?

[nmitech]

A peek at the code for FOVER showed different code. The example failed on the chip marked MC68HC711E9CFN2 (old) and worked on the F68HC11FN V3.5 (newer).


It is possibly an older version because I don't recall if NMI has FORTH programmed in the PROM part, MC68HC711 in the last 10 years.