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2023-07-28 I have updated the My4TH ROM to v1.3. ROM v1.2 still had bugs in the words EVALUATE and BLOAD.
2023-06-17 My4TH now supports floating point arithmetic. To use floating point numbers on My4TH, you need to update your ROM to v1.2 and copy the m4-float binary module to your EEPROM memory.
2023-05-27 Budgetronics now also offers a Forth Deck keyboard kit.
2023-05-23 The My4TH computer got a keyboard and a display. Built into a 3D printed case, I call the computer "Forth Deck".
2023-05-01 I have released the new ROM v1.1 for My4TH. I fixed a bug in the ROUT word that made it unusable in v1.0.
2023-04-12 The My4TH kits are available now! You can buy them at Budgetronics.
A kit costs 49.95 € and the EPROM included in the kit is of course pre-programmed.
2023-03-24 Today I proudly present my new hombrew computer, which I call My4TH. My4TH is the successor of MyNOR and is a Forth system. The implemented FORTH follows the Forth 2012 standard as closely as possible.
2024-03-24 I have fixed a really bad bug in the floating point routines of the My4TH light ROM. If you have built a My4TH light and want to use the floating point words, you need to update to the latest ROM v1.1.
2023-12-08 Two new versions of the My4TH computer are now available: My4TH XS is a very simple Forth computer with only 14 ICs. My4TH light has one more IC and has a very fast I2C bus.
2023-12-08 Big My4TH firmware update: v1.4 of the ROM adds some nice features to My4TH (release notes). I also made a special ROM version for people who do not use the board with a Forth Deck. The "nfd" version of the ROM compiles and executes Forth code much faster, it has a faster I2C bus and a better text editor. Click to download it now.
2023-09-10 I have made a video about My4TH and the Forth Deck. In the video I describe how the My4TH computer works.
2023-07-28 I have updated the My4TH ROM to v1.3. ROM v1.2 still had bugs in the words EVALUATE and BLOAD.
2023-06-17 My4TH now supports floating point arithmetic. To use floating point numbers on My4TH, you need to update your ROM to v1.2 and copy the m4-float binary module to your EEPROM memory.
2023-05-27 Budgetronics now also offers a Forth Deck keyboard kit.
2023-05-23 The My4TH computer got a keyboard and a display. Built into a 3D printed case, I call the computer "Forth Deck".
2023-05-01 I have released the new ROM v1.1 for My4TH. I fixed a bug in the ROUT word that made it unusable in v1.0.
2023-04-12 The My4TH kits are available now! You can buy them at Budgetronics.
A kit costs 49.95 € and the EPROM included in the kit is of course pre-programmed.
2023-03-24 Today I proudly present my new hombrew computer, which I call My4TH. My4TH is the successor of MyNOR and is a Forth system. The implemented FORTH follows the Forth 2012 standard as closely as possible.
2022-05-24   I have written a Forth system for MyNOR and TraNOR. Are you interested in a very old programming language?
Read more here: MyNOR Forth
2021-04-14 Hi all, I have finished my transistor version of MyNOR: TraNOR uses 2495 transistors!
2021-02-12   BudgeTronics is now selling all the boards as kits, including the new VFD Board. An important note: I do not make any money with the kits. According to the CC License, anyone may assemble and sell kits.
2021-02-02 I have written a new game for MyNOR: Pac-Bam! is like Pac-Man on LCD.
2021-01-25 The LCD extension board kit is now also available at BudgeTronics.
2021-01-20   BudgeTronics is now selling the MyNOR base kit and the calculator extension kit.
The LCD extension kit will follow soon.
I have also released two new games for MyNOR with the LCD extension: A Breakout clone called Briksout and a kind of "master mind" game (thank you Joachim for your contribution!)
2021-01-08   I have made a new extension board for MyNOR: The VFD Board with a vacuum tube display. I have also updated the tools "mynor" and "myca", and I updated the ROM and the API specification to version 1.2.
2021-01-06 You will soon be able to buy MyNOR kits at BudgeTronics. Hopefully the kits will be available at the beginning of February 2021.
2020-12-26 Joachim found another bug. The api.hsm file shipped with the MyCA cross assembler is broken. Please update MyCA to the latest version 1.09c.
2020-12-21 Joachim Leßmann found a small mistake in the documentation and the schematics of MyNOR. The EEPROM had a wrong part number. It is a 64kB EEPROM with the correct part number 24LC512. If you bought the 32kB version 24LC256, make sure that you do not use the program memory locations 5 through 8 because this would overwrite the locations 1 through 4. Thanks Joachim for reporting this mistake!