--- gforth/prim	2010/05/17 09:01:11	1.250
+++ gforth/prim	2010/07/11 19:56:00	1.252
@@ -2492,53 +2492,89 @@ c_addr = "libltdl is not configured";
 u = strlen(c_addr);
 #endif
 
-w!be ( w c_addr -- )	gforth w_store_be
+be-w! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth w_store_be
 ""Store the bottom 16 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
-*(Wyde*)(c_addr) = htobe16(w);
+c_addr[0] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[1] = w;
 
-l!be ( w c_addr -- )	gforth l_store_be
+be-l! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth l_store_be
 ""Store the bottom 32 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
-*(Tetrabyte*)(c_addr) = htobe32(w);
+c_addr[0] = w >> 24;
+c_addr[1] = w >> 16;
+c_addr[2] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[3] = w;
 
-x!be ( w c_addr -- )	gforth x_store_be
+be-x! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth x_store_be
 ""Store the bottom 64 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
-*(Octabyte*)(c_addr) = htobe64(w);
+c_addr[0] = w >> 56;
+c_addr[1] = w >> 48;
+c_addr[2] = w >> 40;
+c_addr[3] = w >> 32;
+c_addr[4] = w >> 24;
+c_addr[5] = w >> 16;
+c_addr[6] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[7] = w;
 
-w!le ( w c_addr -- )	gforth w_store_le
+le-w! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth w_store_le
 ""Store the bottom 16 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
-*(Wyde*)(c_addr) = htole16(w);
+c_addr[1] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[0] = w;
 
-l!le ( w c_addr -- )	gforth l_store_le
+le-l! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth l_store_le
 ""Store the bottom 32 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
-*(Tetrabyte*)(c_addr) = htole32(w);
+c_addr[3] = w >> 24;
+c_addr[2] = w >> 16;
+c_addr[1] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[0] = w;
 
-x!le ( w c_addr -- )	gforth x_store_le
+le-x! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth x_store_le
 ""Store the bottom 64 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
-*(Octabyte*)(c_addr) = htole64(w);
+c_addr[7] = w >> 56;
+c_addr[6] = w >> 48;
+c_addr[5] = w >> 40;
+c_addr[4] = w >> 32;
+c_addr[3] = w >> 24;
+c_addr[2] = w >> 16;
+c_addr[1] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[0] = w;
 
-w@be ( c_addr -- u )	gforth w_fetch_be
+be-w@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth w_fetch_be
 ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 16-bit big endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
-u = be16toh(*(UWyde*)(c_addr));
+u = (c_addr[0] << 8) | (c_addr[1]);
 
-l@be ( c_addr -- u )	gforth l_fetch_be
+be-l@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth l_fetch_be
 ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 32-bit big endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
-u = be32toh(*(UTetrabyte*)(c_addr));
+u = (c_addr[0] << 24) | (c_addr[1] << 16) | (c_addr[2] << 8) | (c_addr[3]);
 
-x@be ( c_addr -- u )	gforth x_fetch_be
+be-x@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth x_fetch_be
 ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 64-bit big endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
-u = be64toh(*(UOctabyte*)(c_addr));
+u = (((Cell)(c_addr[0]) << 56) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[1]) << 48) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[2]) << 40) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[3]) << 32) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[4]) << 24) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[5]) << 16) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[6]) << 8) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[7])));
 
-w@le ( c_addr -- u )	gforth w_fetch_le
+le-w@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth w_fetch_le
 ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 16-bit little endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
-u = le16toh(*(UWyde*)(c_addr));
+u = (c_addr[1] << 8) | (c_addr[0]);
 
-l@le ( c_addr -- u )	gforth l_fetch_le
+le-l@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth l_fetch_le
 ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 32-bit little endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
-u = le32toh(*(UTetrabyte*)(c_addr));
+u = (c_addr[3] << 24) | (c_addr[2] << 16) | (c_addr[1] << 8) | (c_addr[0]);
 
-x@le ( c_addr -- u )	gforth x_fetch_le
+le-x@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth x_fetch_le
 ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 64-bit little endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
-u = le64toh(*(UOctabyte*)(c_addr));
+u = (((Cell)(c_addr[7]) << 56) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[6]) << 48) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[5]) << 40) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[4]) << 32) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[3]) << 24) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[2]) << 16) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[1]) << 8) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[0])));
 
 \+
 \g peephole