[Amforth] Issues with a word compile - flash or eeprom write issues

[pito <pi...@vo...>]

Hi, after a year I'm trying to run the latest version on atmega32
(11.0592Meg xtal). Compiling and flashing is ok, I get working
system with one exception - I cannot add a new word - ie 
> : foo 123 . ;
ok
> words
and it hangs here, so I have to reflash eeprom, then I can see words
again (without foo). Moreover, I tried my old v4.4 images (which
worked fine) with the same issue - I cannot compile a new word.
Otherwise it works fine (even the floating point calcs work
properly). It seems it does not write internaly to flash or eeprom
properly. The lock fuses are 0x3f (write enable). Baudrate, char and
line delay, waiting on "ok" is set properly. BOD disabled. Tried 2
chips at 3.3V and 5V. Chips erased, programmed with FF low and DF
high fuse (and many others..). What am I missing here?
Pito