diff --git a/docs/v4.0.0/DECOMPOSITION.md b/docs/v4.0.0/DECOMPOSITION.md
index 930b4179..dfc9974d 100644
--- a/docs/v4.0.0/DECOMPOSITION.md
+++ b/docs/v4.0.0/DECOMPOSITION.md
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ IF body1 ELSE body2 THEN →  if L1  drop body1  jump L2
 times, as on the F18. `FOR ... UNEXT` is the same but the body must fit in one instruction word.
 
 **Register conventions.** `A` and `B` are caller-saved. A word that uses them says so. Words in this
-document that clobber `A`: `@ ! +! -! 2@ 2! C@ C! UM* * UM/MOD Q.FROM-INT Q.TO-INT Q.* Q./ Q.EXP Q.SQRT Q.LOG Q.SIN Q.COS HOLD SIGN # #S SEND RECV`. Words that clobber `B`:
-`Q./ Q.EXP Q.SQRT Q.LOG Q.SIN Q.COS <# HOLD SIGN # #S #> SEND RECV`.
+document that clobber `A`: `@ ! +! -! 2@ 2! C@ C! UM* * UM/MOD Q.FROM-INT Q.TO-INT Q.* Q./ Q.EXP Q.SQRT Q.LOG Q.SIN Q.COS HOLD SIGN # #S TYPE SEND RECV`. Words that clobber `B`:
+`Q./ Q.EXP Q.SQRT Q.LOG Q.SIN Q.COS <# HOLD SIGN # #S #> EMIT CR SPACE TYPE SEND RECV`.
 
 **Return-stack words** (`>R R> R@ 2>R 2R> 2R@ I J UNLOOP` and the loop runtimes) are always IN.
 
@@ -517,12 +517,12 @@ return stack. `-ROT` is in line (`SWAP push SWAP pop`).
 
 | Word | Fate | Notes |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| `EMIT` | DEV | Console service: one-character message. |
+| `EMIT` | DEV | Console service: one-character message. Until the mesh exists it is a store to the `CONSOLE-TX` register (§7): `CONSOLE-TX b! !b`. As in v3, the low byte of the cell is the character. Executed on the golden model (2026-10-03). Clobbers `B`. |
 | `KEY` | DEV | Console service: blocking receive. |
 | `?TERMINAL` | DEV | Console service: non-blocking status. |
-| `TYPE` | CAP | Loop of `C@ EMIT`, or one string message to the console node. |
-| `CR` | CAP | `10 EMIT` |
-| `SPACE` | CAP | `BL EMIT` |
+| `TYPE` | CAP | `( baddr u -- )`. Loop of `C@ EMIT`, or one string message to the console node: `-if OK  drop drop NODE-ERROR b! -1 !b ;  OK: if DONE  over C@ EMIT  push 1 + pop  -1 +  jump OK  DONE: drop drop ;` — nothing for `u = 0`; for `u < 0` nothing is printed and `NODE-ERROR` is set, where v3 printed nothing and raised its error flag. The address range is not checked (out-of-range addressing is still open, `node.h`). Executed on the golden model (2026-10-03). Leaves its caller 4 data cells and 3 return entries, the depth being `C@`'s as written. Clobbers `A` and `B`. |
+| `CR` | CAP | `10 EMIT`, as `10 jump EMIT` — executed on the golden model (2026-10-03). Character 10, as v3; the console turns it into a new line. |
+| `SPACE` | CAP | `BL EMIT`, as `32 jump EMIT` — executed on the golden model (2026-10-03). |
 | `SPACES` | CAP | `BEGIN dup 0> WHILE SPACE 1- REPEAT drop` |
 | `."` `(do-string)` | CC | Compiler words. |
 
diff --git a/v4/tests/test_terminal.c b/v4/tests/test_terminal.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..359ab414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v4/tests/test_terminal.c
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+/* test_terminal.c -- EMIT, CR, SPACE and TYPE, executed.
+ *
+ * DECOMPOSITION.md 5.10.  EMIT is a device service; on the single-node model
+ * it is a store to the CONSOLE-TX capture register (node.h), so what these
+ * words print can be read back and compared with v3.
+ *
+ * v3 (v3/src/word_source/io_words.c): EMIT prints the low byte of the cell;
+ * CR prints character 10; SPACE prints a blank; TYPE ( addr u -- ) prints u
+ * bytes, nothing for u = 0, and for u < 0 prints nothing and raises its error
+ * flag.  v4 sets NODE-ERROR in that last case, as D-13 does for HOLD.
+ *
+ * Two transcripts of the real v3 binary are recorded below as expected
+ * output.  They were taken on 2026-10-03 from
+ *   printf '<script>\n' | build/amd64/standard/starforth -s
+ * as the text between "System initialization complete." and "Goodbye!".
+ *
+ * On a node of its own, like test_pictured.c.  SWAP, LSHIFT, RSHIFT and C@
+ * are assembled again here as they are in test_foundation.c.
+ */
+#include "v4/asm.h"
+#include "v4/testcode.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static int failures = 0, checks = 0;
+#define CHECK(c,...) do{checks++; if(!(c)){failures++; printf("FAIL %s:%d: ",__FILE__,__LINE__); printf(__VA_ARGS__); printf("\n");}}while(0)
+
+#define CANARY ((v4_cell)0x0C0FFEE5)
+
+/* The memory map is open (D-4); the test chooses the addresses. */
+#define NODE_ERROR ((v4_cell)(V4_NODE_WORDS - 2u))
+#define CONSOLE_TX ((v4_cell)(V4_NODE_WORDS - 4u))
+#define STRINGS    ((v4_cell)(V4_NODE_WORDS - 64u))     /* 32 cells of byte-packed text */
+#define STR_BADDR  ((v4_cell)(STRINGS * 4))
+
+static v4_node       n;
+static v4_exec_state es;
+static v4_heat       h;
+static v4_asm        as;
+
+static v4_cell w_swap, w_lshift, w_rshift, w_cfetch,
+               w_emit, w_cr, w_space, w_type, t_v3a, t_v3b;
+
+#define O(name)  v4_asm_op(&as, V4_OP_##name)
+#define LIT(v)   v4_asm_lit(&as, (v4_cell)(v))
+#define CALL(w)  v4_asm_branch(&as, V4_OP_CALL, (w))
+#define JUMP(w)  v4_asm_branch(&as, V4_OP_JUMP, (w))
+#define FWD(op)  v4_asm_branch_fwd(&as, V4_OP_##op)
+#define HERE_(r) v4_asm_resolve(&as, (r), v4_asm_label(&as))
+
+/* Byte-packed text in node memory: four bytes to a cell, little-endian. */
+static void put_bytes(v4_cell baddr, const unsigned char *s, unsigned len)
+{
+    unsigned i;
+    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        v4_cell ba = baddr + (v4_cell)i;
+        unsigned sh = 8u * (unsigned)(ba & 3);
+        v4_ucell w = (v4_ucell)n.mem[ba >> 2];
+        w = (w & ~((v4_ucell)0xFFu << sh)) | ((v4_ucell)s[i] << sh);
+        n.mem[ba >> 2] = (v4_cell)w;
+    }
+}
+
+static void build(void)
+{
+    v4_asm_ref a, b;
+    v4_cell l;
+
+    /* ---- the words these rest on, as in test_foundation.c ---- */
+
+    /* : SWAP  over push push drop pop pop ; */
+    w_swap = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    O(OVER); O(PUSH); O(PUSH); O(DROP); O(RPOP); O(RPOP); O(SEMI);
+
+    /* : LSHIFT  BEGIN dup WHILE 1- SWAP 2* SWAP REPEAT drop ;
+     * : RSHIFT  BEGIN dup WHILE 1- SWAP 2/ MSB inv and SWAP REPEAT drop ; */
+    w_lshift = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    l = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    O(DUP); a = FWD(IF);
+    O(DROP); LIT(-1); O(ADD); CALL(w_swap); O(TWO_STAR); CALL(w_swap);
+    JUMP(l);
+    HERE_(a);
+    O(DROP); O(DROP); O(SEMI);
+
+    w_rshift = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    l = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    O(DUP); a = FWD(IF);
+    O(DROP); LIT(-1); O(ADD); CALL(w_swap);
+    O(TWO_SLASH); LIT((v4_cell)V4_MSB); O(INV); O(AND); CALL(w_swap);
+    JUMP(l);
+    HERE_(a);
+    O(DROP); O(DROP); O(SEMI);
+
+    /* : C@ ( baddr -- c )
+     *   dup 3 and 3 LSHIFT  SWAP 2 RSHIFT a! @  SWAP RSHIFT  255 and ; */
+    w_cfetch = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    O(DUP); LIT(3); O(AND); LIT(3); CALL(w_lshift);
+    CALL(w_swap); LIT(2); CALL(w_rshift); O(BANG_A); O(FETCH_A);
+    CALL(w_swap); CALL(w_rshift); LIT(255); O(AND); O(SEMI);
+
+    /* ---- terminal output, 5.10 ---- */
+
+    /* : EMIT ( c -- )   CONSOLE-TX b! !b ; */
+    w_emit = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    LIT(CONSOLE_TX); O(BANG_B); O(STORE_B); O(SEMI);
+
+    /* : CR ( -- )   10 jump EMIT        : SPACE ( -- )   32 jump EMIT */
+    w_cr = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    LIT(10); JUMP(w_emit);
+    w_space = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    LIT(32); JUMP(w_emit);
+
+    /* : TYPE ( baddr u -- )
+     *   -if OK  drop drop  NODE-ERROR b! -1 !b ;        u < 0
+     *   OK: if DONE                                      u = 0
+     *       over C@ EMIT  push 1 + pop  -1 +  jump OK
+     *   DONE: drop drop ; */
+    w_type = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    a = FWD(MINUS_IF);
+    O(DROP); O(DROP); LIT(NODE_ERROR); O(BANG_B); LIT(-1); O(STORE_B); O(SEMI);
+    HERE_(a);
+    l = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    b = FWD(IF);
+    O(OVER); CALL(w_cfetch); CALL(w_emit);
+    O(PUSH); LIT(1); O(ADD); O(RPOP); LIT(-1); O(ADD);
+    JUMP(l);
+    HERE_(b);
+    O(DROP); O(DROP); O(SEMI);
+
+    /* ---- the two v3 transcripts ---- */
+
+    /* 65 EMIT 66 EMIT SPACE 67 EMIT CR 68 EMIT 321 EMIT */
+    t_v3a = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    LIT(65); CALL(w_emit); LIT(66); CALL(w_emit); CALL(w_space);
+    LIT(67); CALL(w_emit); CALL(w_cr); LIT(68); CALL(w_emit);
+    LIT(321); CALL(w_emit); O(SEMI);
+
+    /* S" Hello, v3" TYPE 91 EMIT  <"xyz"> 0 TYPE  93 EMIT */
+    t_v3b = v4_asm_label(&as);
+    LIT(STR_BADDR); LIT(9); CALL(w_type); LIT(91); CALL(w_emit);
+    LIT(STR_BADDR + 16); LIT(0); CALL(w_type); LIT(93); CALL(w_emit); O(SEMI);
+}
+
+static int call(v4_cell word, unsigned argc, v4_cell a, v4_cell b)
+{
+    v4_dstack_reset(&n.ds);
+    v4_rstack_reset(&n.rs);
+    v4_exec_reset(&es);
+    v4_heat_reset(&h);
+    v4_node_console_attach(&n, CONSOLE_TX);
+    v4_node_store(&n, NODE_ERROR, 0);
+    v4_dstack_push(&n.ds, CANARY);
+    if (argc > 0) v4_dstack_push(&n.ds, a);
+    if (argc > 1) v4_dstack_push(&n.ds, b);
+    return v4_test_call(&n, &es, &h, word, 4000000) > 0 && n.ds.t == CANARY;
+}
+
+/* What was printed, exactly. */
+static int printed(const void *want, unsigned len)
+{
+    return n.console_len == len && n.console_dropped == 0
+        && (len == 0 || memcmp(n.console, want, len) == 0);
+}
+
+/* Stack headroom, as in test_foundation.c. */
+static int fits(v4_cell word, unsigned argc, v4_cell a, v4_cell b,
+                const void *want, unsigned len, unsigned dfill, unsigned rfill)
+{
+    unsigned i;
+    v4_dstack_reset(&n.ds);
+    v4_rstack_reset(&n.rs);
+    v4_exec_reset(&es);
+    v4_node_console_attach(&n, CONSOLE_TX);
+    for (i = 0; i < dfill; i++) v4_dstack_push(&n.ds, (v4_cell)(0x5A000000 + i));
+    v4_dstack_push(&n.ds, CANARY);
+    if (argc > 0) v4_dstack_push(&n.ds, a);
+    if (argc > 1) v4_dstack_push(&n.ds, b);
+    for (i = 0; i < rfill; i++) v4_rstack_push(&n.rs, (v4_cell)(0x6B000000 + i));
+    if (v4_test_call(&n, &es, &h, word, 4000000) <= 0) return 0;
+    if (!printed(want, len)) return 0;
+    if (v4_dstack_pop(&n.ds) != CANARY) return 0;
+    for (i = dfill; i-- > 0; ) if (v4_dstack_pop(&n.ds) != (v4_cell)(0x5A000000 + i)) return 0;
+    for (i = rfill; i-- > 0; ) if (v4_rstack_pop(&n.rs) != (v4_cell)(0x6B000000 + i)) return 0;
+    return 1;
+}
+static void headroom(const char *name, v4_cell word, unsigned argc, v4_cell a, v4_cell b,
+                     const void *want, unsigned len, int *dh, int *rh)
+{
+    int d, r;
+    for (d = 0; d < V4_DATA_DEPTH; d++) if (!fits(word, argc, a, b, want, len, (unsigned)d + 1u, 0)) break;
+    for (r = 0; r < V4_RET_DEPTH; r++) if (!fits(word, argc, a, b, want, len, 0, (unsigned)r + 1u)) break;
+    *dh = d; *rh = r;
+    printf("  %s headroom: data %d below canary, return %d below its return address\n", name, d, r);
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    static const unsigned char text[] =
+        "Hello, v3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0xyz The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 0123456789";
+    unsigned char hi[40];
+    unsigned i;
+
+    printf("v4 terminal-output tests: V4_CELL_BITS=%d\n", V4_CELL_BITS);
+
+    v4_node_reset(&n);
+    v4_asm_begin(&as, &n, 16);
+    build();
+    CHECK(v4_asm_ok(&as), "terminal words assemble");
+    CHECK(v4_asm_label(&as) < STRINGS, "code stays below the text");
+    put_bytes(STR_BADDR, text, sizeof text - 1);
+
+    /* The two v3 transcripts. */
+    CHECK(call(t_v3a, 0, 0, 0) && printed("AB C\nDA", 7),
+          "v3: 65 EMIT 66 EMIT SPACE 67 EMIT CR 68 EMIT 321 EMIT prints \"AB C\\nDA\"");
+    CHECK(call(t_v3b, 0, 0, 0) && printed("Hello, v3[]", 11),
+          "v3: \"Hello, v3\" TYPE 91 EMIT <text> 0 TYPE 93 EMIT prints \"Hello, v3[]\"");
+
+    /* EMIT: every byte, and only the low byte of anything wider. */
+    for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+        unsigned char c = (unsigned char)i;
+        CHECK(call(w_emit, 1, (v4_cell)i, 0) && printed(&c, 1), "EMIT %u", i);
+    }
+    {
+        static const v4_cell wide[] = { 256, 321, 0x1234, -1, -191, 65536 + 65 };
+        for (i = 0; i < sizeof wide / sizeof wide[0]; i++) {
+            unsigned char c = (unsigned char)((v4_ucell)wide[i] & 0xFFu);
+            CHECK(call(w_emit, 1, wide[i], 0) && printed(&c, 1), "EMIT low byte [%u]", i);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* CR and SPACE. */
+    CHECK(call(w_cr, 0, 0, 0) && printed("\n", 1), "CR prints character 10");
+    CHECK(call(w_space, 0, 0, 0) && printed(" ", 1), "SPACE prints a blank");
+
+    /* TYPE: every start within a cell, lengths 0 .. 40. */
+    for (unsigned off = 0; off < 8; off++)
+        for (unsigned len = 0; len <= 40; len++) {
+            CHECK(call(w_type, 2, STR_BADDR + 16 + (v4_cell)off, (v4_cell)len)
+                  && printed(text + 16 + off, len), "TYPE [%u,%u]", off, len);
+            CHECK(v4_node_load(&n, NODE_ERROR) == 0, "TYPE no error [%u,%u]", off, len);
+        }
+
+    /* TYPE of bytes with the top bit set, and of zero bytes. */
+    for (i = 0; i < sizeof hi; i++) hi[i] = (unsigned char)(i < 20 ? 0x80u + i * 6u : (i & 1u ? 0xFFu : 0u));
+    put_bytes(STR_BADDR + 80, hi, sizeof hi);
+    CHECK(call(w_type, 2, STR_BADDR + 80, (v4_cell)sizeof hi) && printed(hi, sizeof hi),
+          "TYPE of high and zero bytes");
+
+    /* TYPE with a negative count: nothing printed, NODE-ERROR set. */
+    {
+        static const v4_cell neg[] = { -1, -2, -12345, (v4_cell)V4_MSB };
+        for (i = 0; i < sizeof neg / sizeof neg[0]; i++) {
+            CHECK(call(w_type, 2, STR_BADDR, neg[i]) && printed("", 0), "TYPE negative count prints nothing [%u]", i);
+            CHECK(v4_node_load(&n, NODE_ERROR) == -1, "TYPE negative count sets NODE-ERROR [%u]", i);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* TYPE writes no memory. */
+    {
+        v4_cell before[32];
+        for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) before[i] = n.mem[STRINGS + (v4_cell)i];
+        CHECK(call(w_type, 2, STR_BADDR + 3, 37), "TYPE runs");
+        for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) if (before[i] != n.mem[STRINGS + (v4_cell)i]) break;
+        CHECK(i == 32, "TYPE leaves the text untouched");
+        CHECK(n.mem[CONSOLE_TX] == 0, "and the register's memory word");
+    }
+
+    /* What they leave their caller (D-2). */
+    {
+        int dh, rh;
+        headroom("EMIT", w_emit, 1, 65, 0, "A", 1, &dh, &rh);
+        CHECK(dh >= 7 && rh >= 7, "EMIT leaves room");
+        headroom("CR", w_cr, 0, 0, 0, "\n", 1, &dh, &rh);
+        headroom("TYPE", w_type, 2, STR_BADDR + 17, 9, text + 17, 9, &dh, &rh);
+        CHECK(dh >= 2 && rh >= 2, "TYPE leaves room");
+    }
+
+    CHECK(v4_node_guards_intact(&n), "guards intact");
+
+    printf("  %d checks, %d failures\n", checks, failures);
+    return failures ? 1 : 0;
+}