Hi, I'm working on a TI83+ ASM shell that also uses Pucrunch compression. It will be released soon.

I was also planning on making a Ion to Flashapp packer with compression as well.

That's pretty easy, as long as you don't have to worry about self modifying code. With selfmodifying code it becomes a lot more difficult because you need to copy certain bytes and save them for the next run. This is necessary in some games because you will have to start all over again otherwise.

I think I will release the tiz80 pucrunch code when I clean it up. It's a bit of a mess now and requires a special header that basicbuilder uses.

I just completed a pucrunch decompression ASM shell (beta version, get it at the URL link of this post, source is included) It uses a modified version of pucrunch that outputs a header compatible with the stock GB uncruncher, and outputs a raw binary by default (no C64 crap). The uncruncher was modified to allow decompression with source data accross different rom pages.

The shell never unarchives any programs, it decompresses them from Flash straight to RAM. I use a method that blindly allocates bytes at usermem, then decompresses the program. The program runs just like any Ion program, self modifying, writing to itself, etc. When the program unloads, save data is copied from the program to an appvar. The shell automaticly creates, loads, and saves appvars as needed. It uses addresses specified in the header of the program. Check the readme for more details.

I was thinking adapting the shell to support flash games inside the app itself. I was also thinking about basic suppport, but then threw out the idea since basic programs often need subs. Then I saw your program.

Joltima and Dying Eyes compress REALLY well by the way. At least a third is shaved off each.

*cough* TROLL *cough* :)
Good luck.

It's not a troll, it's just that I was working hard on a very similar program at the same time Basicbuilder was released.

I was planning on making a program that would bundle ASM or BASIC programs into a flashapp, but dropped the basic idea since basic programs usually need multiple subprograms. Now that basicbuilder is out, it seems like a moot point.

*cough* HYPOCRITE *cough* :)

Eh... but then again, I've done it too. LOL At least this one's related to the program in the article.

My old english teacher would be annoyed if he read this article because he is a comma freak. I personaly think there should be some in the 100000 too because it took me a few seconds to count how many 0's there were.

You should know, just in case, that I'm just joking around and not being really serious here.

Wait....that's ten thousand....a million....no, one hundred thousand! :-) LOL

When programming your TI calculator, you don't enter commas.

In my head it's just a DL 100000.

Or you could do like the french do: 100.000,00

They switch up their , and .

That really confuses me. I'd prefer 100000, 100,000, or 1e5.

How about 0x186A0 or 0b11000011010100000?

Or 1000000000000005 if you use a TI-95 in unformatted mode...

TI95?

An old TI calculator. Larger than a TI-92, with less functionality than a TI-30. :-)

Well, while you're on the subject of different bases, you might as well also include Octal: 303240.

Still, 1e5 is probably the best, in my opinion.

why not just e5...it works on the calculators...

Good point.

Gotta looooove the 83+'s logic/ orders of operation.

Actually, that's almost everywhere except America. Some LEGO boxes tell you to get a 1,5 volt battery (AA). LEGOs are made in Denmark.

Yes, as far as I know, the Dutch, German, French, Belgian... would say 100.000th News Post instead of 100,000th News Post.

And spanish and portugese as well...

why does english have to be so messed?!?!?!?
or maybe all of the other languages as messed...

-jordan

It's also quite comment to use "100 000" (space instead of comma/dot).

But yeah, for those of use who learned to use "," in elementary school (I think that's the equivalent) it was a bit of a problem with computers in the beginning. (Note: This was far back in the muddled pre-windows days when you couldn't just go into Regional Options and chose which kind of decimal separator you wanted, and dots were the only thing available)

Windows is still fairly muddled.

Certainly is. But at least it's *possible* now...