Re: SV: A82: Orzunoid tidbits

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Re: SV: A82: Orzunoid tidbits


  Rabeler, I thought you were post-moderating this kind of crap off the 
list :<
    Sam




>there is...that I stated in my letter, I HAVE MEMORY LAPSES.  HELLO!!!  
>anyway, a flame deserves a flame, plus I have this thing where I have 
to 
>get the last word, I'm kind of stupid like that.
>
>-Rob
>signature below
>
>
>
>{{This was probably the worst bullshit I have ever read!
>There is definitly something very wrong with you!!!
>/P-A
>
>-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
>Från: Robert Caldwell <rc_ware@hotmail.com>
>Till: assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org>
>Datum: den 2 maj 1998 04:23
>Ämne: Re: A82: Orzunoid tidbits
>
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>>
>>>>THAT GAME IS GREAT.  I always loved text based games, either by text
>>>>based graphically or text based as in typing the path you wish to 
>take
>>>>(go north, drop item, etc.).  Thanks for the game.  It looks like it
>>was
>>>>made in QB (size and feel of it), but looking at the hex codes it
>>looks
>>>>like C.  Either way I think the game is great, and I think I'll make
>>my
>>>>own version of it (he he).
>>
>>>You try to sound like a wise man, but fall very short. Why? I haven't
>>been
>>>able to make a TI game with QB or C, so how can anyone else? We use
>>ASM,
>>>baby, the language of people who like speed.
>>
>>I was talking about Rogue.exe...I hexed viewed it and it had stuff 
like
>>"malloc(%d)" which is something C and C++ leaves behind as a 
>"signature"
>>type thing.  Just like QBASIC leaves behind the filename near the
>>beginning of the file and also a line like "RETURN without GOSUB"
>>somewhere in it, C and C++ leave behind "trash" (I call it this 
because
>>if your program is errorfree then you don't need the error messages).  
>I
>>love speed, and I know ASM, but I said that the program "looked" like 
>it
>>was made in QB or C, not that I really meant that it
>>absolutely-positively-without-a-doubt-was made in QB or C.
>>
>>>I'll give you this - ASM is
>>>similar to C. In fact, C is based on ASM (and in a way, the TI ASM is
>>MUCH
>>>closer to C).
>>
>>I'm not a moron, I know let's see, from bottom up:  Electronics,
>>digital, CPU architecture, ASM, modular ASM, C, QC, C++, BASIC, 
QBASIC,
>>VBDOS, VB, VC, VC++, HTML, and a little Javascript.  TI ASM I know how
>>it basically works, but since I can't grasp the motorola's 
architecture
>>completely, I can't completely understand it's commands.  Yes, I'm a 
PC
>>guy and not a MAC user, but that doesn't mean I don't know how to use 
a
>>MAC, nor my calculator.  I'm trying to learn TI ASM, but with all 
these
>>errors that the calculators have been having through doing the backup
>>(from what I've heard), I'm afraid of making something and it either 
>(a)
>>not compiling, (b) not linking, (c) not having a specific library, (d)
>>not being able to locate the library, etc.  I just don't want to crash
>>or mess up anything right now (I've already killed my 85).
>>
>>>Man, you MUST be new to the TI scene. Lemme also guess that you are a
>>grad
>>>of the QBasic scene.
>>
>>Yeah, I guess you can say for being on this list the past month that 
>I'm
>>fairly new to this LIST.  I know exactly what's going on in the world 
>of
>>TI.  I didn't get on this list to seek out what the world of TI is
>>about, I got on here to help and to learn actual assembly.  I voice my
>>opinion about a game being great and you go off flaming me and making 
>me
>>look like a fool, now who's ignorant?
>>
>>You could say I'm a grad of the QB scene, whatever that means.  I knew
>>QB for 5 or so years, and I've only recently taken classes in it (so I
>>can have a record).  People in my class make stuff like "Average three
>>numbers that the user inputs and print it on the screen" while I do
>>individual projects like "Make a DNA-double helix model rotate on the
>>screen in 3d space with the ability for the user to get a virtual 
hands
>>on at it" or even "Make an ASM compiler that uses encryption bases so
>>that people can't edit the code, and also make it very versatile to
>>pkzip (instead of 20% it's around 40-60% compression)."
>>
>>-Rob
>>ICQ:9188921 "No Sol to kill"
>>e-mail1:rc_ware@hotmail.com
>>e-mail2:rc_ware@yahoo.com
>>e-mail3:rc_ware@geocities.com
>>webpage:http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/4049/index.html
>>
>>>BTW, do yourself a favor and read the ASH/CrASH documentation
>>>sometime. I
>>>read your webpage and it does sound like you're a bonafide 
>>programmer.
>>You
>>>just need to learn a little bit more about 82 ASM.
>>
>>Do MYSELF a favor?  I think I know what I'm doing.  First of all I 
>don't
>>even own an 82, so why would I read documentation on the 82's innards?
>>The only calculators I own are an HP48GX, Casio, TI-92, and a 
>ROM-broken
>>TI-85.  I use the 82s at school, and I program BASIC stuff on them for
>>my APCalc and Physics classes for the students who can't do the
>>trig/algebra/geometry/calc in their heads.  And why would I EVER get a
>>program named "crash" if I'm worried about my calculator crashing?
>>
>>As for my webpage, I'm a programmer and designer.  I also invent 
things
>>and think up weird philosophies.  I work with my biology teacher about
>>molecular biology (trying to make a Quad-helix dna).  I help people 
out
>>with problems because I could make a great psychologist.  I teach 
>myself
>>everything before I even enter a class on it, just so I can stay one
>>step ahead of everyone (let's me know if the teacher is teaching 
right,
>>and if not I can correct him so the other students "get it").  In the
>>future if I can I'll major in Electronic engineering, Computer
>>engineering, Programming, molecular biology, and psychology.  For now
>>that's all I want to be, later I may want more.  I'm not God, but in
>>order for me to help others, I have to know more than those I'm
>>helping...it's much easier to lower yourself to others then it is 
>either
>>for them to lower themselves, or for you to raise yourself.  Since I'm
>>doing all this "stuff" I haven't time to fix my website, or even 
update
>>it.  By this summer I may have my own domain anyway (WOOHOO, no more
>>stupid geocities advertisement, and no more of this hotmail or yahoo).
>>
>>I know I need to learn 82 ASM, but when I finally RECEIVE an 82, I'll
>>learn it.  As of now I think I'm aloud to say if a program is good or
>>not, can't I?  And for those programs, I can read ANY language and
>>actually see what is happening in the program (because all languages 
>are
>>basically the same, be it "PRINT" for basic, "DISP" for tibasic, "ADD"
>>for asm, "AppActivate" for vb, "malloc()" for c, or "throw the steak 
to
>>the lions" for english).
>>
>>I guess people could say I'm gifted, I don't think so, I just learned
>>"if I put my mind to it, I can accomplist anything."  I actually envy
>>normal people at times, I've lost common sense through my learnings, 
>and
>>also lost some other things.  I sometimes have memory lapses that make
>>me forget a whole day to a whole week (it usually comes back, only
>>temporary), during that time I have no idea what I'm doing.  Like this
>>letter, I may forget it tomorrow, but by Monday I may remember it.  I
>>wish I were normal.
>>
>>-Rob
>>signature above}}
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