A83: Re: fwd: petition

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Subject: A83: Re: fwd: petition
From: "James Matthews" <matthews@tkb.att.ne.jp>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 05:56:43 +0900
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Now the guy tells me...I go to all the trouble of organizing it, and they
basically say no the day I send it...

ok, well...I'll organize a freaking wish list...same method people...if you
want something, send it to me with the subject "wish" and gimme
details...*sigh*

James.

PS:  The bombardment was a joke...Conway is like that, aren't you Conway
:)...

> From: Pat Milheron <pmilheron@ti.com>, on 6/8/98 12:12 PM:
> To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
> 
> To all -    My name is Pat Milheron and I was the lead software engineer
for
> the TI-83 and
>          also the one who pushed for opening up the 83 for assembly
language
> programming.
>          I understand your frustrations about not having more information
about
> the 83 
>          system routines, but you need to understand that TI had never
promised
> full 
>          disclosure of information. If you haven't read the introduction
to
> assembly
>          language programming for the 83 at our web site I suggest you
do. It
> clearly
>          states what our role will be as far as support is concerned. I
have
> augmented
>          my original documentation and also answered many questions that
have
> gotten into
>          some of the non TI documentation. 
> 	    I have scanned through the postings on Assembly-83 concerning the
> petition
>  	 and I have a few replies. TI doesn't have a resource assigned to
> supporting
> 	 any end user assembly programming for any model, including the 86
> which is also
>          another project of mine. I do however scan the incoming requests
for
> both the 83
>          and the 86, but I also am working on other things, I do this to
keep
> an eye
>          open for some 'major' gaps in what I believed to be sufficient
> documentation and
> 	 I do not know of any outstanding 'gaps' at this time, if I am wrong I
> would like
>          to receive a 'wish list' that is a collection of what you all
think
> the gaps are.
> 	 Secondly generating the documentation is not just cutting and pasting
> from the 
>          source code. There is a massive amount of assumed background
system
> information
>          that is not documented with each routine in the ROM. The
overhead for
> TI to support
>          system development via E-mail would be huge in the resource
area. And
> finally,  
>  	 please don't engage in a bombardment campaign, nothing good could come
> from that.
> 	    I have subscribed to Assembly-83 and will keep an eye on what's
> going on.
> 
> Later,
> Pat            
>