Re: A83: A shell


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Re: A83: A shell




OK, I did that and it works fine, but I still have a question, how do I get it to
store the 'last' program on the list (which is consistantly the last program run)
to store in HL, do I at the end one load OP1 into HL?

Linus Akesson wrote:

> I think I know why those programs won't convert right. A few months ago, when
> I was new to ti-83 asm, I also
> wrote my programs by hand, and my first programs that accessed the program
> list didn't work. My mistake was this:
> I converted "LD hl,(PROGPTR)" to 211993, which is wrong because PROGPTR isn't
> the actual list, it is a pointer to the
> list. The correct instruction would be 2A1993. Perhaps you did the same
> mistake?
>
> Linus
>
> On 01-May-98, Phelan Wolf wrote:
>
> >I have decided to make a shell, I have enough time to do emulation for
> >any other shell.  If anyone knows(help) how VAT works and what calls to
> >use; tasm does not work on my comp, so I manually convert all my progs
> >to HEX using a z80 conversion table, which doesn't seem to convert right
> >with PROGPTR and DELPROG, I still don't quite know how PROGPTR
> >works(grr!).  I also need the call for 'Input'.  My shell will have a
> >DOS like prompt with a bar at the bottom telling what program is running
> >at the current time.  Any help would be nice.
>
> >-Phelan 'Amen' Wolf




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