Re: A83: Would it be rational...?
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Re: A83: Would it be rational...?
In a message dated 98-05-28 23:40:57 EDT, you write:
> I dont't knof if any of ya'll are familiar with ray caster 3D engines, but
> I was wondering if it would be a rational, good, POSSIBLE idea to make one
> on the 83. I started one, but the lookup tables themselves took up all
> the calc's mem, plus some. Any ideas? I think this would be the one,
> worth-wile game to try on the TI. If it's possible, and we make one, then
> ANYTHING can be made... I know that without all the lookup tables, taking
> advantage of the speed of ASM would be almost impossible because of all
> the calls to the math funcs like sin, cos, tan, *, etc...
>
> Well, it's still an idea, and if anyone can throw in their two cents (4,
> cents, 25 cents, couple bucks, whatever), and if ya'll think it'll be
> worth it, then tell me/post it under A83 Ray (or the like), and I'll
> devote all my summer to working on it...
> (or somebody else could, it doesn't matter...)
>
> -Dimitri
I think that the tables are already in the ram, automatically put there when
the calc is reset, so find the addresses and just look em up.
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