Re: A83: TI and their Calc OSs
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Re: A83: TI and their Calc OSs
I think they were thinking about future generations like the 89 (where can I get
that?? I checked my local staples but...) I think that the best use (and calc)
for a custom os would be a calc like the 89 because:
1. It has flash ROMs, you could replace the TI-OS with your own brew
2. Or you could program a HUGE game that runs out of ROM and RAM for BIG games
(It has 512k of RAM and I don't remember how much ROM)
I would rather leave the OS up to TI, though. for games and custom apps, the ASM
community is there though!
Later,
Nick
<ot> Ya know a kid in my Orchestra had an 86 and referred to all the ASM
programmers like Nagel who made this kid's ASM gaming possible as "they" and
"them". I think he has no idea where and how these apps came to be! (One thing I
like about ASM over basic is it's harder for people to edit the credits in the
apps. In my school about 2 years ago everyone had those 50 incarnations of "Drug
Lords" and mysteriously the credits were different in each app) I haven't really
contributed to the community (aside from my comments) although I would like to
learn ASM someday (after C++) The main thing holding me back is that my PC isn't
finished and I've heard it's next to impossible to make Z80 apps on a Mac! (And
that stupid "GraphLink" software doesn't send the latest versions of ASM apps.
Mainly the ones that were Devpac-ed. Maybe I'll rewrite it after I learn C++!)
Well I've talked too much... </ot>
Linus Akesson wrote:
> Yeah, wake up.
>
> What do people want? A useful calculator, in which you can enter "1+1" and
> press enter without having to take out the batteries *at all*. All the complex
> routines they're used to. Compatibility.
> Sure, we could do all that, but it's like reinventing the wheel (which is an
> cliché I hate, but anyway). And always remember: Everything is possible. It is
> _possible_ to patch f.ex. so that 1+1 would yield 3, not saying I know exactly
> HOW, but I know it can be done. The TI-83 os is adaptable, though it isn't
> obvious. But who said coding should be easy?
>
> Oh, and there's no BIOS in the ti-83, the whole os is in rom.
>
> Linus
>
> On 10-Sep-98, Miles Raymond wrote:
> >If they released info and a few test calcs to the ticalc.org community, a
> >better, more efficient OS could be made. I still think that TI would have to
> >write the actual math functions. But at least the people will have a say in
> >what how the OS in ROM interacts with the user, such as Philip Gossling's
> >WinCE 86 shell/OS. If would release a way to call all of their math-related
> >functions from an OS, and store the OS on a Flash BIOS, the user could have
> >the OS of their choice. The WinCE 86 would be an excellent OS, because of
> >it's scalability. The user could dump as many OS 'features' as is his desire
> >into the Flash BIOS. Or, on the other hand, add as many TI math functions
> to
> >the Flash BIOS as is his content. This would lead to diversity. Competition
> >breeds quality.
>
> >-Miles Raymond
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Michael Astrauskas <julian63@geocities.com>
> >To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> >Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 8:17 PM
> >Subject: Re: A83: TI and their Calc OSs
>
> >Miles Raymond wrote:
> > Has anyone evry thought that TI would one day stop making their calcs
> with
> >an OS, and just bundle a 3rd-party ASM OS instead? -Miles Raymond
>
> >They'll probably never do that. The calculator is made for calculating and
> >there aren't
> >enough programmers that it'd be a good deal for them.
>
> >--
> > - Michael Astrauskas ICQ UIN: 1946065, Trevelyan
> > My humble Anime-type art site:
> > www.geocities.com/timessquare/6300
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