A83: On-calc ASM programming.. possible ?
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A83: On-calc ASM programming.. possible ?
Hi y'all people of the world..
Now I'm sure that 90% of you are sick and tired of having to program
games and anything else on a computer and then send it out to the calc.
Well I know I am ...
So I asked myself, is there a way to program on the calc, other then
knowing hex codes by heart and BASIC... well no there isn't.
But I have an idea ..
What does the 83 do exactly when it runs a BASIC prog. We all know that
the z80 does not understand BASIC so there must be something like
compiler and assembler somwhere in the ROM that converts the BASIC
program into hexadecimal for the CPU (you know what I mean).
Why are BASIC programs so slow ?
Because they are .. compile-as-you-run type.
Is there a way that we can modify the ROM routines so that they compile
the BASIC program once and for all, store it as a new program and that
we run it using send(9xxxxx aferwards.
Basic progs will be a lot faster and we could modify it to accept ASM
commands too.
BTW. What exactly does tasm do and why can't we write a similar prog on
the calculator.
It is just an idea but I think it is possible......... is it ?
I know that when it crashes all the RAM will be lost but that's
different question. If it is relly good, maybe Texas Instruments will
include it in the ROM of a future model of calc (a 86 plus maybe).
All coments are wellcome .....
homonerdicus
BTW : Why are you people so off the subject all the time, first there
was the AOL thing and now a CPU thing ... ah well, see ya
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