[A83] Re: Apps: part II
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[A83] Re: Apps: part II
I prefer TASM over ZDS though. There are subtle differences I wouldn't want
to live with. My reasoning is, if I've used TASM for years, and it works,
why switch?
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Michael Vincent
Detached Solutions - www.detacheds.com
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Senior Vice-President/Chief Software Architect
Radical Software - www.radicalsoft.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Englender" <dan@calc.org>
To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 5:25 PM
Subject: [A83] Re: Apps: part II
>
> Yes, you could write the source in notepad, and use TASM to compile. I
> strongly suggest (assuming you're running windows) trying out ZDS for
> application development, but you don't have to use it. A ti83plus.inc
file
> that's usable with TASM is included in the MirageOS zip file (TI's is
> formatted for ZDS).
>
> Technically the calc doesn't skip all 128 bytes, it'll start running code
> somewhere in the middle of that pad of zeros (I don't remember where
> exactly), but it doesn't matter as they're nops.
>
> In terms of what messes up on the Silver Edition, more or less, if you
don't
> turn on the "fast mode" of the silver edition, most everything should be
> compatible. The one thing that definitely wont work are games/programs
that
> use the link port in non-TIOS protocol. The reason is that the SE has a
> "hardware-assist" that automatically sends/receives link-port data (so the
> Z80 doesn't have to waste time doing so), and it'll get confused if you
> manually change the link port lines. It may be possible to disable the
> hardware-assist, I haven't experimented enough to tell.
>
> Hope this helps,
> -Dan Englender
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harper Maddox" <gte172i@prism.gatech.edu>
> To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 8:09 PM
> Subject: [A83] Re: Apps: part II
>
>
> >
> > so by this methodology, you can write the source code in notepad, and
use
> > tasm to compile? The APP automatically jump to the start of the
> > application + 128 bytes, to "skip" the header. Is that correct? if it
> is,
> > then making a flash application is easier than i thought. Also, thanks
> for
> > sharing that bit about the header. I know its in the help file at TI,
but
> > the new education.ti.com site was pretty hard to navigate.
> >
> > also, Does anyone know what kind of stuff messes up between the silver
83+
> > and the 83+? I noticed that Phoenix 83+ has the graphics off by a few
> > bytes on the silver 83+.
> >
> > Harper Maddox
> >
> > ps. If this is the case, then I might port a few games to 83+ app
> > tonight. So a swift response from anyone "knowledgeable" is
appreciated.
> >
> > At 04:21 PM 6/20/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Addendum to previous e-mail:
> > >
> > >After you have compiled your app (use "tasm -i -o20 -80 %1.asm %1.hex"
in
> > >a batch file), you must copy the .hex file to the C:\Program Files\TI
> > >Education\TI-83 Plus Flash Debugger\Utils\ directory. Open a DOS
window,
> > >and type "appsign 0104.key myfile.hex" where myfile.hex is your .hex
> file.
> > >Then send the *.8xk file it creates to your calc.
> > >
> > >Have fun
> > >
> > >--
> > >Michael Vincent
> > >Detached Solutions - www.detacheds.com
> > >--
> > >Senior Vice-President/Chief Software Architect
> > >Radical Software - www.radicalsoft.org
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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