[A83] Re: Auto Open


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[A83] Re: Auto Open




> Van: Ronald Teune <rtwolf@gmx.net>
> > > Van: Aaron Fineman <amfineman@earthlink.net>
> > > > From: "SUCKER [Pieter Van Nuffel]" <sucker_pvn@hotmail.com>
> > > > > From: "Aaron Fineman" <amfineman@earthlink.net>
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it possible for a program to call a shell, and then run
> > > > > itself?
> > > > >
> > > > > ex:
> > > > >
> > > > >     load name,ix
> > > > >     bcall(_runion)
> > > > > Name:
> > > > >     .db "ztetris",0
> > > >
> > > > What about Venus 2.x from Tijl Coosemans for the ti-83-?
> > > > It can be found on ticalc and the source is included.
> > >
> > > How about 83+?
> >
> > I've studied this case, and it is possible to port the Venus kernel to
> > the Ti83+ (SE), but that wouldn't be very usefull, since you would need
> > to have your assembly programs unarchived. Ti-BASIC code can't be run
> > (at the homescreen) from archive. The "loader" is a small Ti-BASIC
> > program, so there goes your homescreen feature...
> 
> Is it very hard to do such a thing? It's quite interesting. Is the venus
> source available?

It's quite simple and elegant, for the source look at:

http://tijl.studentenweb.org/index.php?ix=venus

	Henk Poley <><