RE: LZ:83 ASM

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RE: LZ:83 ASM

I see another reason for a shell. I say it's much easier to hit CUSTOM, F1, 
and the arrow keys a few times rather that typing something in (I've played 
around with UM a bit). You could make an ASM based shell like zshell which 
would run the programs and have it launched by a TI-BASIC program. You could 
also have it stick the selected string name in some sort of buffer, like a 
special string, for instance, and then the TI-BASIC could use that send9 thing 
to launch the program. That would make program running easier, and allow for 
neat additions like libraries.
--MZB


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From: 	owner-list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org on behalf of barrym
Sent: 	Wednesday, August 28, 1996 5:40 AM
To: 	list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: 	Re: LZ:83 ASM


On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Matt Bathje wrote:


> There is no need for a shell on an 83. Any attempt to make one would be 
> EXTREMELY stupid because TI has included asm on the 83 through the command 
> line. you use a command like 
> 
> send9(asmname) 
> 
> and it'll run the program.
 
One reason for an 83 shell might be as a program manager that
could store programs more efficiently in a compressed format.
That shouldn't be too difficult to write and shouldn't take up
much space.  It could de-compress the program before executing
it.  The programs could be stored as strings.


This might result in a considerable space savings for stored
programs.


Barry
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