RE: LZ:83 ASM
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RE: LZ:83 ASM
On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Micah/Richard Brodsky wrote:
> 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.
I think a library might be a great idea if there could be some
general agreement about what routines to include. The compression
code would be a good candidate. Other programs could use that to
compress data.
For game players, a library of sprite routines might be useful.
I suspect it would take a lot of thought and planning and organization
to keep this idea from becomming a real mess, but with that planning
it might turn out to be a great idea.
However, I think the shell should be capable of managing libraries.
It shouldn't actually contain them. People who don't play games
shouldn't waste their memory on sprite routines.
Barry
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