Re: LZ: Compression program (and questions for asm programmers)
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Re: LZ: Compression program (and questions for asm programmers)
On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, Scott J. Rein wrote:
> At 07:52 PM 9/11/96 -0700, you wrote:
> >> Thanks for the help, though. How about creating and deleting variables?
> >> Plus I would need to somehow pass information along to the program I call.
> >>
> >> -- Scott Rein
> >> srein@rain.org
> >
> >Creating and deleting is somewhat impossible right now, unless someone
> >finds the routine in ROM. Creating would be easier than deleting,
> >probably, because when you delete, you restructure the whole memory area.
> >Variables to pass can either be in registers or in text mem($80DF). 168
> >bytes are free to use(21*8), and other parts of memory like graphx mem.
> >Another thing, you should look at ti-ram.txt and ti-85.h, and others to
> >give you some helpful hints.
>
> No matter how I plan to do my program (shell or somewhat realtime), I will
> need to create variables and delete them when the program is finished. Who
> could I contact?
>
> How about just changing a current variable? Would that be any easier (make
> a 1 byte string for temp)?
Also ask about locating a free area in ram. If there's a good way
to do that, it could be a lot easier. That would be my first choice
if it's doable.
Barry
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