A85: Re: DHOS
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A85: Re: DHOS
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> From: Matt Butch <mjb25@hotmail.com>
> To: assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: A85: DHOS
> Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 7:28 AM
>
>
> My Suggested Features for Doomsday Horizons OS:
> API:
> Floating Point math instructions-must find these in ROM
> Varable allocations fuctions(add/delete/modify/search) for the TI-OS
> Communication system calls-include calls for all supported link
> devices(see below)
> Graphic calls-line drawing, graphic scrolling, compression
> Compression calls-ZCP, GCP, Huffman, TxCP(Text Compression Protocal),
> anymore?
Movie compression.
> System Design:
> Support for ZShell, Usgard, maybe more
> Communication system that includes EII, I2C and its 85 extension MBus
> networking protocal, IR Link, maybe more
> Modular design for easy upgrading of certain sections of the OS
> Grayscale 4 or maybe even 8, we have the room
> Definately a control panel of sorts
>
>
> DHOSNIDE-Doomsday Horizons OS Native Integrated Development Enviroment:
> An on-calc Text Editor/Assembler/Dissassembler/Debugger for all
> supported systems. Also includes online intelligent help. Example:
>
> User enters:
> I don't know how to clear the LCD
> Response from Intellegent Help Program:
> type in the following where you want to clear the LCD:
> ROM_CALL(CLEARLCD)
>
> Pretty cool, huh?
> Now only to program all of this, ha ha. But it can be done.
>
>
> Now where is this block diagram??
> How exactly are we all going to program this? Here's my idea:
>
> Everybody summit (here) what we know how to program, and what we would
> like to program. Then somebody(Kaus??) assign certain people (1, 2 or
> more) to program a certain piece of code. This would work well with my
> modular idea above.
>
> I know some stuff about everything, alot about most. I'd be willing to
> do link related code, kernal work, VAT work, ZShell support, GUI design
> and implemation but not drawing anything-I'm not good at that. I'd do
> any of this.
>
> Matt Butch
> mjb25@hotmail.com
The longer we wait to get this thing started the farther into school and
other things we get, which will slow getting this thing out even more than
waiting to start in the first place. Let's start now, and everybody that
wants to help join the Shell-Developers list. They need something to
restart the list there.