Re: A86: new news to some old news to others
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Re: A86: new news to some old news to others
well all were used at one time or another or else they wouldnt be there
-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk Meyer <_@IBM.net>
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: A86: new news to some old news to others
>
>actually, some of the calls probably aren't used. for example, the
>following calls on ROM page $0D are probably not used by the ROM:
>_exec_assembly (for modules) and _install_asap (for installing the plug-in
>functions)
>
> Kirk
> _@ibm.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Timothy Dixon <tdixon@fwi.com>
>To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 9:29 AM
>Subject: Re: A86: new news to some old news to others
>
>
>|
>|Ekauq wrote:
>|
>|> one thing i would love to know is if there is a way to remove the
>original
>|> programming of the ti-86 and overwrite it with a completely new os,
>change the
>|> ti-86 completely, since what we all use is an os in the first place.
the
>only
>|> way i could see that you can't take it off is if the os is written in
rom
>and
>|> protected (which is probably true).
>|>
>|> but the question remains, did ti use all of the rom calls, or just the
>ones
>|> that it wanted to for the 86.
>|
>|Presumably TI used all the ROM calls. It would be silly of them to
>|*write* this code and then not use it. As far as removing it, the ROM
>|calls are, naturally, in ROM and are therefore there to stay. If you
>|really want to dump all that stuff, I'd suggest getting some kits
>|together and building yourself your own computer.
>|
>|And don't say it can't be done; remember the Apple I was a garage-based
>|hack, before the days of highly integrated CPUs. (Zilog sells Z80's
>|with serial ports and parallel ports built in, for instance).
>|
>