Re: A86: new news to some old news to others
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Re: A86: new news to some old news to others
I don't think TI would have put something like _install_asap in there for us,
though. They put it in there so that they could make Infstat. :-)
Kirk Meyer wrote:
> they were put there only for the future use of ASM programmers. they are
> never called in the ROM. someone was thinking ahead???
>
> Kirk
> _@ibm.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trey Jazz <joemama@minot.com>
> To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
> Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 2:48 PM
> Subject: 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).
> |>|
> |>
> |
> |
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