Re: A86: more on writing/running an asm prog.
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Re: A86: more on writing/running an asm prog.
At 12:40 AM 9/11/98 +0200, you wrote:
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>_almost_ :-)
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>Just distributing ROMs on the net is illegal.
Yes, but technically (we do love that word) copying the ROM from the calc
for any use except backup purposes (and what would you do if the rom failed
anyway?) including emulation is also illegal.
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>Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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>On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, JBrett wrote:
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>> But the CGI is almost foolproof.
>> >That is still technically illegal.
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>> >Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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>> >On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Andy Johnson wrote:
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>> >> At 03:11 PM 9/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
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>> >> >BlAsTo1414@aol.com wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ok,
>> >> >> if I got a prog on my pc and wrote the asm code there, could I
>> >> eventually > copy
>> >> >> the code over to my 86 by the same way you would basic code? like
>> print it
>> >> >> out from my pc and just copy it by hand to my 86?
>> >> >
>> >> >Um, sorta. You'd have to copy the hex codes of the compiled program.
>> >> >That would be long and hard and one little mistake could be absolutely
>> >> >disastrous. You cannot type in the raw code like in BASIC.
>> >> >
>> >> >> but if I did that, i dont
>> >> >> want to be canstantly copying new code to my 86. is there a way to
>> run asm
>> >> >> progs on my pc, before i copy them to my 86?
>> >> >
>> >> >Yes, use an emulator, which requires a ROM dump. However, to get a ROM
>> >> >dump, you need to dump your own ROM, because using somebody else's is
>> >> >illegal. However again, to get a ROM dump, you need the Link. There is
>> >> >no other way.
>> >>
>> >> There is another way. Go to
>> >> http://www.dogtech.com/cybop_cgiwin/optic.exe?ROMdownload, you enter a
>> >> small asm program to verify you do indeed have a calc, and you can
>> download
>> >> a copy of the rom to run on the emulator.
>> >> --
>> >> Andy Johnson <prjohnson@utahlinx.com>
>> >>
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Andy Johnson <prjohnson@utahlinx.com>
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