Re: A86: more on writing/running an asm prog.
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Re: A86: more on writing/running an asm prog.
I understood that downloading or recieving the rom was legal so long as you
actually owned a ti86. Perhaps I'm wrong?
-Chuck
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> From: Andy Johnson <prjohnson@utahlinx.com>
> To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: A86: more on writing/running an asm prog.
> Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 1:07 AM
>
>
> At 12:40 AM 9/11/98 +0200, you wrote:
> >
> >_almost_ :-)
> >
> >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.
> >--
> >Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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> >
> >On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, JBrett wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> But the CGI is almost foolproof.
> >> >That is still technically illegal.
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
> >> > File Archives, News, Features, Newsletter, and HTML
> >> > the ticalc.org project - http://www.ticalc.org/
> >> >
> >> >On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Andy Johnson wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> At 03:11 PM 9/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >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>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> --
> Andy Johnson <prjohnson@utahlinx.com>
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