RE: A86: _createreal
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RE: A86: _createreal
Hey, thanks for the links, although those asm ones deny me permission
because they're in an unsupported mime format on your server.
What I'm trying to do is store the free memory into a real for use in BASIC
programs (shells probably), e.g.:
::"Shell"
:asm(getmem
:Outpt(8,1,mem
:Outpt(8,7,"bytes free
My program will store the ram into the real mem. So one can just call the
program and get the memory since you can't get the free ram in basic. Kind
of pointless but I'm doing it anyway.
I thought I'd store it into a real, but would a string be better?
Thanks again,
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
[mailto:owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org] On Behalf Of jimi malcolm
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 1999 8:07 PM
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: A86: _createreal
> From: "Bryan Kam" <bryan_kam@usa.net>
> Subject: A86: Mem and _createreal
i had the same problems you're
having. i just updated a
bunch of the variables section
at my web site. check out:
http://guide.iwarp.com/variables/crea.htm
for details on creating real
numbers (along with every other
type of ti-os variable).
http://guide.iwarp.com/variables/mess.htm
for details on storing data
to ti-os variables.
http://guide.iwarp.com/download/stupreal.asm
is exactly what you want. it is
the source code to a example
that shows you how to create
a real variable and store
a binary coded decimal to it.
15 minutes ago i started working
on overhauling the binary
coded decimal section:
http://guide.iwarp.com/variables/bcd.htm.
it should be done by tomorrow
morning.
to store the free mem into
the real variable "MEM" you
need to convert it to
binary coded decimal (bcd)
first.
are you going to manipulating
it like * - + /? or are
you just going to display
it or something. just store it
to a string then. the source
to that is at:
http://guide.iwarp.com/download/stupstr.asm.
wait, isn't the free memory
returned in ahl? set the _curCol
and _curRow to invalid numbers
(like 99,99 or something way
off). then use _DispAHL
to display them. it shouldn't
write it to the screen. the number
will probably be in _OP1 i think.
there's your bcd number that
you can store to a real number.
i don't think _dispahl stores
the number to _op1 though before
displaying it. so that probably
won't work. give it a try maybe.
why do you want to store
the free memory into a
real number for anyway? if
you don't mind my asking.
jimi malcolm
malcolmj1@juno.com
http://guide.iwarp.com
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