Re: A89: Suggestion: A simple C compiler

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Subject: Re: A89: Suggestion: A simple C compiler
From: Nate Mueller <nlmueller@students.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 19:46:20 -0600
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>In a message dated 12/18/1998 4:34:37 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>ZeromusMog@aol.com writes:
>
>> I've had passing thoughts about something like this for the 86, but with the
>>  89's "hackable rom" this could definately be feasable for some advenerous
>>  hacker... some type of "Improved BASIC" that would allow for some niceties
>> of
>>  ASM to be brought into BASIC, i.e. inverse text, file reading capabilites,
>>  etc.
>>
>>  Then again... that's a lot of work...
>
>The only problem is that TI says that you can not do that.  That would be like
>decompiling Windows and selling it as your own product.
>
>Daniel Imfeld

I think that TI just doesn't want you getting hold of the program that
installs on the ROM.  Since you can always do a ROM dump to get the
contents I don't see how they can be too anal about people having the
source for the ROM.

	--Nate

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