A89: Re: THOSE TI BASTARDS!!!

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Subject: A89: Re: THOSE TI BASTARDS!!!
From: "Serial" <Serial@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:20:21 -0800
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Okay there is the deal with that then. Three good couses of action can be
taken
1.) Programs can be split up into smaller programs and called like lib's
2.) We could figure out how to break the Flash Apps Full Lincese code and
      install everything as a flash app
3.) We could hex up the 89u update file and figure out what makes it limit
it and KILL IT
=P
-Serial

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Noveck <noveck@pluto.njcc.com>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 3:47 PM
Subject: A89: THOSE TI BASTARDS!!!


>
> Yes, I'll use whatever language I like.  Tough cookie for you =)
>
> Check out this post from Samir Ribic - the Tezxas guy - on the ticalc
> message board:
>
> ------------
> "I was donkey and downloaded 2.01. Yes, there are good news, 700K of
archive
> memory, reset resistant archive memory, expandable folders ...
>
> "But: ASSEMBLY PROGRAMS ARE NOW LIMITED TO 8K, NO MORE TO 64K!
>
> "I did test.I made program long 8189 bytes and 8197 bytes. The first one
> worked, the second one showed
> Error: Argument must be expression
> There are many good assembly program longer than 8 K
> Tezxas, Zelda 89, and after appearance of GCC will be even more. No one
will
> work on 2.01. Not mention dirty shells like Doorsos and all programs
depends
> on them! ROM Dumper from VTI gives address error.
>
> "I knew rumour that new SDK for TI89 will limit free version of it to
> generate up to 8K, and many though: "No problem. I will use just a manuals
> from free version and continue to use Plusshell or GCC."
> But, Texas instruments sabotaged such idea.
>
> "I hope that it is still possible to put program in file(s) other than
> assembly program, allocate memory, copy program to it and jump to
allocated
> block, but I am not yet sure. "
> ------------
>
> To make a long story short and sum that whole thing up, TI has limited
> assembly programs to 8k in order to make us PAY for FLASH APPS - we KNOW
> this is intentional =)
>
> I'm looking at a workaround right now (some modified plusshell files), but
> this is the reason that the doorsos kernel won't install.  If we can find
> some addresses, a .89u patcher should work.  Or, if you want to go the
evil
> way, we can whip up that serial number modifier for HWr1 calcs and
threaten
> TI.  Either way, that's really a snobby thing to do. . .
>
>     -Scott
>
>
>