Re: A89: PR Hit -- Those bastards
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Re: A89: PR Hit -- Those bastards
I think you have two #3 options listed. :)
Bryan
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> If you think about all that has happened with the unauthorized release of
> ROM 2.01, including the bugs, assembly limitations, we must make TI pay.
> Keep in mind that all evidence is pointing to a conclusion that all new
> TI89's in production have 2.01 preinstalled. Add that to the fact that TI
> did not want the key "rogue" programmers to have it before official
> release. Notice still that they have not produced any responses to this
> prerelease of 2.01 either.
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> Oh, and did you notice how nice ROM 1.00 and HW 1.00 were so nice for
> programmers? And then they release HW 2.00 making it impossible to
> implement greyscale. And ROM 2.01 limits the asm size to 8k. And the fact
> that you have to pay to make even _freeware_ flash rom programs. And how
> they keep all internal information secret even though they "support"
> assembly programming.
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> We now have three (realistic) options:
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> 1) Hit them and hit 'em hard. Spread the word of how they treated their
> most faithful customers who reccomended the calc to all of their friends,
> only to have themselves stabbed in the back. This will be hard, since much
> of the market (i.e., teachers, clueless students) do not care about "nerds"
> with their calculator games. Corporations don't care either, since they
> can easily handle the fee to program flash apps, and then release them at
> inflated prices. Hope springs eternal.
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> 2) Don't use the built in assembly except to implement a shell that
> executes the rest of the programs, disguised as DATA files. Make sure that
> _everyone_ uses this format, not the built in format.
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> 3) Switch to HP wholeheartedly. I've been meaning to get my hands on one
> of 'em...
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> More unrealistic options:
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> 3) Crack the 512-bit RSA encryption. This can be accomplished a number of
> ways, such as enlisting the help of cryptographers -- or maybe get your
> hands on some quantum computers. Or -- even easier -- get a hold of the
> private key -- it shouldn't be that hard :)
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> 4) Simply hack the 2.01 ROMS -- It aint gonna happen with all those new HW
> 2.00 calcs. See how HW 2.00 *really* benefits TI? -- I agree with the
> comment about the market in "older" TI89s.
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> We must let TI know that their behavior is unacceptable. They treat the
> community that ported ASM to most of their calculators and made TI popular
> like we don't exist. The unofficial release of the ROM can really help our
> case, especially if we make TI look like fools come December 21 and full
> assembly and flash rom app support is already enabled.
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> There. My rant is finished.
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> -Mark Zavislak
> felix@megsinet.net
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