Re: A89: TI-89 info was(Re: supervisor vs usermode...)

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Re: A89: TI-89 info was(Re: supervisor vs usermode...)


Maybe if someone wanted to make Wolfenstein 3D for the TI-89.  But then again,
the game data and libraries would be stored seperately from the main program.
Writing in ASM might reduce the needed size even further.

Bryan Rabeler wrote:

> Why would anyone want a file on the TI-89 larger than 64k?  I guess maybe a
> very large picture, animation, or movie... maybe sounds... :)  Gee.. but
> that must be really bloated..
>
> Bryan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Miles Raymond <m_rayman@bigfoot.com>
> To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 10:38 PM
> Subject: Re: A89: TI-89 info was(Re: supervisor vs usermode...)
>
> >
> > Well, I was only wondering because I hear Dulce gripe every day about the
> 8K
> > limit on the 83+ and wondered if the 89 had any similar disabilities.  I
> > don't know much about the 8K limit to explain it, sorry... =(
> >
> > 64K is the limit that TI put on the program through the VAT, correct?  So
> > with a new OS (or just a new VAT), a file could be larger, correct?
> >
> > -Miles Raymond      EML: m_rayman@bigfoot.com
> > ICQ: 13217756       IRC: Killer2        AIM: KilIer2 (kilier2)
> > http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_rayman/
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Olle Hedman <oh@hem.passagen.se>
> > To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 7:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: A89: TI-89 info was(Re: supervisor vs usermode...)
> >
> >
> > > Zoltan Kocsi wrote:
> > > > I guess the available RAM might be a reasonable limit. If you run
> > > > from the FLASH, then the size of that. The 68000 has an address limit
> > > > of 16MB, certainly not presenting any constraint in the case of the
> > > > TI89.
> > >
> > > the maximum length should be 64K since you have only a word telling the
> > size of
> > > the programfile. You should be able to have larger programs by splitting
> > them up
> > > un different files though..  and then I think its safe to assume that
> > available
> > > ram/flash is the limit..
> > >
> > > file://Olle
> >
> >
> >
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