Re: A89: Re: Archive Utility v2.00


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Re: A89: Re: Archive Utility v2.00




DDux Gregis wrote:
> 
> Rusty found this hack some time ago (I'm assuming it uses the same
> hack), but I was under the impression that it was top secret.  I think
> everyone already knows about it already though, so from what I
> remember the hack does something like calling the area of segmented
> ROM with the ability to enable write privileges in such a way that an
> address error is immediately generated succeeding the enable.  Then
> the address error exception handler will have write privileges and can
> modify ROM.  This ought to go down as ingenious a hack as ZShell or
> Fargo :-) .. and may even prove to be as consequential ;-)
> 
> >
> > Aha! I found it! Head on over to http://ti92.ifrance.com/ti92/ then
> go to
> > the Flash Section and download ARCHIVE UTILITY v2.00 -- the
> miraculous
> > Archive Recovery program!  I just wish I had some idea how the hell
> it
> > worked. . . and why all these French guys seem to be better
> programmers than
> > us =)  I'm just amazed that someone could do something like that. .
> . next
> > step is a complete ROM rewrite (I think that we have the skills to
> do so
> > here, just not the commitment nor the mathematical abilities. . . =)
> >
> >
> >
does any one have the source code.  That sounds like an awesome idea. 
BU what exactly about the RO do we wan dferently if we change things it
should for the bbtter.  Makinthe system files smaller would be awesome.
But what should we do?

Listening to destiny knock,
C2B3


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