A89: Re: Why is 89 so unstable?


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A89: Re: Why is 89 so unstable?




Did all of these crashes occur after you installed an assembly shell?  ROM
version 1.05 is known for many problems with asm programs.  If you downgrade
to 1.00, your problems (for the most part) should go away.

> Why the **** is ti89 so freaking unstable?
> I've tried like 3 different kernels (including doors, where I had to reset
> my calc twice after pressing "home" - thanks, Doors team), a version of
> Doors that I had just froze it right there on ROM 1.05 when I installed
it;
> now I've been running lexos for some time and can't see any problems with
> the kernel itself. However, it crashes like crazy! Every two days
something
> comes up that crashes it and I have to load everything up again! It's not
> just poorly written asm's, the last time it crashed when I accidentially
> made it graph a non-existent variable in 3D! Huh? What is a calculator
> supposed to do when the variable doesn't exist? Answer: display "division
by
> zero" over top of screen and crash. I had no problems whatsoever with
memory
> management OR asm's on 86. None.
> Sorry if I sound stupid or unreasonable; I'm new to 89. Can anyone explain
> to me how to keep it stable?
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