Re: A92: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Fargo 0.2.5 released


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Re: A92: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Fargo 0.2.5 released




You probably did, but just incase did you turn down the contrast afterwards? And did
you try making your own backups and using pre-installed backups?

Hugo Jose Ferreira wrote:

> >Changes since 0.2.4 (taken from Fargo.txt):
> >
> >  * Fixed a bug in the Fargo 0.1.x compatibility module where modules that
> >    used the 0.1.x kernel pseudolibrary would not properly unrelocate;
> >    therefore they would crash upon being run a second time.
> >  * Fixed a bug that caused Fargo II programs to load whether or not their
> >    required libraries were found, often causing crashes.
> >  * Fixed a bug that caused LCD_MEM not to be saved and restored after a
> >    module failed to load.
> >  * Took the Fargo 0.2.0.x compatibility module out of the distribution. If
> >    anyone wants it back, please contact me.
> >  * Reworked the Fargo 0.1.x compatibility module so that it now has romlib
> >    integrated with itself. If romlib is present in the "oldfargo" folder, it
> >    will be ignored. Also removed the checking that caused the Fargo 0.1.x
> >    compatibility module to refuse to work on incompatible ROMs.
> >    WARNING: If you install the Fargo 0.1.x compatibility module on a TI-92
> >             with a ROM version (such as 2.1) that was incompatible with Fargo
> >             0.1.x, all the Fargo 0.1.x programs you run will have to have
> >             been specially patched to work with your ROM! Otherwise your calc
> >             will most likely crash.
> >  * Fixed the sprite test program so that the sprite is visible everywhere on
> >    the screen, without the compromise of flicker.
> >  * Added strlen(), strncmp(), strncpy(), strcat(), and strchr() to the tios
> >    pseudolibrary. Added ROM 1.5 support.
> >  * Did another major overhaul of flinker. It now handles operand sizes and
> >    error reporting even better (and more cleanly).
> >  * Made some more modifications to A68k. It now properly differentiates
> >    between PC-relative and absolute references to external symbols.
> >    Incremented its version to 2.71.F2.
>
> All this stuff is really kewl.. but.. I CANNOT ENJOY THEM !!!!!! :-(((((((
> Please, WHY CAN'T I install the fargo on my Ti-92 !??! I've got ROM 1.10. after
> I get the Clean-Backup from my machine and put fargo on it, i send it to the
> calculator, but, all that happens is a RESET ! yes, my calc just goes Black on
> the screen after the backup is sent. Nothing is there, nothing... I press
> SHIFT+ON, I type shell() but nothing... This means that the core was not sent...
> I had this problem to with fargo 0.1.x... The only way to resolve this was to
> create an OLD type Backup (yes, those with 104Kb or so...)) The New method does
> not work on my calc... please, HELP !!!!




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