Re: A83: Re: Matrices and Lists...

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Subject: Re: A83: Re: Matrices and Lists...
From: "Conway" <conway@ssc.net.au>
Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 10:04:40 +1000
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True let's all have a go at TI, and get all of the ROM calls. I'm sure you'd
all like to have them.
From
Conway
-----Original Message-----
From: Linus Akesson <lairfight@softhome.net>
To: Conway <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Friday, 8 May 1998 5:13
Subject: Re: A83: Re: Matrices and Lists...


>
>I find the rom calls easy aswell. That is, the documented rom calls. But
there
>are lots and lots of other rom calls that only the guys at ti know of...
and
>those we can all get to know by trying and sharing our experiences.
>
>Linus
>
>On 04-May-98, Conway wrote:
>
>>Actually, I myself, find the rom calls easy, but some of the z80 language
is
>>alien to me. But that's mainly due to me not having too much experience
with
>>programming with other lower level languages. (and Yes I should get off my
>>butt to learn the z80 language, but at the moment I don't have the time).
>>But that's just me.
>>From Conway
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Linus Akesson <lairfight@softhome.net>
>>To: Conway <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
>>Date: Sunday, 3 May 1998 23:09
>>Subject: Re: A83: Re: Matrices and Lists...
>
>
>>>
>>>Yes, I know. But there are complete manuals for the z80 available on the
>>>internet aswell as libraries and directly from SGS. The TI-83 ROM is
>>however
>>>not documented (well, some basic functions are public, but most
interesting
>>>routines are hardly documented). That means there's a need for some sort
of
>>>information exchange, like a mailing list. But everyone should be able to
>>RTFM
>>>for the z80!!
>>>
>>>Linus
>>>
>>>On 02-May-98, Conway wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hey, the ti-83 processor is a z80 (well an improved version)
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Linus Akesson <lairfight@softhome.net>
>>>>To: Dimitri Hammond <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
>>>>Date: Saturday, 2 May 1998 2:41
>>>>Subject: Re: A83: Re: Matrices and Lists...
>>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On 29-Apr-98, Dimitri Hammond wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hey, hey, what exactly does rst do, NEway?
>>>>>
>>>>>>-Dimitri
>>>>>
>>>>>Oh please! I thought this list was for programming the ti-83, not the
>>>>z80...
>>>>>RST means restart, but it isn't a good name. It can jump to some
>>predefined
>>>>>addresses (f.ex. 0000, don't remember the others), and the whole
>>>>instruction
>>>>>is only one byte long. This makes it somewhat easier in interrupt mode
0,
>>>>>where the interrupting device places an instruction on the data bus.
RST
>>0
>>>>>would reset the calculator, since this is where the processor will go
>>when
>>>>you
>>>>>power it on (new batteries). RST 56d is used in interrupt mode 1 (which
>>the
>>>>>ti-83 uses) for all interrupts.
>>>>>
>>>>>Linus
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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