Re: A83: SOS


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Re: A83: SOS




Well, I don't understand what you need to set/res those bits for.  I've
never done it before!

Joe Wingbermuehle
http://www.usmo.com/~joewing/

-----Original Message-----
From: Miles Raymond <m_rayman@bigfoot.com>
To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: A83: SOS


>
>But if we're talking about size, then wouldn't including it in the shell
reduce the overall size all
>of the programs take up?
>
>-Miles Raymond
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ahmed El-Helw <ahmed@ticalc.org>
>To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 9:23 PM
>Subject: RE: A83: SOS
>
>
>>Joe really wants to make his shell small, Sam. So go figure.
>>-Ahmed
>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
>>> [mailto:owner-assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Evil Sam
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 10:20 PM
>>> To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
>>> Subject: A83: SOS
>>>
>>>   This probably a dumb question, but why in 83 ASM does the shell not do
>>> the proper set/res commands and clearing neccessary for running ASM
>>> programs. For example, practically every program needs res/set 1,(iy+13)
>>> to avoid altering the TEXT_MEM (text shadow). Also every game needs to
>>> clear the GRAPH_MEM and TEXT_MEM before exiting back to the shell. Other
>>> set/res commands like set/res 2,(iy+13) or set/res 6,(iy+9) are also
>>> important in many games.
>>>     There are ~12 different set/res commands that are run before and
>>> after a ASM program is run on the 82 so the programmer doesn't have to
>>> worry about it, so why can't that be done on the 83 as well?
>>>
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