Re: A83: On-calc ASM programming.. possible ?
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Re: A83: On-calc ASM programming.. possible ?
If someone wants to do this i just want to say its a good idea. Imagine the
results of a program like this, if it could be done I say good luck to whom
wants to write it.
-Dustin
In a message dated 3/4/99 1:59:34 PM Pacific Standard Time,
bomber912@hotmail.com writes:
> Hi y'all people of the world..
>
> Now I'm sure that 90% of you are sick and tired of having to program
> games and anything else on a computer and then send it out to the calc.
> Well I know I am ...
>
> So I asked myself, is there a way to program on the calc, other then
> knowing hex codes by heart and BASIC... well no there isn't.
> But I have an idea ..
> What does the 83 do exactly when it runs a BASIC prog. We all know that
> the z80 does not understand BASIC so there must be something like
> compiler and assembler somwhere in the ROM that converts the BASIC
> program into hexadecimal for the CPU (you know what I mean).
> Why are BASIC programs so slow ?
> Because they are .. compile-as-you-run type.
> Is there a way that we can modify the ROM routines so that they compile
> the BASIC program once and for all, store it as a new program and that
> we run it using send(9xxxxx aferwards.
> Basic progs will be a lot faster and we could modify it to accept ASM
> commands too.
> BTW. What exactly does tasm do and why can't we write a similar prog on
> the calculator.
> It is just an idea but I think it is possible......... is it ?
> I know that when it crashes all the RAM will be lost but that's
> different question. If it is relly good, maybe Texas Instruments will
> include it in the ROM of a future model of calc (a 86 plus maybe).
>
> All coments are wellcome .....
>
> homonerdicus
>
> BTW : Why are you people so off the subject all the time, first there
> was the AOL thing and now a CPU thing ... ah well, see ya
>