[A83] Re: Apps: part II
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[A83] Re: Apps: part II
Ah! You made elements! Great program! Wouldn't it be possible to convert it
to an app? If possible together with another program to don't waste that
3000 kb.
>I prefer TASM over ZDS though. There are subtle differences I wouldn't want
>to live with. My reasoning is, if I've used TASM for years, and it works,
>why switch?
>
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>Michael Vincent
>Detached Solutions - www.detacheds.com
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>Senior Vice-President/Chief Software Architect
>Radical Software - www.radicalsoft.org
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan Englender" <dan@calc.org>
>To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 5:25 PM
>Subject: [A83] Re: Apps: part II
>
>
>>
>> Yes, you could write the source in notepad, and use TASM to compile. I
>> strongly suggest (assuming you're running windows) trying out ZDS for
>> application development, but you don't have to use it. A ti83plus.inc
>file
>> that's usable with TASM is included in the MirageOS zip file (TI's is
>> formatted for ZDS).
>>
>> Technically the calc doesn't skip all 128 bytes, it'll start running code
>> somewhere in the middle of that pad of zeros (I don't remember where
>> exactly), but it doesn't matter as they're nops.
>>
>> In terms of what messes up on the Silver Edition, more or less, if you
>don't
>> turn on the "fast mode" of the silver edition, most everything should be
>> compatible. The one thing that definitely wont work are games/programs
>that
>> use the link port in non-TIOS protocol. The reason is that the SE has a
>> "hardware-assist" that automatically sends/receives link-port data (so
the
>> Z80 doesn't have to waste time doing so), and it'll get confused if you
>> manually change the link port lines. It may be possible to disable the
>> hardware-assist, I haven't experimented enough to tell.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> -Dan Englender
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Harper Maddox" <gte172i@prism.gatech.edu>
>> To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 8:09 PM
>> Subject: [A83] Re: Apps: part II
>>
>>
>> >
>> > so by this methodology, you can write the source code in notepad, and
>use
>> > tasm to compile? The APP automatically jump to the start of the
>> > application + 128 bytes, to "skip" the header. Is that correct? if it
>> is,
>> > then making a flash application is easier than i thought. Also, thanks
>> for
>> > sharing that bit about the header. I know its in the help file at TI,
>but
>> > the new education.ti.com site was pretty hard to navigate.
>> >
>> > also, Does anyone know what kind of stuff messes up between the silver
>83+
>> > and the 83+? I noticed that Phoenix 83+ has the graphics off by a few
>> > bytes on the silver 83+.
>> >
>> > Harper Maddox
>> >
>> > ps. If this is the case, then I might port a few games to 83+ app
>> > tonight. So a swift response from anyone "knowledgeable" is
>appreciated.
>> >
>> > At 04:21 PM 6/20/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>> > >Addendum to previous e-mail:
>> > >
>> > >After you have compiled your app (use "tasm -i -o20 -80 %1.asm %1.hex"
>in
>> > >a batch file), you must copy the .hex file to the C:\Program Files\TI
>> > >Education\TI-83 Plus Flash Debugger\Utils\ directory. Open a DOS
>window,
>> > >and type "appsign 0104.key myfile.hex" where myfile.hex is your .hex
>> file.
>> > >Then send the *.8xk file it creates to your calc.
>> > >
>> > >Have fun
>> > >
>> > >--
>> > >Michael Vincent
>> > >Detached Solutions - www.detacheds.com
>> > >--
>> > >Senior Vice-President/Chief Software Architect
>> > >Radical Software - www.radicalsoft.org
>> >
>> >
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