Re: LZ:83 ASM
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> My idea was that TI could keep the rom entries stable without
> doing any kind of revision. They'd just have to leave things
> where they are. A better plan would be to have jump tables.
>
> But you do have some good ideas if they could be convinced to
> do them. My guess is that the 83 is an experiment. If there's
> some development for it and it sells a few calculators for them,
> there will be more to come. Of course I'm only guessing.
>
> I like the break key idea and I like the idea of the stable
> starting address a lot. The 83 has a fixed starting address
> and that makes life on it a lot easier.
>
> I don't know much about the 85 yet even though I have one. Isn't
> zshell always at the same address? Couldn't it put the program
> at a fixed place before executing? Or does it execute them in
> place?
>
well, in theory it could, but th problem is that we don't know enough
about memory organiasion to do it. ON day when I have the time
(probably never) i hope to look into doing this, but it could be a
long while off.
Rob Taylor MAIL - mailto:rtaylor@ticalc.org
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