Re: LZ: RE: TI-86 and shells


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Re: LZ: RE: TI-86 and shells



Henrik Edlund wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Jeff Tyrrill wrote:
> 
> > It is quite impossible to make a shell on the TI-86 that will emulate the
> > TI-85 environment in such a way that 85s programs will work. To emulate a
> > computer environment, you need a computer much more powerful than the one you
> > are emulating, even with the same processor and many similarities.
> 
> Well, the 86 is just an 85 that has been pumped up with some memory and
> some other stuff. It sill runs all 85 basic stuff, it can link to an 85
> without problem. So adaping a shell ot the 86 wouldn't be harder than
> doing it for a new ROM version (which has be done many times)...

As far as i know the TI86 uses a display controller like the Ti82 and
the TI83.
Therefore it will not be as easy as doing a shell for a new romversion.
Ash currently
uses the display controller and therefor it would be easy to change it
so it could
be used on a ti83/ti86. 

I do have one question, why make a shell when the calc already supports
asm ?

The only reason that i can see is that the calcs stores asm as hex which
takes up
more space than nessasary.
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