RE: A86: SQRXZ HELP!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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RE: A86: SQRXZ HELP!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I had to program different file structures for 86S.
Specifically, the differences are this.
File signature: **TI85** -> **TI86**
Extended signature (hex): 1A 00 0C -> 1A 00 0C
VAT name: ASCIIZ -> 9 character null padded
Those're the differences, and they do make a difference. The reason your
graphlink software will read the renamed files is because it looks inside
and sees that it's a TI-85 file, not because the two files are different.
If you change **TI85** to **TI86**, you'll find that the Graphlink software
will no longer open the file due to an invalid format...
Nathan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> [mailto:owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Dux Gregis
> Sent: Sunday, December 20, 1998 4:22 PM
> To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: A86: SQRXZ HELP!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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> The VAT name format is the same; the only difference between 85 variables
> and 86 variables are that 86 asm, hex, and edit lock tokens were added to
> the beginning of those porgram variables. All I've ever had to
> do is rename
> xxx.85s to xxx.86s and I've never had a problem (graph link software)
>
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> >
> >Uh, WRONG!
> >
> >The 85 and 86 filetypes are different! "**TI8X**" is NOT the only
> >difference! This will not work, there's an extended signature
> and the VAT
> >name format is different. (Sorry, but I'm tired of hearing people say
> >that!)
> >
> >Just use your Winlink86 software to send the 85 file. Change the mask to
> >*.85*: that works fine.
> >
> >Nathan
> >-----
> >Stuntman (Nathan Haines) - ICQ UIN#: 2157863
> >http://table.jps.net/~stuntman/nathan.html
> >QuickBASIC/Visual BASIC/TI-BASIC programmer (just your basic programmer)
> >President of Stuntworks - http://www.jps.net/stuntman/
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> >> [mailto:owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Joshua J Seagoe
> >> Sent: Sunday, December 20, 1998 2:34 PM
> >> To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> >> Subject: Re: A86: SQRXZ HELP!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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> >>
> >>
> >> why do you need to? the 86 can recieve 85 strings.
> >>
> >> if you really have to, you can rename it to .86s and open with a hex
> >> editor and change the **TI-85** or whatever to 86. dos edit will work
> >> for this if you use the "open as binary" check box
> >>
> >> -josh
> >>
> >> On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:14:15 EST Assembly86@aol.com writes:
> >> >
> >> >Help me!?!?
> >> >
> >> >I know how to make levels with ¿Jimmy Mardels? level editor.
> >> >Then it saves them as a bin file
> >> >Then you use BIN2STR and it makes it into progname.85s
> >> >How do you make it into a 86 string?
> >> >
> >> >Please write full steps
> >> >
> >> >ex.
> >> >bin2str
> >> > NEXT
> >> >bin2str name.bin name2
> >> > NEXT
> >> >THANK YOU
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
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