Re: A86: very very odd

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: very very odd
From: TGaArdvark@aol.com
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 14:53:50 EST
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org


> on ROM 1.2, at about address $1AC1 (i think, i don't have my calc
> here now) there is a routine which displays "Willy DO BE DO BE DO"
> on the screen, waits, and then returns.  the ROM never calls this
> routine as far as I can tell.  what is its purpose?!?

It was put there to entertain a bored programmer who was tired of
writing ROM. It is often referred to as an "easter egg". I think it was
also left there by someone as an experiment to see how quickly
we illegally disassembled their ROM.

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