Re: A86: new news to some old news to others


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Re: A86: new news to some old news to others




well i think its kinda mixed, for both them and us, for 'plugins' everything
nowadays needs them :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Dux Gregis <assets@eden.rutgers.edu>
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: A86: new news to some old news to others


>
>I don't think TI would have put something like _install_asap in there for
us,
>though.  They put it in there so that they could make Infstat.  :-)
>
>Kirk Meyer wrote:
>
>> they were put there only for the future use of ASM programmers.  they are
>> never called in the ROM.  someone was thinking ahead???
>>
>>     Kirk
>>     _@ibm.net
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Trey Jazz <joemama@minot.com>
>> To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
>> Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 2:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: A86: new news to some old news to others
>>
>> |
>> |well all were used at one time or another or else they wouldnt be there
>> |
>> |-----Original Message-----
>> |From: Kirk Meyer <_@IBM.net>
>> |To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
>> |Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 12:56 PM
>> |Subject: Re: A86: new news to some old news to others
>> |
>> |
>> |>
>> |>actually, some of the calls probably aren't used.  for example, the
>> |>following calls on ROM page $0D are probably not used by the ROM:
>> |>_exec_assembly (for modules) and _install_asap (for installing the
plug-in
>> |>functions)
>> |>
>> |>    Kirk
>> |>    _@ibm.net
>> |>
>> |>-----Original Message-----
>> |>From: Timothy Dixon <tdixon@fwi.com>
>> |>To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
>> |>Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 9:29 AM
>> |>Subject: Re: A86: new news to some old news to others
>> |>
>> |>
>> |>|
>> |>|Ekauq wrote:
>> |>|
>> |>|> one thing i would love to know is if there is a way to remove the
>> |>original
>> |>|> programming of the ti-86 and overwrite it with a completely new os,
>> |>change the
>> |>|> ti-86 completely, since what we all use is an os in the first place.
>> |the
>> |>only
>> |>|> way i could see that you can't take it off is if the os is written
in
>> |rom
>> |>and
>> |>|> protected (which is probably true).
>> |>|>
>> |>|> but the question remains, did ti use all of the rom calls, or just
the
>> |>ones
>> |>|> that it wanted to for the 86.
>> |>|
>> |>|Presumably TI used all the ROM calls.  It would be silly of them to
>> |>|*write* this code and then not use it.  As far as removing it, the ROM
>> |>|calls are, naturally, in ROM and are therefore there to stay.  If you
>> |>|really want to dump all that stuff, I'd suggest getting some kits
>> |>|together and building yourself your own computer.
>> |>|
>> |>|And don't say it can't be done; remember the Apple I was a
garage-based
>> |>|hack, before the days of highly integrated CPUs.  (Zilog sells Z80's
>> |>|with serial ports and parallel ports built in, for instance).
>> |>|
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