Re: A86: _createreal

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: _createreal
From: rabidcow@juno.com
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 12:38:42 -0700
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org

seeing as i don't think there's a rom call to put ahl into an op register
(forgot about that little problem), it might be easier to use a string.
really, the easiest thing would be to have the basic program set
variables to tell the asm program where and how to display it and print
it with asm.

-josh

On Sun, 26 Dec 1999 22:50:48 -0800 "Bryan Kam" <bryan_kam@usa.net>
writes:
>
>Hey, thanks for the links, although those asm ones deny me permission
>because they're in an unsupported mime format on your server.
>
>What I'm trying to do is store the free memory into a real for use in 
>BASIC
>programs (shells probably), e.g.:
>
>::"Shell"
>:asm(getmem
>:Outpt(8,1,mem
>:Outpt(8,7,"bytes free
>
>My program will store the ram into the real mem.  So one can just call 
>the
>program and get the memory since you can't get the free ram in basic.  
>Kind
>of pointless but I'm doing it anyway.
>
>I thought I'd store it into a real, but would a string be better?
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Bryan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
>[mailto:owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org] On Behalf Of jimi malcolm
>Sent:	Sunday, December 26, 1999 8:07 PM
>To:	assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject:	A86: _createreal
>
>
>> From: "Bryan Kam" <bryan_kam@usa.net>
>> Subject: A86: Mem and _createreal
>i had the same problems you're
>having. i just updated a
>bunch of the variables section
>at my web site. check out:
>http://guide.iwarp.com/variables/crea.htm
>for details on creating real
>numbers (along with every other
>type of ti-os variable).
>
>http://guide.iwarp.com/variables/mess.htm
>for details on storing data
>to ti-os variables.
>
>http://guide.iwarp.com/download/stupreal.asm
>is exactly what you want. it is
>the source code to a example
>that shows you how to create
>a real variable and store
>a binary coded decimal to it.
>15 minutes ago i started working
>on overhauling the binary
>coded decimal section:
>http://guide.iwarp.com/variables/bcd.htm.
>it should be done by tomorrow
>morning.
>
>to store the free mem into
>the real variable "MEM" you
>need to convert it to
>binary coded decimal (bcd)
>first.
>
>are you going to manipulating
>it like * - + /? or are
>you just going to display
>it or something. just store it
>to a string then. the source
>to that is at:
>http://guide.iwarp.com/download/stupstr.asm.
>
>wait, isn't the free memory
>returned in ahl? set the _curCol
>and _curRow to invalid numbers
>(like 99,99 or something way
>off). then use _DispAHL
>to display them. it shouldn't
>write it to the screen. the number
>will probably be in _OP1 i think.
>there's your bcd number that
>you can store to a real number.
>i don't think _dispahl stores
>the number to _op1 though before
>displaying it. so that probably
>won't work. give it a try maybe.
>
>why do you want to store
>the free memory into a
>real number for anyway? if
>you don't mind my asking.
>
>jimi malcolm
>malcolmj1@juno.com
>http://guide.iwarp.com
>
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