Re: A89: ** Doors OS v0.8 released **
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Re: A89: ** Doors OS v0.8 released **
Is Rusty still going to develop PlusShell too?
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On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Xavier VASSOR - The Doors Team wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We've just released Doors OS v0.8:
> It is an assembly shell for both TI89 and TI92 Plus.
> It uses the common file format we've decided with Rusty Wagner and which
> allows the use of the programs on both TI89 and TI92 Plus.
>
> The Anti Crash protection is implemented !
> When a error occurs, Doors takes control of the calculator and exits the
> assembly program.
>
> Included are a few sample programs and two libraries:
> - userlib: idle_loop, random, exec, WriteCharXY etc.. are included here
> - graphlib: about 20 graphical functions:
> - gray4 and gray7 support
> - 2 clear screen functions (display status line or not)
> - draw dialog boxes (2 types of dialog boxes)
> - draw horizontal, vertical lines; draw frames
> - 3 putsprite functions
> - a fill function: black, white or video inversion: it is fast !
> - All can be used with grayscales !
> - only 1.9 Kb for this all.
>
> We included a 'moremem' program: it makes you have 64Kb Archive memory more !!
> There are a few samples progs:
> - hello : the classic one
> - graytst : a 4 grayscale test program
> - graphtst: dialog box example.
>
> We added a few docs: RAM&ROM, file header, keyboard matrix, kernel info.
> They are not completely finished and our english is quite bad but this
> should help anyway.
>
> To programmers:
> Please read the docs to be sure that your progs will run on both 89 and 92
> Plus.
> To port programs from Fargo, you should include the compat.h file. It
> contains aliases for some functions and variables. But it may be not
> sufficient for everything (VAT, a few keycodes,...)
>
> We hope you will enjoy it.
>
>
> PS: If some one wants to help us to improve our english in the docs, he's
> very welcome !
>
>
> Xavier VASSOR
> ---The Doors Team
> E-mail:xvassor@mail.dotcom.fr
> Doors Homepage: http://doorshome.home.ml.org (not updated for Doors OS)
> ICQ:10241721
>
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