Re: TIB: Multitasking


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Re: TIB: Multitasking




The Z80 is an intel 8080 clone...

>hello,
>
>What kind of processer is in the TI calcs? and how does it compair to an
>ordinary computer processer such as the X86 style?
>
>On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Jody wrote:
>
>>
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Hi Jody.  Is mulitasking possible with the TI processor?
>> >
>> > Josh:)
>> > sivecjos@student.lansing.cc.mi.us
>> >
>>
>> I think..(hmmm)....probably not. At least not properly. If you really
>> wanted to you could probably imitate certain aspects of it by saving
>> varibables and transferring between programs and stuff like that, but
>> the reality is, this is probably more work than it's worth. Rene
>> (can't remember the rest of his name and I'm to lazy to go look it up)
>> brought up some good points about the difficulty of just saving
>> variables.  There's just SO MUCH to try to take care of, and the calc
>> _really_ isn't designed to do it. Maybe somebody could pull something
>> off in asm (big maybe), but I would guess that in basic it just aint
>> gunna happen!
>>
>> Jody Snider
>> jody1@alaska.net
>>