RE: A82: Re: Ash or Oshell? Q?

To: "'assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org'" <assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: RE: A82: Re: Ash or Oshell? Q?
From: Sam Davies <sdavies@unix.trilogy.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 21:50:52 -0400
Reply-To: assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org

On Wednesday, June 25, 1997 9:36 PM, Don Barnes[SMTP:x96barnes3@wmich.edu] wrote:
> > I am also wondering about the specific details about the bug that the 
> > Oshell developers are availing themselves of.  It seems to centre around 
> > the Q real variable.  I would like to know, why Q?
> > 
> 
> I don't know the specifics, but in Ash the authors seem to use L1 (list 1)
> instead of Q.  If you try to delete L1 in Ash, you calc will crash, just
> like deleting Q does in OShell-82.  

Why don't either of the shells use key combinations to start your shells?  It would be much less intrusive on other programs (no variables would be used), and the interrupt vector table would be built in to your shell, making it very easy to implement piggy-backed interrupts.  You could even make the key combo customizable (see Debug for the 85).  I'd be happy to give my code for this cause :)
	Sam
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Sam Davies <sdavies@mail.trilogy.net>