Re: A82: CrASH Hacked!!!!

To: assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A82: CrASH Hacked!!!!
From: ADAMMAN106@aol.com
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 00:50:48 EDT
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In a message dated 98-06-06 00:20:55 EDT, you write:

> I wouldn't know this because I'm not a beta tester.  Making a shell takes a
>  lot of effort and knowledge of the 82 backup file.  I took the initiative
>  to take a shell apart to see what it looks like.  Once I've got the code
>  commented, and I figure out how to create pointers in the VAT and put those
>  pointers/variables into TI-BASIC code, I'll be able to write MY OWN shell
>  from scratch (which will be based solely on a game engine...so the current
>  code won't be any good except for the VAT entries and TI-BASIC code to
>  enter the shell).  Besides, Kouri and Evil Sam and anyone else, you want to
>  write your own shell too...why not start with a base and work up from
>  there?  Beginner shell writers have no idea where to start or how to code
>  one, so they need some type of example.  I need the routines anyway for
>  OShell-82 and OS-82 to make ASH/CrASH code easy to port to those shells.

seriously, we don't need a situation similar or identical to the 85's
overpopulation of shells.  Two competitive shells is fine.

~Adamman