A83: Re: Re: fwd: petition

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Subject: A83: Re: Re: fwd: petition
From: "Trey Jazz" <joemama@minot.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 16:39:32 -0500
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ok anyone that has some questions that they would like to be answered
(especially if they have posted them here and they havent been answered)
post them now. if theyre routines that are in other programs and you want to
know what they did dont post them. if they are routines that the tios uses
post them. post anything you want to know as long as it isnt 1st grade
because this is probably the last chance you will get to have the
information unless someone wants to disassemble the whole rom and comment ;)

>Now the guy tells me...I go to all the trouble of organizing it, and they
>basically say no the day I send it...
>
>ok, well...I'll organize a freaking wish list...same method people...if you
>want something, send it to me with the subject "wish" and gimme
>details...*sigh*
>
>James.
>
>PS:  The bombardment was a joke...Conway is like that, aren't you Conway
>:)...
>
>> From: Pat Milheron <pmilheron@ti.com>, on 6/8/98 12:12 PM:
>> To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
>>
>> To all -    My name is Pat Milheron and I was the lead software engineer
>for
>> the TI-83 and
>>          also the one who pushed for opening up the 83 for assembly
>language
>> programming.
>>          I understand your frustrations about not having more information
>about
>> the 83
>>          system routines, but you need to understand that TI had never
>promised
>> full
>>          disclosure of information. If you haven't read the introduction
>to
>> assembly
>>          language programming for the 83 at our web site I suggest you
>do. It
>> clearly
>>          states what our role will be as far as support is concerned. I
>have
>> augmented
>>          my original documentation and also answered many questions that
>have
>> gotten into
>>          some of the non TI documentation.
>>     I have scanned through the postings on Assembly-83 concerning the
>> petition
>>  and I have a few replies. TI doesn't have a resource assigned to
>> supporting
>> any end user assembly programming for any model, including the 86
>> which is also
>>          another project of mine. I do however scan the incoming requests
>for
>> both the 83
>>          and the 86, but I also am working on other things, I do this to
>keep
>> an eye
>>          open for some 'major' gaps in what I believed to be sufficient
>> documentation and
>> I do not know of any outstanding 'gaps' at this time, if I am wrong I
>> would like
>>          to receive a 'wish list' that is a collection of what you all
>think
>> the gaps are.
>> Secondly generating the documentation is not just cutting and pasting
>> from the
>>          source code. There is a massive amount of assumed background
>system
>> information
>>          that is not documented with each routine in the ROM. The
>overhead for
>> TI to support
>>          system development via E-mail would be huge in the resource
>area. And
>> finally,
>>  please don't engage in a bombardment campaign, nothing good could come
>> from that.
>>     I have subscribed to Assembly-83 and will keep an eye on what's
>> going on.
>>
>> Later,
>> Pat
>>
>