A83: Re: Re: Re: fwd: petition

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Subject: A83: Re: Re: Re: fwd: petition
From: "Harper Maddox" <jerky@ebicom.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:30:09 -0500
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How about a full listing of the RST commands on the 83 from 0h to FFh
  that would help out alot

-Harper Maddox

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-----Original Message-----
From: Trey Jazz <joemama@minot.com>
To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 4:23 PM
Subject: A83: Re: Re: fwd: petition


>
>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
>>>
>>
>