RE: A83: SOS

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RE: A83: SOS


Joe really wants to make his shell small, Sam. So go figure.
-Ahmed

Ahmed El-Helw <ahmed@ticalc.org>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
> [mailto:owner-assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Evil Sam
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 10:20 PM
> To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: A83: SOS
> 
> 
> 
>   This probably a dumb question, but why in 83 ASM does the shell not do 
> the proper set/res commands and clearing neccessary for running ASM 
> programs. For example, practically every program needs res/set 1,(iy+13) 
> to avoid altering the TEXT_MEM (text shadow). Also every game needs to 
> clear the GRAPH_MEM and TEXT_MEM before exiting back to the shell. Other 
> set/res commands like set/res 2,(iy+13) or set/res 6,(iy+9) are also 
> important in many games.
>     There are ~12 different set/res commands that are run before and 
> after a ASM program is run on the 82 so the programmer doesn't have to 
> worry about it, so why can't that be done on the 83 as well?
> 
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