Re: A83: Crappy ASM on Certain 83...
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Re: A83: Crappy ASM on Certain 83...
Wait let me change that a little, First, why did you change the
processor!?! Why fix something thats not broken!? Now almost all the ASM
games that use Scrolling are really messed up, good thing my game dosn't
use scrolling... Well... Now people that have the ROM 10 arn't gonna be
able to play a lot of ASM games... Another thing, I didn't realize you
were from TI...lol, sorry :P
(KSA)Tekken
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:59:53 -0500 "(KSA) Tekken" <uncool3@juno.com>
writes:
> Thats just great, now games will have to be developed differently for
>the
>new 83's... God, if you ask me I think TI is screwing us
>programers...
>(KSA)Tekken
>
>On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 09:03:47 -0800 Pat Milheron <pmilheron@ti.com>
>writes:
>>
>>Some versions of ROM 10 are being built with a Z180 processor instead
>
>>
>>of a Z80. The Z180's clock cylces are faster and we had to adjust
>some
>>of the
>>critical timimg loops in our software.
>>
>>The reason for the ghosting in the display while running some ASM
>>games is
>>that they were written for a slower system. On the faster system the
>
>>screen
>>updates come too quickly not allowing pixels that were turned off to
>
>>visibly
>>disappear before the next pixels turned on appear in the display.
>>
>>
>>Later,
>>Pat
>>
>>------------------
>>Original text
>>
>>From: AtmaZ@aol.com, on 3/10/99 8:32 PM:
>>
>>Well, it's newer...That could be a factor. A law* that most
>software
>>(yes,
>>the ROM is software in a way) undergoes is "if it's newer, it's
>>probably
>>faster."
>>
>>--David
>>
>>* = Does not apply to Micro$oft software, or software coming from any
>
>>other
>>large corporation.
>>
>>> I have also noticed that the TI-83 rom version 1.08 is faster than
>
>>the
>>> ones before it, why is this? Am i just seeing things?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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