[A83] Re: AsmPrgm and AsmComp

To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: [A83] Re: AsmPrgm and AsmComp
From: "Ronald Teune" <rtwolf@gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 19:10:30 +0200
Reply-To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org


I send with VTI through a parallel cable, so I can squish first on the
virtual calc.

>Use bin8x (or devpac8x or bin2var).
>
>If you use bin8x,
>you must use the option -83p to get 8xp files.
>You can optionally add the -x options to make them TIOS Executable,
>like when you do AsmComp(xxx,yyy)
>
>It is however more used to do the following in the start of youre program:
>
>org progstart-2
>.db $BB,$6D
>
>These are the squished form of the "AsmPrgm" Token.
>
>If you use this in your program, bin8x will automatically
>recognise it, and squish your program for the ti-83Plus without need
>of the -83p option.
>
>--(Peter-Martijn)
>
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>
>>
>>
>> That kind of prog takes up twice as much space though. I was curious to
see if there
>> was a windows program to convert a program made in the manner you
mentioned into
>> regular code instead of "tokenized" form. When you copy and paste the
code into graph
>> link, it stores each character as a byte. When converted using AsmComp,
it crams two
>> characters into one byte, as each character represents four bits.
>>
>> >
>> > Yes. On Winlink8x (or whatever ti calls the linking program they made)
make a
>> > new program, put the first line as AsmPrgm (via the calc-like
interface) and
>> > the copy and paste the intel hex to the program, then send it.
>> >
>> > James L
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