[A83] Re: 83 help

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[A83] Re: 83 help


AVOID obj83.  Use Devpac83 instead.  And make sure TASM is outputting binary 
files (-b).  This is what squished programs are, not HEX (double sized), but 
binary.

If you have not done so already, make it SOS or ION compatible so it can run 
from a shell.


>From: "Dustin Davis" <titan2782@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
>To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
>Subject: [A83] Re: 83 help
>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 02:47:58 -0800
>
>
>Well, I was going to try to squash it, but i wasnt sure what squash was 
>from
>the description it gave. Also, i tried RLE compression and it took it down
>by only a few bytes. I am coding it in notepad, then i run tasm and then
>obj83 to convert em into a 83p file. I make the picture in neopaint, and 
>set
>it to 256 colors lik eit says to do for pic83, but i only use black and
>white. I tried to convert it to a 1 bit black and white but pic83 wont read
>it. I did find a bmp converter than changes from 1 bit bmp's to the code
>(alot of .db statements) I can get the image down to 830bytes but the .db
>statements equal to about 3k for some reason. And when i run it through 
>tasm
>and obj83. I was thinking of squish but like i said, i read the readme on 
>it
>and i still didnt understand what it did too clearly. But the name kinda
>gives it away :)
>
>Hey, dont worry i have made way dumber mistakes in my programming career.
>You wouldnt beleive how many times my system has crashed just for a
>mispelled command or forgetting to add a loop break...and not only that, 
>but
>in over 7 different languages...I'd spend days on end changing, recoding 
>and
>recompiling over and over and over and resetting my system just because i
>commented something out and didnt realize it. As programmers, i assume you
>know how the late night programming sessions go. Dunno bout you but i 
>always
>get my ideas right as i am going to bed at 4am so i cant sleep till i get 
>up
>and code a working demo...anyways, i aprriciate your help so plz keep 
>giving
>me suggestions.
>
>Dustin Davis
>Lead Software Developer
>Vision Works Studios
>
>

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