[A83] Re: Storage + Fat binaries
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[A83] Re: Storage + Fat binaries
> Though you could write a shell that lets programs start at e.g. 9D00,
> and then call to it.
Is it that difficult to let a program start at an address that comes after 9327h? I've never thought of it.
> BTW, I got an idea about Fat Binaries, like the mac uses...
> It'd kinda look like this:
> [header]
> .db "Identifier"
> .db 83_start
> .db 83p_start
> .db shared_size
> .db 83_size
> .db 83p_size
> .db "Program_name",0
> [Shared Lib's]
> Shared code, routines to call to....
> maybe with something like
> "
> call do_it
> .dw offset
> "
> [TI83 part]
> Bunch of code...
> ...more code
> [Ti83+ part]
> Bunch of ti-83 plus specific code....
> [end]
> a "compatible" shell, could then load the part of the needed program to the
> right starting point and load the shared_code at the end of the selected
> program code. (so you get [.org address][program code][shared code])
> the shell could contain a "shared lib caller", that'd jump to the
> shared lib starting address + offset (maybe in bcall style...)
> Though it would kinda double the program size, it'd let you be able to
> transfer games err... programs to and fro between an 83- and an 83+
> Anyone like it?
> > Everything before 9327h is used by the TIOS.
> > > This goes for the TI-83 (-)
> > > Could a program be stored (by the OS) in a way that $9327 is an adress
> > > somewhere in the middle of the program? So what I actually mean is: does
> > the
> > > program space start at $9327, or is there space before it? TIA
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