[A83] Re: Selfmodifying code

To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [A83] Re: Selfmodifying code
From: Gavin Olson <gtolson@snet.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 17:26:56 -0400
In-Reply-To: <F9GnAKYoo9tjxqxPs680000a25e@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org

At 05:54 PM 10/8/2001 +0000, you wrote:

>Thanks, great explanation, now I know how things work, and I finally
>see what use Shells actually have, at first I though that they only
>were kind of a graphical frontend+some library code, but now I see that
>they infact serve a much larger purpose.
>Anyway, I think I will stick with ZASMLOAD for my program, as I
>haven't looked into shells at all.

That's exactly what I thought, until I actually looked into ION programming 
while looking for instruction on porting to 83+ from 83-.  It is actually 
easier than some bits of ZASMLOAD programming, as you can use calls to do 
common graphical tasks like random numbers or sprites.  I also find ION 
code easier to read, as the romcalls are differentiated from the internal 
calls by BCALL() (This helps with more obscure romcalls, and custom 
versions of romcalls).  If you read IonGuru, it has everything you need to 
know, including the slightly modified header.

References:

[A83] Re: Selfmodifying code

From: "Andreas Gustafsson" <and_gu@hotmail.com>