[A83] Re: Would you use a shell... (83-)

To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [A83] Re: Would you use a shell... (83-)
From: "Dan Weiss" <dwedit@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 10:53:26 -0600
Reply-To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org


>
>Would you use a shell that can run:
>- Ion
>- Sos compatible
>- Zes, with(out) kernel
>- Venus1, when kernel provided

Forget Venus1, only 3 programs exist for it: Old Ztris, old bubblebobble, 
and a hacked version of mineseeker sitting on my C drive.

>- Venus2, kernel needed for the shell, btw
>- Basic programs
>
>All in one. I hope the size will be below 3kb, else it is pretty doomed
>anyways. Ionlibs are about 450 bytes, I already have a shell-checker á 130
>bytes, and most parts of the loader can be recycled, so I think it will be
>possible.

Note that ionlibs and soslibs overlap, and only 2 sos libs are really used: 
ZGFXL and ZLIB.  ZINPUT is only used by Fighter Jets, and that game+ZINPUT 
was big and bloated.

>
>Uhm, and did I mention that it will be more stable? Aka, a program-crash is
>less likely to cause a total crash (like with Sos/Ion). Although it might
>be that some Sos programs don't like this, since that shell corrupts the
>VAT (temporarily). I don't know how Sos programs normaly correct this, when
>using external levels.
>
>Question: Sos libraries, where could these be placed best in the
>filestack(s)?
>
>	Henk Poley <><
>
>
>NB: Might take some time...
>


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