[A83] Re: Compilation
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[A83] Re: Compilation
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, David Phillips wrote:
>
> The only shell worth programming for on the 85 is Rigel. Compiling for it
> is easy. Use the included batch file with TASM. There are docs included
> with it that show how to layout a program.
The method of using the included batch file and reading the included docs
for layout information actually works with quite a few other shells.
> You want to use Rigel because it is the only shell that provides fixed
> address relocation.
PhatOS actually features this as well.
It also might be useful to note that back when the TI-85 "scene" was
active, almost everything was released only for ZShell or Usgard, and
these would have been the shells users had. The proportion of games now
available for Usgard only is very high as a result, so users still have an
incentive to use it. Of course if your program is so large that it takes
almost all of the memory anyway, anyway willing to use the whole
calculator for your game might as well change to whichever shell you
prefer anyway.
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