Re: LZ:83 ASM


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Re: LZ:83 ASM



On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Andy Selle wrote:


> hahahhahahah.... my math teacher said the same thing.  I know why 
> they say that.  They have been trained to use the 82.  Now they see 
> the 83 and the like because hey it works the same (mostly).   They 
> don't want to have people making it difficult for them.  The 85 has 
> the superior mathematic functionality.  Thats why the TI-83 is not 
> the TI-86.  If you are willing to spend the miniscule amount of time 
> to learn the simple ti-85 OS (which in my opinion is 20000 times 
> better than the 82's) then the ti85 is right for you.  I for one am 
> going to stick to programming the 85 (until Mshell comes out and then 
> I'm going to do that too).  I think most of the developers will stick 
> to the 85.
 
I suspect you are right, unless TI comes out with a version of the
85 that supports asm.  One thing they could do is promise to keep
the important rom entry points in the same place.  Then future
programs could be written with direct calls to rom.


Barry


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