Re: A85: DOOMSDAY HORIZONS 85: The OS to end all OS's. (DH85)

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Subject: Re: A85: DOOMSDAY HORIZONS 85: The OS to end all OS's. (DH85)
From: "David Whittaker" <tubadave@sonet.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:14:53 -0700
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What about that computer to E2 link program?

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> From: DorkReMi@aol.com
> To: assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re:  A85: DOOMSDAY HORIZONS 85:  The OS to end all OS's.  (DH85)
> Date: Friday, August 07, 1998 4:06 PM
> 
> 
> Perhaps we need a name more optimistic. :)  Perhaps not.  Jeez, this is
> exciting.  I see a problem though... the 512K capacity for the e2 is kind
of
> limited in one way... it can't hold programs any bigger than the RAM of
the
> calculator... here's why:  how the hell are you gonna get a program
larger
> than about 26K on to the e2? hm?  No direct link to the e2.  Weird.  So
here's
> another aspect of the project to consider.  We need to make an ASM
program
> that takes 25K or so strings that it finds in the e2 that are segments of
a
> program and joins them... cause if DH85 is more than 25K how are we
gettin it
> to the e2? Weird.  (Am I making sense)?  As soon as we get started with
this
> project, if it looks like it will work, I will make a HUGE RPG battler
> (instead of my ti-85 mem only version) that works with the e2.  Sounds
cool,
> right?  ALL of the pictures I could ever want, etc. :)
> 
> Oh, and if you all are at all confused by this message, harass me. :)
> 
> -Josh Morris
>  DorkReMi@aol.com