A85: RE: DHOS

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A85: RE: DHOS


The FP math routines in the ROM has been found (a long time ago), and the
addrs in all ROM versions has been posted to this list.

Dines
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Butch <mjb25@hotmail.com>
To: assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: 12. august 1998 20:28
Subject: A85: DHOS


>
>My Suggested Features for Doomsday Horizons OS:
>API:
>  Floating Point math instructions-must find these in ROM
>  Varable allocations fuctions(add/delete/modify/search) for the TI-OS
>  Communication system calls-include calls for all supported link
>devices(see below)
>  Graphic calls-line drawing, graphic scrolling, compression
>  Compression calls-ZCP, GCP, Huffman, TxCP(Text Compression Protocal),
>anymore?
>System Design:
>  Support for ZShell, Usgard, maybe more
>  Communication system that includes EII, I2C and its 85 extension MBus
>networking protocal, IR Link, maybe more
>  Modular design for easy upgrading of certain sections of the OS
>  Grayscale 4 or maybe even 8, we have the room
>  Definately a control panel of sorts
>
>
>DHOSNIDE-Doomsday Horizons OS Native Integrated Development Enviroment:
>An on-calc Text Editor/Assembler/Dissassembler/Debugger for all
>supported systems.  Also includes online intelligent help. Example:
>
>User enters:
>I don't know how to clear the LCD
>Response from Intellegent Help Program:
>type in the following where you want to clear the LCD:
>      ROM_CALL(CLEARLCD)
>
>Pretty cool, huh?
>Now only to program all of this, ha ha.  But it can be done.
>
>
>Now where is this block diagram??
>How exactly are we all going to program this?  Here's my idea:
>
>Everybody summit (here) what we know how to program, and what we would
>like to program.  Then somebody(Kaus??) assign certain people (1, 2 or
>more) to program a certain piece of code.  This would work well with my
>modular idea above.
>
>I know some stuff about everything, alot about most.  I'd be willing to
>do link related code, kernal work, VAT work, ZShell support, GUI design
>and implemation but not drawing anything-I'm not good at that.  I'd do
>any of this.
>
>Matt Butch
>mjb25@hotmail.com
>
>

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Dines Justesen
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