Re: A85: DHOS Feature List


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Re: A85: DHOS Feature List




Another thing to have would be e2 to e2 data transfer capability

> DHOS Features (I guess the names staying :)
>   
>   Math:
>      Floating Point math instructions-must find these in ROM
>      Standard 16 bit multiplication and division
>      square roots (?)
>      random routine (a real one that works well :)
>   Files/VAT:
>      32 bit mapped vat system on e2
>      variable/file support...create,fetch,delete,modify,relocate(?),run
>      variable support for TI-OS vat (see above)
>      search (strings,files,subtext,etc)
>      directory listing (?)
>      Quickview system (would be nice)
>      Plug-Ins (?)
>      Explorer system (to look through it)
>   Graphic Routines:
>      Line/Box Drawing
>      Scrolling Routines
>      Sprites (transparent,mask,standard,etc)
>      RayCasting (?)
>   Compression:
>      ZCP
>      Huffman
>      GCP
>      TxCP (Text Compression Protocal) (WTF is that?)
>      Movie Compression (Give it a name guys :)
>   Devices/Communication:
>      expander 2 (or other such system)
>      I2C and its 85 extension MBus networking protocal
>      IR Ling (?)
>   System Design:
>      Support for ZShell, Usgard, maybe more
>      Modular design for easy upgrading of certain sections of the OS
>      TSRs
>      Library Support (!)
>      Grayscale 4
>      Grayscale 8 (?)
>      Definately a control panel of sorts
>      Multitasking/Multithreading (?)
>      Helpful error messages
>      pop-up windows (?)
>   GUI:
>      Windows Based?
>      User defined GUI
>   Software:
>      Text Editor
>      Assembler
>      Dissassembler (?)
>      Debugger (TSR?)
>   PC/Mac Support:
>      Computer to E2 (or other system like it)
>      Compression Programs (ZCP,GCP,Huffman,etc.)