Re: A85: Shell Switching/Multiple Shells on same calc


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Re: A85: Shell Switching/Multiple Shells on same calc




I had this idea last year, but I never got around to doing it.  To see 
what I had planned goto 
http://www.ticalc.org/mailarchive/assembly-85/1997_August/msg00056.html.  
I just getting around to designing the architechure.  I am interested, 
though, in your TI-BASIC prgms.  What and how did you do it.  If you 
would like to work together on this OS e-mail me back.

Matt Butch

>From: richardlewis@cedarcity.net (Richardlewis)
>Subject: A85: Shell Switching/Multiple Shells on same calc
>Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 04:18:02 GMT
>To: assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org
>Reply-To: assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org
>
>
>Would anybody be interested in a program that switches shells for you,
>without a backup?
>I wrote a couple of TI-BASIC programs that do this.  I'm thinking about
>doing an assembly version that displays a menu, checks for programs for
>ANY shell, loads the appropriate shell, and then use internal routines
>in it to execute the program of your choice.  This way, you could run
>PhatOS, Usgard, AND Rigel programs on the same calculator.
>
>I've had trouble with Rigel in doing this, though.  Whenever I patch
>it in with BASIC, it crashes.  I'm not quite sure though...  It has a
>different entry point than all the other shells, but I accounted for
>that... (I made a seperate custom pointer for it)
>
>If anybody wants them, I'll upload my TI-BASIC programs to ticalc.
>
>Note to Shell Guys:  Could you people tell me where the routines to
>execute a program are in your shells?  That way the ASM version would 
be
>ALOT easier.  I'm planning to include support for PhatOS, Usgard, 
Summit
>v1.0 (my next shell), rigel, and maybe Super Nova.
>
>Hmmm...This could end all the shell wars...People wouldn't have to pick
>just one.  :-)  People could also just make libraries that are their 
own
>shell, with no interface.
>
>I'm also going to include a simple way to patch a new shell, with an 
ASM
>program.
>
>If anybody has any ideas I'll be glad to hear them.
>
>
>


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