Re: A86: Re: ZShell/PhatOS Emulation on the TI-86!
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Re: A86: Re: ZShell/PhatOS Emulation on the TI-86!
In a message dated 97-11-17 08:29:08 EST, you write:
>
> Dann wrote:
>
> > What is ASE?
> > **********************************
> > * Daniel Ormond *
> > * ormond_d@suu.edu *
> > * http://dannyo.home.ml.org *
> > **********************************
>
> AuroraShell Enhanced - an 86 shell which emulates zshell/phatos. You
> can find it at http://www.ticalc.org. There is also another of these
> such shells called Rascal.
>
I haven't checked out Rascal, but I've noticed that ASE doesn't save the
string to memory after it's done running it, like zshell does. This is
really annoying with things like Organizer, and I have several suggestions
for the next version:
1) There should be something in the 86 standard that tells the shell whether
or not to write-back the program to the mem (this should be automatic on
zshell strings, or it should be done however it is done on the 85). That
way, it woudn't write-back programs that have their initial data already
stored in the program, but it would allow for write-back.
2) Ther should be an option to list (a) all programs/strings, (b) BASIC
programs only, (c) 86 Assembly programs only, or (d) zshell/phatos strings
only.
Just two things that I think would significantly improve ASE.
~Steve