Re: A86: my new ti86
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Re: A86: my new ti86
You should take a look at the files included with ASM86 v2.0 since that is
what most are using for development.
Andres
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> From: Pat Milheron <pmilheron@ti.com>
> To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: A86: my new ti86
> Date: Thursday, September 11, 1997 12:01 PM
>
> If ASM programs are written using routines found from a 'dump' of the ROM
then
> there is a
> good chance that there will be problems across ROM versions. ALL of the
> routines that I
> give addresses for are located in a 'call table' that will stay the same
across
> all versions
> of the ROM. I have over 1500 routines in that table and most likely the
ones
> that are hacked are
> located in the table. I need to know which routines are currently being
used
> outside of the table
> and I will give the address of them in the table if they exist.
>
> Later,
> Pat
>
> ------------------
> Original text
>
> From: pricem@juno.com (Matthew R Price), on 9/11/97 5:57 AM:
>
> >does this mean we're going to have to remake an assembly game
> >everytime a new
> >ROM version comes out? and what about the assembly progs for the 1.2?
> > are
> >they eventually going to disappear or no longer be made?
>
>
> We're hoping not. I was under the impression that the info that TI gives
> us, hopefuly in the near future, will be ROM independent. The problem
> now is that we are using the same approach with the 86 as with the 85 ie.
> hacking up a mem dump to see what things do what. The two ROMs are
> different enough that this approach is giving us info that is too
> detailed.
> Those games that are written before TI releases the docs should probably
> be rewritten to ensure that they will work on all the current ROM
> versions. Now some games don't work on all versions.
>
> Matthew
>
>
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