Re: A86: stuff

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Re: A86: stuff


actually there's another flag around iy+$06. to see how it works type "input
a" at a command line. you can only get the program names menu, no memory
menu, no link menu, no self test either.

    Kirk
    _@ibm.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Trey Jazz <joemama@minot.com>
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: A86: stuff


>
>you cant get much secure than the fake mem resets and the deletion
>blocker...what usually happens is u have some dick come up and want to play
>games on your calc and then they get mad cuz they cant get in ur calc and
>they take out ur batts and reset...everyones had that happen...
>
>just set the flag->
>
>set 6,(iy+24) ;mask your programs menu (not to mention them all)
>
>then show the morons you dont have any programs :)
>and....
>
>rst 6,(iy+24) ;turn the menus back to visible
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: TGaArdvark <TGaArdvark@aol.com>
>To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 1:22 AM
>Subject: Re: A86: stuff
>
>
>>
>>> maybe not just for one calculator, but how about if one other than
>>> the user of the calculator picks it up he can leave a message for
>>> the regular user?  the memory features would be great anyway.
>>> maybe if there was a way to turn on/off the link port with a pass-
>>> word, so that no one can get/send stuff without it.
>>
>>Everyone is looking for MORE SECURITY. Password this. User-
>>name that. What happened to LESS? LESS MEANS MORE.
>>I am not worried about people screwing up my calc. Like I said
>>a few months ago, most of the people who play games on my
>>calc panic and think they "did something" when the game exits
>>to the shell. And those who are smart enough to work it know
>>what not to do. What is all the worrying about? Frankly, I was
>>a little disappointed with ASE 1.3. Don't get me wrong. It's a
>>great program and was programmed very well by one of the TI
>>world's best programmers. But I am still using 0.9 because it
>>doesn't have all of the almost-useless features. ASE 1.3 is
>>almost twice as large and it's more complicated to use. All I
>>want is a neat (and ASE is the neatest available) display of
>>all of the programs I have, mainly because it's impossible to
>>find 98k of programs on a 6 character 5-entry display. I want
>>to run programs without typing asm() all the time. ASE 1.3
>>has those cool directories, but, with an 8-character 16 entry
>>display, I don't need much more separation/organization. I
>>don't need a security program that can be deactivated by
>>removing a battery and I sure as hell don't want one that
>>can't. (Several people have inadvertantly activated those
>>and I don't ever remember the passwords because I don't
>>use them, so I remove a battery.) Program deletion from
>>the shell is dangerous and an unnecessary waste of
>>memory. I forget some of the other features of ASE 1.3,
>>but that's not the point. Something I miss (although it's
>>99% impossible with the current ASE setup) is writeback.
>>
>>This is all said IMHO.
>>
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