RE: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
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RE: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
Well, the TI-82 /doesn't/ support assembly. However, ALL processors support
machine code (in fact, it's the only thing they understand!).
All assembly programs are run because a memory backup was hacked and a hole
in system security was exploited. ASM is not officially supported by TI on
the TI-85 and TI-82. Bryan is right. :)
If you're going to nitpick everything we say, at least do it right. ;)
Also, writing programs has nothing to do with copying the ROM for
programming research. There are loads of idiot programmers who don't know
what a ROM is (granted, not many program in ASM). I've written a couple of
ASM programs, and none of them required me to copy the ROM. I used TI's
documented ROM calls. So an ASM program isn't illegal because it uses ROM
calls.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> [mailto:owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Thomas J. Hruska
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 11:08 PM
> To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: RE: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
>
>
>
> At 06:09 AM 11/17/98 +0100, you wrote:
> >You want to "research" the TI ROM so you can do what? Hack
> assembly code?
> >That doesn't sound like a legal reason to me. Just wait until
> TI releases
> >the assembly information. However, since you own a TI-82, you are out of
> >luck since it doesn't support assembly.
>
> Ummm...He who is the archiver at ticalc.org doesn't know that the 82 has
> assembly capabilities? He who personally put CrASH, ASH, JASS, and
> OShell-82 shells for the TI-82 says it no longer exists. This sounds like
> hypocrisy to me. Besides, how did we get an 82 shell in the first place?
> Someone had to use the TI ROM for research purposes. So, Bryan
> Rabeler, if
> TI doesn't allow their ROM to be used for research purposes, you
> had better
> remove every last assembly shell, game, and program from the 82
> directories
> or you are in serious legal trouble. However, TI can't and won't
> prosecute
> since "programming research" is legal under the copyright law.
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