A89: Re: Flash-Programs... shakes head... WHAT AN IDIOT!!!!!
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A89: Re: Flash-Programs... shakes head... WHAT AN IDIOT!!!!!
Wow! Congradulations on being the first idiot on my killfile. Your one-sided viewing and bad mouth
just gave you a bad reputation and worse, a bad reputation to the CCIA. You need to be more
open-minded about other people's ideas. You critisize without listening to their side of the story.
I really pitty you... and I really feel sorry for Juno and the CCIA and whomever you work for too.
-Miles Raymond EML: m_rayman@bigfoot.com
ICQ: 13217756 IRC: Killer2 AIM: MRayMan
http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_rayman/
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael J Mallon <invertigo@juno.com>
To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 8:07 PM
Subject: A89: Flash-Programs...
>Ok, first, the I-net program. OIne if the program is stored in either the
>RAM or the ARCHIVE, it will be erased during a reset. Second, feature
>upgrades write themselves to the Flash ROM chip, when the calc crashes,
>it erases the Ram, and the Archive chip, not the ROM chip, or else you'd
>have to download your ROM code back to your calculator, every single time
>your calc crashed. The ARCHIVE and the ROM might be on the same chip, but
>I'm not sure. I think that the ROM is on a seperate chip though. Ok, also
>the calcs' ROM code will not automatically recognize the program after a
>crash, it looks for a certificate program that tells the ROM where to
>look for the extra software, and also for the the starting/ending block
>of memory in which it's stored, and the way to load the software into the
>ROM. Basically, your calc will take longer to re-boot after a crash if
>you have feature-upgrades installed. The only way to make a permanent
>I-net program, or any program permanent for that matter, is to write the
>program to the Flash ROM chip (NOT THE ARCHIVE CHIP, BUT THE ROM CHIP!!!)
>and then develope a certificate program that the ROM will look at when
>re-booting from a crash.
>
>I will say however, that I don't think there is anyway whatsoever that
>this will be accomplished in the near future, as TI will not release the
>certificat format to the public, and the only way to get it, would be to
>hack the computer program that installs it. But, no feature upgrades
>exist yet, so that isn't possible, unless you want to go through the
>lines of the ROM 1 by 1 looking for something that might be the
>certificate, yet you would have no idea what to look for. So, don't give
>too much thought to the permanent program idea right now. Maybe when TI
>release the EE*Pro software, but who wants to spend $75 just to get it,
>when it can't even be mass distributed?! There is an individual
>certificate program for each individual serial number on each individual
>ti-89 ever made.
>
>Last but not least. Remember, these are goddamn calculators for crying
>out loud!!! Yes hardware upgrades/additional devices are nice, but we're
>talking about a tool used for Math and engineering, not a computer, not a
>laptop, not a pda, not a palm-pc. Think about what the hell you're
>talking about! A full sized qwerty keyboard plugged into the link port?!
>who in their right mind would carry one around at school anyway!!! If you
>want a damn key-board, go buy the damn 92+, I did!!!The internet, you
>want the internet, go get a Palm-PC, LapTop, PDA, or something, ok? these
>calculator were never meant to have internet capability. Plus, no school
>will allow students to plug a calculator or modem into a wall phone jack,
>it is both district policies, and national policies. That's the same
>reason why you're not supposed to be allowed to plug in anything of your
>own to a wall power outlet! And you're probably thinking, ok, a
>cell-phone then! Good idea, but not many high-school, early college aged
>students are going to bring a damn Cell-phone to school just to connect
>their fucking calculator to the internet!!! Especially since most
>high-school's don't allow them, nor do they allow pagers!!!! Think about
>this ok?! You're talking about something that was designed to calculate
>and compute symbolic equations, as well as regular math equations, and do
>some higher-level engineering computing too. This was never designed to
>be a fucking PDA!!! TI even makes a PDA with internet capabilities and
>backlit display screen, if you want a PDA go buy a PDA, don't buy a damn
>calculator! Oh yeah, and all you people who are so hell-bent and
>determined to make their calculators connect to the internet, you're all
>freaking wooses! You probably sit in your room all day, playing on your
>computer, yanking it to an old Frank Sinatra poster, and thinking about
>how you're gonna give some guy named "Butch" a "jump" the next time you
>see him!!! But ya know what, that's ok. I don't care if you "putt from
>the ruff" but don't bring your damn gay ideas to a serious list about
>assembly programming on the ti-89 graphing calculator.
>
>Could you do me a favor, everyone reading this, go get your packaging to
>your calculator, look at it, and tell me what it says. Does it say on
>there anywhere, internet ready? Or how about external keyboard sold
>seperately? And then for all of you still not convinced, take the
>calculator, put it back in the packaging along with the manual, batteries
>and link cable, and take it back to the store. Cuz you know what, you're
>too fucking stupid to own a calculator!!!!
>
> Michael J Mallon
>"The Clueless Dream Reality"
>
>PS: For your information, I have some games on my 89. I have Zelda 89
>(because I work for CCIA) and SMQ with on-calc level editor, because I'm
>beta-testing it (I got the copy from my best friend it's the newest
>version that was released to ticalc.org). On my 92+, nothing. I have no
>games on my 92+. Now don't call me a hypocrit so to speak for beeing
>signed up to this list, I want to create a Flash update for the
>calculator which will install a 3D figure building program, as well as on
>calc basic-to-assembly compiler. I am trying to get TI to send the
>company I work for (not CCIA) the specs on the Flash Feature Upgrade
>certificate programs, but it hasn't worked yet.
>
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