RE: A89: TI89 ROM vs HP49 ROM

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Subject: RE: A89: TI89 ROM vs HP49 ROM
From: Mark Scott <mscott@canada.dbcity.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 17:00:47 -0500
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Finding competent people to do a huge project in ASM can be a difficult
prospect at times.  Of course with a company as big as TI I'm sure they
could scour the technology centers and find people willing to do work on
their calculator, and even pay them to move.   They probably had the
same old guys who did the other calculators work on it, and since it was
in c before, it was easy for them.  Even I can program in Z80 and 68k to
an extent, though there is no way in hell I could do all the stuff they
manage.

Mark E. Scott Jr.
mscott@dbcity.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Cunningham [mailto:rogue_ant@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 4:51 PM
To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: A89: TI89 ROM vs HP49 ROM



I would just like to thank all those how responded.  But I feel, I don't

know, like TI is being lazy.  I understand that the Saturn is a special 
number crunchier, but the 89 should have blown it out of the water!  But

no... TI decided to not put in the extra effort, not take the 68k CPU to
the 
fullest, not provide us with the same quality effort that HP did.  Don't
get 
me wrong, I love my 89, but I feel that some how...we've been cheated.  
Cheated of what could have been.  Just think of optimized OS for the
89/92+! 
  Not only the obvious speed improvements, but size improvement too.  I
am 
no expert on Compiled C vs. Asm, but I can tell you that TI would have a

hell of a lot more ROM space to put in more stuff.  They could have put
in 
an on calc assembler right in the ROM, like HP did, they could have put
in 
more math functions, they could have increased the numeric accuracy,
they 
could have increased the number of digits to only be limited by RAM,
they 
could have done all kinds of things.  BUT instead they decided to take
the 
easy way out, let HP beat you with just a little bit more work, and a
lot 
less machine.
The TI89 could have been a lot more, but alas they cheated us.
Maybe some TI guy will read this, and be furious.  Maybe he will take it
to 
heart, either way I hope someone does read this who can do something
about 
it, or at least will try.  After all its just my opinion.

Sincerely

Josh Cunningham


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