Re: A89: Phoenix/SMQ/ROM 1.05
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Re: A89: Phoenix/SMQ/ROM 1.05
Ti Calc wrote:
> hi,
> i don't think it has anything to do with the hardware.
> because i bought my ti89 about four days ago and it
> has ROM 1.05 and it displays Hardware version 2.00. I
> downloaded the latest DoorSos and downloaded the patch
> that fixed all the games for the new Rom version. I
> didn't have any problem running games. I played
> Phoenix and Super Mario Quest. Nothing went wrong.
> Try getting the latest DoorSos and use the patch.
>
> --- Scott Noveck <noveck@pluto.njcc.com> wrote:
> >
> > To address the recent posts about phoenix and SMQ on
> > the new 89s -- try
> > downgrading to ROM 1.00 and you should be fine.
> > This is NOT hardware
> > related! The problem is that the Graphlib greyscale
> > routine stores itself
> > in interrupt 1 -- but with interrupt 1 disabled the
> > TIOS key reading
> > routines (like those used in TI-BASIC and
> > userlib::idle_loop) will not work.
> > Graphlib solves this problem by automatically
> > calling the TIOS routines
> > right after switching the screen. This is fine in
> > ROM 1.00; however, ROM
> > 1.05 features a slower tios key-reading routine.
> > This slows down the
> > greyscale too much, causing the greyscale appearance
> > to fail and the games
> > to run slower.
> >
> > I recommend that you go back to ROM 1.00 unless you
> > need 1.05's faster
> > integration. The benefits of 1.05 are too much of a
> > hassle with ASM
> > programs; wait for ROM 2.00 instead. FYI, you could
> > also run SMQ in black
> > and white mode.
> >
> > -Scott
> >
> >
> >
>
> =====
>
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At the risk of sounding lame, since I know that this has already been
told on this list, could someone plese tell me where to download the
page for rom 1.05?
--
Pizza of Hut
http://www.antishrine.sacone.com/
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