Re: A89: Phoenix/SMQ/ROM 1.05

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Re: A89: Phoenix/SMQ/ROM 1.05


somewhere on ti's site under the 89 flash section

-Dan
thedew@usit.net



----- Original Message -----
From: Pizza of Hut <pizzaofhut@geocities.com>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: A89: Phoenix/SMQ/ROM 1.05


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> 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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