Re: A89: Phoenix/SMQ/ROM 1.05
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Re: A89: Phoenix/SMQ/ROM 1.05
Daniel Wood wrote:
> 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
>
> >
> >
> >
> > 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/
> >
> >
> >
> >
Ok. Thanx for the help.
--
Pizza of Hut
http://www.antishrine.sacone.com/
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