RE: A89: Phoenix/SMQ/ROM 1.05

To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: RE: A89: Phoenix/SMQ/ROM 1.05
From: "Indifference" <agrawal1327@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 09:20:05 -0400
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http://www.ti.com/calc/flash/89.htm

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
[mailto:owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Pizza of Hut
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 3:38 AM
To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A89: Phoenix/SMQ/ROM 1.05





Pizza of Hut wrote:

> 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
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > =====
> > > >
> > > > __________________________________________________
> > > > Do You Yahoo!?
> > > > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
> > >
> > > 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/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >

I looked, but it's not there.

--
Pizza of Hut
http://www.antishrine.sacone.com/


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Re: A89: Phoenix/SMQ/ROM 1.05

From: Pizza of Hut <pizzaofhut@geocities.com>