A89: Re: Re: Why is 89 so unstable?
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A89: Re: Re: Why is 89 so unstable?
I run asm programs on my v1.05 ROM rather nicely. I just recommend that you
test the games first on VTI to ensure that they will work correctly w/ no
crashes.
-Miles Raymond EML: m_rayman@bigfoot.com
ICQ: 13217756 IRC: Killer2 AIM: KilIer2 (kilier2)
http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_rayman/
----- Original Message -----
From: David Phillips <david@acz.org>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 8:53 PM
Subject: A89: Re: Why is 89 so unstable?
> Did all of these crashes occur after you installed an assembly shell? ROM
> version 1.05 is known for many problems with asm programs. If you
downgrade
> to 1.00, your problems (for the most part) should go away.
>
> > Why the **** is ti89 so freaking unstable?
> > I've tried like 3 different kernels (including doors, where I had to
reset
> > my calc twice after pressing "home" - thanks, Doors team), a version of
> > Doors that I had just froze it right there on ROM 1.05 when I installed
> it;
> > now I've been running lexos for some time and can't see any problems
with
> > the kernel itself. However, it crashes like crazy! Every two days
> something
> > comes up that crashes it and I have to load everything up again! It's
not
> > just poorly written asm's, the last time it crashed when I accidentially
> > made it graph a non-existent variable in 3D! Huh? What is a calculator
> > supposed to do when the variable doesn't exist? Answer: display
"division
> by
> > zero" over top of screen and crash. I had no problems whatsoever with
> memory
> > management OR asm's on 86. None.
> > Sorry if I sound stupid or unreasonable; I'm new to 89. Can anyone
explain
> > to me how to keep it stable?
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