Re: A89: Re: Hardware 2.00/ROM 1.05 (was Re: Assembly-89 Digest V1 #77

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Re: A89: Re: Hardware 2.00/ROM 1.05 (was Re: Assembly-89 Digest V1 #775)


in the emu, i got 2.0b to saya a hardware version(Bug? Predicting the
future?) i asked on the list and sent out the screen shots, but anyway, how
did the emulator see a hardware version?

At 08:47 PM 10/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>>What I think your problem is that you are trying to send versions of ASM
>>programs that are not patched for ROM 1.05.  What TI did was change where
>>the keypresses were stored in the RAM on version 1.05.  So the old
>>versions of ASM progs you're sending him expect the getkey to be in the
>>old possition, so they never get the actual keypress.  I don't think
>>there is anything you can really do about it unless you want to run the
>>patch utility on each of the programs on your computer just so they'll
>>work on his calc.  I suggest you downgrade his ROM the way it is said
>>earlier.
>
>Believe me, I know what I'm talking about here =)  The ROM v1.05 problem
>consists of the change in the locations of tios::kb_vars and
>tios::MaxHandles and a minor conflict in graphlib which I've discussed with
>Xavier.  Two weeks ago, a NEW VERSION of the 89 - labeled Hardware Version
>2.00 on the about screen - started appearing; I've seen two of these and
>fooled with them a bit today.  They have some changes in addition to the
>fact that it comes installed with AMS (ROM) v1.05 preinstalled; I've tried
>to reach some ACZ contacts in TI about it and the 1-800-TI-CARES tech
>support said it was memory-related (well THAT'S broad).
>
>The most obvious differences are that any attempt to send ROM v1.00 to a new
>89 - from a PC OR another calc - is rejected by the new 89s with an "illegal
>checksum" error.  Any non-Final Beta version of Doors and certain greyscale
>games (SMQ and Phoenix in particular) fail to run properly, even when
>patched - and both of those games read the keyboard directly from the port
>so the ROM version should have no effect.  The calcs ARE different. . .
>
>And PLEASE, when replying to the list, change the subject from the standard
>"Assembly-89 Digest V1 #xxxxxx" to "Re: [message subject]"
>
>            -Scott Noveck
>             ACZ Member
>             http://scott.acz.org
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Thanks,
	-Rob Smith
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