Re: A92: Re: 92+ & 89 Compatibility


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Re: A92: Re: 92+ & 89 Compatibility




Mathieu Lacage wrote:
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : LuCiDPRoG@aol.com <LuCiDPRoG@aol.com>
> À : assembly-92@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-92@lists.ticalc.org>
> Date : lundi 5 avril 1999 06:48
> Objet : A92: 92+ & 89 Compatibility
> 
> >
> > Do the TI-92 + shell developers plan to include the ability to run,
> >or emulate, TI-89 assembly programs?  It seems that many more programs are
> >currently in development for this platform (probably because of the price
> >difference) and so the ability to run those programs would be very helpful
> >indeed.  Perhaps even TI-83(+) and TI-86 emulation could be run - I do know
> >that the Z80 is totally different from the 68K so I'm not too hopeful of
> >this, though.  The TI-86 has shells which emulate all the Z80 platforms, so
> >I'd guess the TI-92+ could successfully emulate the TI-89, if not run the
> >code without changes.
> > One more thing not related to the above topic, does anyone know if it
> >will be possible to replace the TI-OS with the TI-92+, TI-89 and TI-83+
> using
> >the Flash ROM?  Thanks for any answers.
> 
> Well, absolutely not: the OS is stored in the calc ROM... (read ONLY mem)

No, the whole calc ROM in not read-only memory, only the first 64 Kb
(the first Flash ROM sector) is locked and read-only.
So it would be possible to replace the whole TIOS... :)

Xavier VASSOR
---The Doors Team
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