Re: A92: TIOS: Can't live with it. Can't live without it?
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Re: A92: TIOS: Can't live with it. Can't live without it?
> The TIOS is Basic, right? What should be done is having a choice to use
> either OS. Like on some computers when it boots up it askes you if you
want
> to run Dos or Windows. This is what should be done with the TI-92. If a
> person wants to use the calculator to do math then that person uses the
TIOS.
> If the person wants to use it as a "Gameboy" then that person will use
the
> new OS soley for that.
The point is to conserve memory, and possibly make the mathmatical/logical
aspects faster. This isn't linux on a 13 gig hard drive. Also, there's no
need to partition anything when only one OS controlls the filesystem, and
even if two did, If they controlled it in a similar manner, it wouldn't make
such a big difference.
> The probley with that is that there is no hard drive in the calculator to
be
> divided to do that. There is only a memory chip. So if TI desinged a
> devive that is able to load either OS into the memory chip then when
another OS is
> called for the calcuator can erase it's memory and then the device loads
in
> another one. This has to be an external device that you can think of
being
> a hard drive. And the memory chip can be thought of being a zip drive.
Great Idea! that's another way to solve the problem. Forget efficiency and
just... pile on more hardware.
> This makes alot of sence because if the OS crashes the calculator, than
> instead of getting a new calculator you just delete the memory and then
> change the OS.
I don't follow.
If the calc crashes, you just take all the batteries out and the rom
overrites what's in the ram. no need to buy a new calc. just deprive it of
it's electricity. that's why rom is rom, and your computer's ram resets
itself everytime you turn it off. (otherwise, you'd install quake strait to
the 64MB ram, and forget the hard drive entirely. It's fun to do this in
linux, with smaller 3d/network games. tricky though...)