Re: TI-Basic = great ASM = not yet

To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
Subject: Re: TI-Basic = great ASM = not yet
From: Nick Zitzmann <nickzman@ESKIMO.COM>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 18:55:48 -0700
Comments: To: ilyamojo@geocities.com
Reply-To: Nick Zitzmann <nickzman@ESKIMO.COM>

On Fri, Jul 4, 1997 10:14 PM, ilya winham <mailto:ilyamojo@geocities.com>
wrote:
> With all the fuss on ASM for the 82,83,86 and all other calcs you
> would think ASM would be a great thing for TI calcs.  But it hasn't
> panned out yet.  Until some people put the time in to make some great
> blow your mind away games in ASM it has virtually no practical use.
> There are hundreds more TI basic games and programs for the 82/83/85.
> Basic programs are fairly easy to write and can be enjoyable.  So keep
> programming in TI Basic because it has and always will be the main way
> to program.  ASM is just too complex and risky.  Unless ASM
> programmers take the time to make many more games it is just a waste
> of time.  I know ASM is new to TI programmers but if things don't pick
> up soon they never will.

Sure. And what was your motive behind writing this message? <;*)

If you haven't played a neat ASM game, that doesn't mean that there aren't
any. I was pretty amazed when I played Daedalus, for instance. Sure, it
looks primative, but it's the best one can do with that little memory and
processing power.

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