Re: CAN TH TI-86 RUN Z-SHELL??
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Re: CAN TH TI-86 RUN Z-SHELL??
In article <970602025038_-562791632@emout12.mail.aol.com>,
TGaArdvark@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> > I have a question, would zshell even make sense on the ti-86 (because of
> > it's built in capabilities) isn't there more overhead with zshell, plus it
> > takes up space etc. etc.
>
> Question- doesn't the built-in asm function onthe 83/86 take up twice as much
> memory because you have to type in the program in hex instead of ascii? If
> so, say you have 75k of asm programs. -2k for the shell +37k saved by the
> shell. You now are using 40k.
I have a TI-86 with asm capabilities and I wrote Turbo Breakout 2 for
the ti-86 in asm. There is a command called AsmComp(. It converts hex
progs into ascii progs, and since asm progs are always in the same place
at the beginning of the user mem upon execution,
TI-86 Asm progs take up LESS memory. Also, the 83 can run binary
programs using a file called ZASMLOAD, so 83 Asm also takes up less
memory. And for those of you who wanted to know, ZSHELL does NOT work
on the 86, most rom locations are different, however the LCD is still
stored at 0FC00h. Any more questions, just email me.
Bill N.
penguinb@geocities.com