Re: 86\83 sf expander
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Re: 86\83 sf expander
On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Michael J. Malluck wrote:
> Hi all,
> I talked with Mel and asked him if he would release any source
> code to be fed through hal. He responed...
>
> >Well I won't be publicly releasing the source code for either, sorry.
> >Just too much to protect. It's not for selfish reason's, it's because
> >severe data corruption can result if you use a tampered version of the
> >expander driver software.
>
Man, what a shame. If this guy thinks he can write better code himself
than he could if the entire TI-8x user base could, I think he's sadly
mistaken. What TI calculator development desparately needs is thorough
interaction between all of the "hackers" to produce practical, optimized
code/etc. I live with one of the premier Linux developers on the planet
and I can tell you, they know what they're doing when they release their
personally copy-written source code to the public. THAT'S HOW THINGS GET
FIXED AND OPTIMIZED. THAT'S WHY Linux IS SO DAMN POPULAR - because it's
been streamlined and built upon; and dammit it works beautifully.
I hope some people can get their heads out of their asses about this.
It's just plain stupid.
Sincerely,
Jeff Bunds
bunds@students.uiuc.edu
> >While I haven't heard of this "HAL", I can tell you now that it will
> >still require significant tinkering with the source for it to convert.
> >It's also my understanding that no one has been able to access the
> >TI-83's link port correctly, and link port access is vital.
>
> >These are just a couple of MANY problems of porting the ESF driver
> >software to other calculators...
>
> >-Mel
>
> If anyone would like to try to make an sf driver for the 83/86 your
> basicly one your own unless you could get some help from Mel. I wish you
> the best of luck.
> -Michael Malluck
>
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