Re: TI-H: In desperate need of help
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> >I haven't written code to disable ROM... that isn't important, ZShell
> >already does that for us. What's hard is keeping a shell (which is
> >compatible with both processors) running when you switch processors.
> >(the ROM won't recognise some god-forsaken 64-bit chip, in fact, the
> >ROM
> >would probably drop a load in it's pants.) One thing we could do is to
> >have a shutdown routine which will power up the calculator in the new
> >processor mode. Then, we could try to find the raw, machine-code specs
> >for TI-basic, and send a modified version to the calculator for the
> >new processor. Neat, huh?
> >
>
> For God's sake, if you're going to do all that, why don't you just build
> a new calc from scratch around a 64 bit processor?
Somebody a short time ago said something to the effect of "the RF is
cool, but it isn't the answer to the problems of the entire world, it's
cool because I can say to my friends 'hey look at this freaken
transciever'". I don't care how practical this is, I just wan to show
that I can do it.
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