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Also I am wondering if schools won't try to make Casio not allow custom images to be installed on the calcs? I get worried schools will start banning them when students starts loading porn on their calc
I get worried schools will start banning them when students starts loading porn on their calc
Quote from: TravisE on October 11, 2010, 03:58:22 pm61 KB RAM seems fairly low and may be a problem for highly advaced games, but that's assuming the unit really has that amount as an absolute maximum. It's possible that there may be additional “hidden” or system RAM that can be used, at least by ASM or apps (assuming they are supported).Low RAM isn't an insurmountable problem if ASM is supported. Code swapping would allow some incredibly impressive games, particularly if the Archives are utilized.
61 KB RAM seems fairly low and may be a problem for highly advaced games, but that's assuming the unit really has that amount as an absolute maximum. It's possible that there may be additional “hidden” or system RAM that can be used, at least by ASM or apps (assuming they are supported).
In the Casio world, we call our flash apps or asm app: addins. We don't really use assembly since Casio provides us with a C SDK (complete with compiler and emulator) and C is more convenient for programming. I guess you could program in assembly, but the processors are probably too complex (compared to Z80 or 68K) to be coded by hand in assembly.
Ah ok I see. Well, the TI-83+ has 32 KB of RAM (24 for the user) and still manages to run an OS fine. The OS is just stored in the archive/flash. Most flash applications/add-ons are also ran directly from flash.
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on October 11, 2010, 08:00:07 pmAh ok I see. Well, the TI-83+ has 32 KB of RAM (24 for the user) and still manages to run an OS fine. The OS is just stored in the archive/flash. Most flash applications/add-ons are also ran directly from flash.I thought it was 48k ram with an extra page...?maybe I'm wrong I guess
I think there is some misunderstanding. The 61KB of memory is for storing BASIC programs and other user data (your graphs, math input history, calculator settings, etc.) 61KB of RAM wouldn't be enough to run the OS the Prizm or the fx-9860G use. Looking around the Casio's site, I can see no mention of the 61KB as being RAM. Instead, they call the 61KB as program memory, which is what it really is since it's for storing BASIC programs. The previous generation, fx-9860G has 64KB of BASIC program memory, with 512KB of RAM available for C/ASM apps.In the Casio world, we call our flash apps or asm app: addins. We don't really use assembly since Casio provides us with a C SDK (complete with compiler and emulator) and C is more convenient for programming. I guess you could program in assembly, but the processors are probably too complex (compared to Z80 or 68K) to be coded by hand in assembly.
Pages are only for the Archives. The 24 User Kb is the amount of Random Access Memory you have.QuoteI think there is some misunderstanding. The 61KB of memory is for storing BASIC programs and other user data (your graphs, math input history, calculator settings, etc.) 61KB of RAM wouldn't be enough to run the OS the Prizm or the fx-9860G use. Looking around the Casio's site, I can see no mention of the 61KB as being RAM. Instead, they call the 61KB as program memory, which is what it really is since it's for storing BASIC programs. The previous generation, fx-9860G has 64KB of BASIC program memory, with 512KB of RAM available for C/ASM apps.In the Casio world, we call our flash apps or asm app: addins. We don't really use assembly since Casio provides us with a C SDK (complete with compiler and emulator) and C is more convenient for programming. I guess you could program in assembly, but the processors are probably too complex (compared to Z80 or 68K) to be coded by hand in assembly.I refuse to use C or any variant thereof. I'll learn the ASM if I need to. But good to know.
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