Quote from: flarn2006 on July 29, 2017, 04:32:26 pm

Just wondering, why is it that on ticalc.org there's so few Flash apps for the TI-89 (Titanium)/TI-92 Plus/Voyage 200? Are they like super hard to write or something? They seem much more user-friendly than ASM.

I know they're ASM programs technically; I meant the kind that are installed and run like BASIC programs are.

And Flash apps have many benefits that those don't. Like how you can switch between apps, run them in split screen, etc. I can't really think of anything ASM programs can do that Flash apps can't (not even being run as functions; Flash apps can do that too.) So why aren't Flash apps the more popular one? Aren't they better anyway, even without RAM limits on non-Flash apps?

Well, as you said, there's really no difference between what you can do with a flash app and what you can do with a normal asm program. I guess it is a bit more user friendly as you can just access them and don't need a shell or to use the ASM( token to execute them. I'm thinking there's programs out there that let you run an asm program without having to add the token though anyway(i know there is for the 83+/84 series). There's really nothing that makes flash apps "better". As I said before, I don't know if any third party tools for creating apps were made by the community, there probably have been by this point. However, most people were already used to writing asm programs that weren't flash apps, and people saw little or no benefit to making them apps. Also, as Travis mentioned, TI's tools that were released for creating flash apps back then had a bad reputation. Never used them, but IIRC, the where a pain to use and rather limited in some ways.

Awesome! Just downloaded it. I'll try it out tomorrow! Congrats on the release!

That' really cool, best of luck with this!

So basically, old BASIC 83+ games that use the graph screen will function the same on the color model? That's the end goal right?

Quote from: Runer112 on June 13, 2017, 06:06:28 pm

The axiom Fullrene should allow you to bypass the 8KB program code limit. There are mixed reports of its efficacy, though. Also, the program needs to be launched from a shell, as the OS simply refuses to launch programs this large.

Alternatively, compile your code as an application to get a bit under 16KB of room, although this may not be desirable for other reasons.

Interrupts being enabled or not should have no bearing on this.

Fullrene uses interrupts to disable the limit. If you read the source, you will see that it uses the I register for interrupts. I know that zStart has a hack to disable the limit, but I don't know if it simply removes the limit firm the OS itself. I don't know about crabcake. I couldn't find a download for it anywhere. Compiling as an app is not an option for me currently for various reasons.

Zstart is by the same author, so I'd imagine it functions similarly. Shouldn't matter according to Runer's post though.

IIRC, forum members Hotdog and thepenguin came up with solutions to breaking the 8k limit. I'm not sure if either required interupts to be disabled.Hotdog's was called Crabcake, I think it may have had some stability issues though. I think matrefeytontias, had a hackish way to use multiple app pages. Finally, Both Runer112 and BrandonW might be good people to ask. Runer, since he maintains axe, and Brandon W since he's just incredibly knowledgeable about the hardware from working with it for years.

Quote from: E37 on May 05, 2017, 05:59:10 pm

Quote from: Syrusse on May 05, 2017, 05:07:56 am

Seems good, I'm gonna try it, it's always a pleasure to see still some people making game =)

I am still working on it! If you want to see my progress, go to: https://codewalr.us/index.php?topic=1982.msg54981#msg54981

Or, you know, you could cross post progress here

^This.

I'll let @calc84maniac  answer, but with projects like this, eta's tend to be either nonexistant or very flexible.