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TI Basic lacked peek and poke, so no access to assembler was available with the base unit, unlike every other competitor. I would much rather have had somethin
by chasil 5y ago
TI Basic lacked peek and poke, so no access to assembler was available with the base unit, unlike every other competitor.
I would much rather have had something with a 6502.
- wsc981 5y agoTI Extended Basic had CALL PEEK and CALL LOAD that could be used for similar purposes, from what I’ve read: https://www.ninerpedia.org/wiki/Programming#Useful_CALL_LOADs https://www.ninerpedia.org/wiki/Programming#Useful_CALL_LOAD... But you are correct, the base unit didn’t have access to these functions. You did need to get the TI Extended Basic cartridge.
- dnotq 5y agoThe TI-BASIC SandBox was broken: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/218904-playground/ https://atariage.com/forums/topic/218904-playground/ It was possible BITD too, but no one thought hard enough about how to do it. There has been a lot of "pushing the hardware" over the last decade. Lots of things that were thought of as "not possible" have been done now. The 99/4A community is very active, and there is a lot more going on than just new games (although that is also a big part of the activity).