Hey guys, I am trying to edit a following program from this amazing fella:
https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/authors/62/6296.html

The program in question is "Sentry". What I would like to update is when it is prompting for password, instead of showing password it should say for example "passcode".

I thought it's going to be quick and easy, but I was wrong. I can't seem to upload this program on cemetech source coder. Alternative program ticalc opens it, but I have no idea what the hell is happening there.

I was just browsing several programs for learning purposes and got interested when cemetech sourcecoder didnt open it. Could anyone give a pointer on how to do it(dont have to do it formyself) but maybe give some explanations on how to.

If anyone is willing. Thank you.

Its because this is an asm program. If you want to change the phrase to "passcode", you'll have to edit the z80 file and replace it on this line:

Code:

Then you'll have to recompile it.

According to the download page, the program isn't written in TI-BASIC but z80 assembly, so you won't be able to edit the 8xp.

Instead, you should try modifying the .z80 source file included with the download and then assembling it into a new .8xp file. I think sourcecoder can do that, but I'm not sure; I don't own an 84+.

I suppose you could also edit the 8xp with a hex editor if you're not changing the length of the string. You'd have to fix the checksum at the end, though, so I don't recommend that.

To spoonfeed slightly, SourceCoder is capable of loading the assembly source as I've done here: http://sc.cemetech.net/?hash=0qjknLqkSfSFUuJX4IHP5G7ptHwU

You can edit and export that after making your changes.

Thank you Very much for the help! Happy NY to everyone!

Ill try to learn how to add an additional button, lets see if I can figure it out. Thanks!

So I've been playing around this program for a while. I haven't made much progress toward adding another button. But I had an idea to make it "discreet", of course removing the prompt messages was the easy part, however when you still write the password you get the indication on the screen that you are writing it. https://imgur.com/tsDzUWK

Even if Pwordtext is " ",0


I was talking with a friend who does knows some stuff and we went through some materials to understand some basics what is the .db and how does the "bcall" etc. We managed to play with the password length and some other variables. But couldn't manage to find a way to remove the "cubes in picture" when you are writing the password.

Could anyone drop a pointer where to look if we missed or confirm our hypothesis that its just how the calculator works and nothing can be done about it.

Appreciated, thank you.

Full Code I linked below


Code:

Just change the code to display the characters as they are typed?

This is what is drawing the boxes:

Code:

I should be able to do it like this then

ld a,Space
bcall(_putc)

Or instead of "Space" put "Enter"

http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/83lgfont

But unfortunately I can't export it like that as I get an error

[Edit] Nevermind, my bad. I got it! Thank you!