I have been messing around with Mimas
and wrote a program to open the built-in equation solver.
However:
I lose 2 bytes of RAM every run
it messes up things like HomeRun
it makes the calc generally 3x slower (esp. graphing, apps menu) until an app is launched and quit. Note: 84+BE
attempting to fix the RAM leak by "inc de" twice results in random crashes later, and corrupted programs
JForceCmd does nothing
Any help?
Code: org userMem-2
db $BB, $6D
kSolveRoot = $54
JForceCmd = $402A
MonForceKey = $4021
Start:
ld hl, Trampoline
ld de, $8000
ld bc, End-Trampoline
ldir
jp $8000
Trampoline:
ld hl, userMem
ld de, End-Start
bcall DelMem
ld a, kSolveRoot
bjump MonForceKey
End:
If you're assuming that that's a safe way to quit from a program, you're sadly mistaken. That's a great way to corrupt tons of stuff. The missing two bytes is the $BB,$6D. What you should be doing is installing a getKey hook or something.
KermMartian wrote:
If you're assuming that that's a safe way to quit from a program, you're sadly mistaken.
oh lol i sort of had to do it because i didnt even have any documentation with me. I was eating lunch!
KermMartian wrote:
What you should be doing is installing a getKey hook or something
you mean like a getkey hook (rawkey/whatever) that is in some saferam, when first runs, it returns kSolveRoot, and deletes itself?
Is there any other possible way?
You should never assume how your ASM program is being run and assume you can safely quit by yourself. In the case of HomeRun, the DCS ParserHook disables HomeRun while a program is being run, then re-enables it afterwards, which explains why HomeRun no longer works after your program runs. There's no clean way to do what you want without exploiting a hook acting as a TSR, in my opinion.
yay my key hook worked! but two things:
1) i have to actually press a key to get it to do anything.. how to make immediately after program quits?
2) recommend a saferam area?
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