| Author | Comment |
TaInTeD_HaLo_76
Probe
Posted: 3 Jun 2004
14:09 GMT
Total Posts: 7 | Oh my goodness people, sorry to bother again but I'm having trouble with Mirage OS. Whats the point of it?? I can't seem to run any games on it at all, like Mario or Tetris. HELP!!!! |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 3 Jun 2004
15:08 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | It's a shell, if the programs you have are in BASIC, then they don't show up on mirageos (usually). Make sure you get ASM games, those run in MirageOS. |
TaInTeD_HaLo_76
Probe
Posted: 3 Jun 2004
15:25 GMT
Total Posts: 7 | Whats ASM? Well i see it in the folder but it won't go in to the calculator and the icon folder it like a text document |
Lunchbox
Carrier
Posted: 3 Jun 2004
20:19 GMT
Total Posts: 2007 | asm = assembly
assembly = 99999999999x faster and more powerful [and more confusing :) ] than BASIC |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 3 Jun 2004
21:57 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | assembly is the native programming language that your calc understands. that translates to the best possible speed of programs written in it as well as ability to control nearly everything on your calc. basic is much easier to learn and program but at the loss of speed since it's an interpreted language as well as lesser control of the calculator. in other words, assembly games if done right are much better than basic. though, there are some good basic games too but they're usually not graphical.
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ShockTroop
Goliath
Posted: 4 Jun 2004
12:10 GMT
Total Posts: 170 | Not every single program runs on MirageOS (hence the MirageOS downloads section). It'll only work if in the readme it says that MirageOS is required (some ION ones work, too), or if it's in that specific section. |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 4 Jun 2004
15:47 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | right you are shocktroop, there are a few ION only ASM progs, airhawk comes to mind as one of those excetpions...
[Edited by allynfolksjr on 05-Jun-04 00:48] |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 4 Jun 2004
23:50 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | But Airhawk isn't that great anyways. |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 5 Jun 2004
19:06 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | I don't like it at all, but it's the only example I could think of...and besides I cleared my RAM about 20 times before I figured I needed to use Ion. :-) |
