Does anyone here program with TI-86 assembly? I just want to know is it the same assembly as in PC programming?

I believe the TI-85/86 use the Motorola Z80 processor...which has a different assembly language than the Intel chips.



Epolevne

It''s kind of the same, but there isn''t as many registers (or as big or registers), commands, or as much memory (RAM) available. You''ll have to find a Z80 ASM compiler for the TI-86 (it runs on your computer), and use a graph link to put the programs onto the calculator. Your programs will kill it if you mess up, and then you''ll have to take the batteries out and hold on to drain the backup battery to erase the memory... It''s really annoying programming for a calculator .


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Original post by Epolevne

I believe the TI-85/86 use the Motorola Z80 processor...which has a different assembly language than the Intel chips.



Epolevne

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Actually, it''s a Zilog z80, motorola doesn''t make z80s
It has the same processor as the ti-83/83+/83+silver edition, 82, 85 and 81

I used to program for the 86, but not anymore. The two languages are really very very different, not that that should stop you if you want to learn z80 asm.


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their is a really good compiler along with a plethera of documentation for assembly coding at www.ticalc.org

The 92 series (which apparently includes the 89) used a 68k based chip

Is the Zilog z80 the tsh80 chip?

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