Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!clyde.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!uwvax!uwslh!lishka From: lishka@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu (a.k.a. Chri) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Update D -> E by yourself! changing the ROM by software Message-ID: <1991Feb14.161748.29269@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu> Date: 14 Feb 91 16:17:48 GMT References: Organization: Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Lines: 39 mheubi@.itr.uu.ch (Heubi Matthias) writes: >I wonder why HP isnt spreading a RomFix-Library, since this would be >a cheap solution for people complaining about their Rev. XXX :-)) Probably because software libraries can take up a fair bit of an hp48sx's precious 32k. And if the RomFix-Library was on a Rom card, then one would only have one slot left. I really like your idea, though. It is a very clever solution. One problem with it is that if the library ever goes away (i.e. is removed from RAM), then all references to the SIN call in the RAM RomFix-Library will now be an unresolvable XLIB reference. This will be a problem until the RomFix-Library is reinstalled. Also, if you are transferring a program that references the RomFix-Library to another machine, you must use ASCII mode (as was mentioned before) *AND* the RomFix-Library *must* be installed, or else the programs will contain the unresolved XLIB references. As for my credentials, I was the person who ported USRLIB to the Amiga. I found out about the unresolved XLIB references by removing my test software libraries and then reinstalling them. >--> Now it's the turn of the '48 hackers to provide some fast (ML) > workarounds for the various bugs. This is a great idea. Truly a good way to provide user-supported fixes. One other thing: if this becomes standard practice, it will be important to list which libraries were used when developing software. For example, if I developed a program "MYFOO" while I had the RomFix-D2E library installed, it would be very prudent to post that information with the MYFOO distribution package. -- Christopher Lishka 608-262-4485 We carry in our hearts the true country, Wisconsin State Lab. of Hygiene And that cannot be stolen. lishka@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu We follow in the steps of our ancestry, uunet!uwvax!uwslh!lishka And that cannot be broken. -- Midnight Oil