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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2012, 03:27:56 am »
Pretty good stuff :)
I totally support patching TI's OS in order to make it less buggy, faster and more featureful ^^

If the 84+ C (SE) is to use a Z80, and its OS is to be based on the current OS and to be executed without emulation (which we don't know...), TI should fold in, or get inspiration from, third-party patches into the OS.
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2012, 04:06:40 am »
I had not realized that the combination of b_call lookup and copying the routine to RAM repeatedly was such a major bottleneck. Have you tried placing a counter in the write and erase routines and timing how long such operations actually take?

I notice you don't try to use the accelerated one-command-per-write mode. I wonder if the autoselect commands could identify whether the chip supports that.

I wrote the Wiki page on raw flash access.
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2012, 06:03:17 am »
Awesome, really :)

(TI should look at your patch and make it official :P)
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2012, 06:08:40 am »
They should, but so far, they even failed to make official the unofficial bugfixes... so optimizations are in another league entirely ;)
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2012, 08:19:06 am »
Alright, I just re-installed it and got the same error (after restoring the OS from a previous attempt). I waited a minute after installing it (it said DONE after executing), and a minute after booting. I still can't get the keys to respond. Could it be an issue with my apps?

Edit: could it be from my custom picture on zstart?
« Last Edit: November 11, 2012, 08:20:28 am by TexasInstruments84 »
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2012, 08:21:28 am »
Does this mean archiving gets 3 times as fast?
And Texas, no I don't think this has to do with zstart since that's also written by thepenguin :)
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2012, 11:39:44 am »
Is grouping and ungrouping faster?
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #22 on: November 11, 2012, 02:04:44 pm »
Quote from: TexasInstruments84 on November 11, 2012, 08:19:06 am
Alright, I just re-installed it and got the same error (after restoring the OS from a previous attempt). I waited a minute after installing it (it said DONE after executing), and a minute after booting. I still can't get the keys to respond. Could it be an issue with my apps?

Edit: could it be from my custom picture on zstart?
Are you sure that you used the version that goes with your OS ?
It worked fine for me on OS 2.43.
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #23 on: November 11, 2012, 03:19:09 pm »
Yup, I'm on 2.55MP and got the 2.55 file. Does anyone have it working on this version?
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #24 on: November 11, 2012, 03:24:40 pm »
I have a possible bug report. Since installing this morning my calc has been behaving rather oddly. I've been working on an axe project and using edit-from-archive and ON-ZOOM zstart features a lot, and suddenly (after the program crashed I think) the source axe file was filled with random tokens. This happened multiple times and eventually the dev cycle looped into restore axe backup, compile, archive source, run, executable crashed, go look at axe source, it's corrupted, restore axe backup. I tried restoring the OS, it went through the whole "Receiving...Operating System" dialog and then changed to "Waiting...Please Install Operating System." I then resent the OS (again) and now it's behaving perfectly normally. I have to do some stuff now, but when I have time I'll reapply the patch and see if I can duplicate the behavior.
« Last Edit: November 11, 2012, 03:26:38 pm by squidgetx »
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #25 on: November 11, 2012, 04:04:53 pm »
Quote from: Hayleia on November 11, 2012, 02:04:44 pm
Are you sure that you used the version that goes with your OS ?

The program throws an error if you run it on the wrong calc.

Quote from: dinosteven on November 11, 2012, 11:39:44 am
Is grouping and ungrouping faster?

Yes

Quote from: squidgetx on November 11, 2012, 03:24:40 pm
I have a possible bug report. Since installing this morning my calc has been behaving rather oddly. I've been working on an axe project and using edit-from-archive and ON-ZOOM zstart features a lot, and suddenly (after the program crashed I think) the source axe file was filled with random tokens. This happened multiple times and eventually the dev cycle looped into restore axe backup, compile, archive source, run, executable crashed, go look at axe source, it's corrupted, restore axe backup. I tried restoring the OS, it went through the whole "Receiving...Operating System" dialog and then changed to "Waiting...Please Install Operating System." I then resent the OS (again) and now it's behaving perfectly normally. I have to do some stuff now, but when I have time I'll reapply the patch and see if I can duplicate the behavior.

Which OS? I had to do this 5 times, so there's a chance I made a mistake in one of them.
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #26 on: November 11, 2012, 09:01:36 pm »
I too am experiencing the whole "Buttons don't work" thing. OS 2.55MP, 84+. Happened only after i reinstalled zstart.
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #27 on: November 11, 2012, 09:34:24 pm »
Quote from: InternetCliche on November 11, 2012, 09:01:36 pm
I too am experiencing the whole "Buttons don't work" thing. OS 2.55MP, 84+. Happened only after i reinstalled zstart.

Finally, someone with the same problem! So you're saying the patch only works when zstart is not installed?
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #28 on: November 11, 2012, 09:36:49 pm »
Is the program dependent on specific hardware revisions by the way?

Also does the speed difference occurs only with very large files? I tried ROL2 with the patch on and could barely notice much difference. ??? However I was using an emulator. (Wabbitemu)
« Last Edit: November 11, 2012, 09:37:41 pm by DJ_O »
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Re: Faster Flash Access for the 83+/84+
« Reply #29 on: November 11, 2012, 10:05:57 pm »
Quote from: InternetCliche on November 11, 2012, 09:01:36 pm
I too am experiencing the whole "Buttons don't work" thing. OS 2.55MP, 84+. Happened only after i reinstalled zstart.

Oh, so I just tested it, and it apparently doesn't work when you combine zStart with MathPrint. The problem is definitely with zStart, but I have zero idea what would cause it. So try again with classic.


Quote from: DJ_O on November 11, 2012, 09:36:49 pm
Is the program dependent on specific hardware revisions by the way?

Also does the speed difference occurs only with very large files? I tried ROL2 with the patch on and could barely notice much difference. ??? However I was using an emulator. (Wabbitemu)

It's not dependent on the hardware at all.

It works on files of all sizes, but the bigger the file, the more noticeable the change is.
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