Re: A83: Direct Input/Delay

To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A83: Direct Input/Delay
From: Jkhum98@aol.com
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:29:21 EDT
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In a message dated 09/28/98 9:42:31 AM, stefan@infinity.hemmet.s-
hem.chalmers.se writes:

>On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 Jkhum98@aol.com wrote:
>
>> 
>> Ok, (to add on to my mail a little bit) I just decided to experiment
>with some
>> delays, but it either froze my calc or is taking a helluva long time...
>:\
>> Tell me how much this delay sucks, and give me a new one please, anyone...?
>Im
>> not calling this in my Direct Input loop though. Its right after I switch
>the
>> text video of that word (like i was talking about before), and then calling
>> the Delay, and then jumping to my Direct Input loop. Whats the problem...?
>> 																	--Jason K.
>> Delay:
>> 	ld b, $FF
>> DelayLoop:
>> 	push af
>> 	dec b
>> 	pop af
>> 	nop
>> 	djnz DelayLoop
>> 	ret
>> 
>
>Isn't that going to be an endless loop since you're making a double
>decrement with that extra dec b, now it goes down to 3, 1, -1, never 0
>pick away that dec b and it will probably work
>
>/Stefan

Hey, yeah. Youre right, but Olle cleared this up for me already, though...
didn't This mail come a little bit late, and you should have read His already?
Well whatever, thanks for the response anyways... =P
																	--Jason K.