Re: TIB: IO Cables as links

To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TIB: IO Cables as links
From: bellini@ballistic.com
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 14:45:08 -0600 (CST)
Reply-To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org


At 09:20 PM 1/3/98 -0700, you wrote:
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oh, yes, sorry, forgot to specify that my commands here are for the TI85

>It depends entirely on which calculator you have.  They all do it differently.
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>>>s there a way to send thing, like a string for example, through an I/O
>>>cable in TI-BASIC, like the mulit-player games do?
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>>ya man. to send a variable to the other calc, the other calc must first be
>>in a pause mode (like pause, duh, or waiting at a menu), then, to send the
>>var, use this:
>>Outpt "CBLSEND",<var>
>>lovely, eh? to steal a var from the other calc, do this:
>>Input "CBLGET",<var>
>>ive only played with this in 1 proggie of mine (some dumb thing where you
>>both wandered around a 5 room dungeon with descriptions, it told you whether
>>the player was in the room you just entered, but i never quite finished the
>>thing that told you when the other player entered the room. i dunno if thats
>>even possible, since the ppl at school are quite stingy with their calcs ;) ).
>>if anybody makes any multiplayer proggies with this, plz, let me know!
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