Re: A83: Wireless Chat...

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Re: A83: Wireless Chat...


On 30-May-99, you wrote:


> Since no key replies and the cursor doesn't blink.

> From: Chris (Man in the Moon)
> ch@calc.org

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Linus Akesson <lairfight@softhome.net>
> To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 1999 3:35 AM
> Subject: Re: A83: Wireless Chat...


>> 
>> On 30-May-99, you wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Ahh ok I guess I missed that but on my 89 and 83 if I put in headphones
> or a
>>> link in improperly, the calculator halts until I remove the headphone or
>>> fully insert the link. Then the processor seem halted but can still play
>>> music. Stange...
>> 
>>> From: Chris (Man in the Moon)
>>> ch@calc.org
>> 
>> Why would the processor halt!? What happens is that ti-os thinks it gets a
>> command from a remote calculator (such as GetCalc()), and doesn't return
> to
>> home screen mode until it has completed the link port request. Which isn't
> a
>> request at all, merely a link port line going from 0 to 1 or something.
>> 
>> Linus
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Yes, but does that mean that the processor halts? I agree that this is a
rather unelegant feature of ti-os, blocking user input whenever the link port
lines change, but that has got nothing to do with the processor going into a
halt state.

Linus
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