[A83] Re: Turning calc off


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[A83] Re: Turning calc off



Hey, wait a minute - outputting 1 to port 3 will cut power to the LCD also,
that's what I've heard.

//David


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tijl Coosemans" <tijl@ulyssis.org>
To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:13 PM
Subject: [A83] Re: Turning calc off


> On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:46:52 -0600, Jeff wrote:
> 
> > So nothing needs to be done with port $10 to turn off or on the lcd???
> 
> Port 10h only controls the lcd driver. If you want the calc to consume
> an absolute minimum of power, you should turn it off, but afaik, the lcd
> is the most power consuming part, so switching that one off is more
> important.
>



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