A86: Re: Down and left arrow bug

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Subject: A86: Re: Down and left arrow bug
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 21:50:54 -0400
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From: Chris <chrisg@nauticom.net>
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Friday, September 19, 1997 9:48 PM
Subject: A86: Down and left arrow bug



>I've noticed that when you press the down and left arrow keys at the
>same time on the 86, that it freezes the calc temporarily.  It doesn't
>do this on the 85 so I'm assuming this is a bug of some sort.  The
>reason this is of concern of course is that that eliminates the
>possibility of games with 8-directional control. (like some of those
>side or top scrolling space shoot-em-up's on the 85).  Anyways.. this
>happens no matter where you are in the calc: shell, graphing, and ASM
>programs.  The exception is Penguins.  What is the deal here?  Is this
>because Penguins uses its own function for checking keypresses instead
>of the built in one?
>
>Chris
>-------------------------
>
I have noticed that too.

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