Re: A86: calc auto off


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Re: A86: calc auto off




eh? Silent link COMMANDS?  I thought slink was just another type of
variable-sending link.  You mean you can control stuff on the calc using
silent linking?

Cassady Roop

rabidcow@juno.com wrote:
> 
> uh, if you're waiting for a password i don't think a few dozen clock
> cycles is a problem.  if you really want the utmost speed, don't use any
> rom routines, they waste time like crazy, jumping here and there,
> swapping pages like there's no tomorrow... :)
> 
> displaying the status of 2nd and alpha isn't difficult. (set a flag!)
> actually, i say forget all the built-in routines and use the advanced key
> routines i used in textedit (um, am using...)
> getkey also will run silent link commands, so any program that uses
> getkey can be controlled remotely, be that good or bad.
> 
> -josh
> 
> On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:14:02 -0700 "Kirk Meyer" <kirkmeyer@bigfoot.com>
> writes:
> >
> >_getkey should also be avoided at all costs unless you can display
> >the
> >status of the alpha and shift flags... even the _getky in TI's files
> >is
> >slower than it needs to be, because it stores the keycode into _OP1.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Cassady Roop <croop@oregontrail.net>
> >To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
> >Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 8:54 PM
> >Subject: Re: A86: calc auto off
> >
> >
> >> I think _getkey uses the APD, so it would turn off after about five
> >> minutes.
> >>
> >> Cassady Roop
> >
> >
> >
> 
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