Re: A86: calc auto off

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Re: A86: calc auto off


well, you can get and send vars, you can get pieces of vars (i think),
you can send keystrokes (ie, control), if you're sneaky, you can even set
chunks of memory.

-josh

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 22:55:13 -0800 Cassady Roop <croop@oregontrail.net>
writes:
>
>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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