Re: A86: breaking and other related things
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Re: A86: breaking and other related things
1. This might get rid of the pause lines, but the run indicator (the
moving lines) will still be there:
:Lbl LOOP
:getky->KEY
:if KEY=0
:goto LOOP
: ..........a key was pressed, keycode in KEY
I think... It's been a while since I've messed with 86 TI-BASIC.
Another way, which would get rid of the run indicator in its entirety,
would be a small assembly program that you could run from within the
BASIC prog, *unless* the 86 has some thing where it resets flags when it
returns to the basic prog. I *think* this will keep the lines away
until your prog finishes:
.org asm_exec_ram
call _runindicoff ;turn off the run indicator
ret
this would be a tiny little program, but its effects, like I said, might
not be permanent enough to show up when it exits back to your basic
program.
2. No. You cannot disable the on-break in pure BASIC. In fact, I don't
think you can reliably do something in assembly that would keep a BASIC
prog from dumping when you press the on key, but then, it's been a
while, so I'm not sure. I remember I got it to disable breaking once,
but it would crash after the program exited.
Cassady Roop
croop@oregontrail.net
simmoraltech.ticalc.org
TerrisUS@aol.com wrote:
>
> I don't really do any programming in ASM, all the programming I do is really
> all just in BASIC. however, for a little program I'm working on now, there
> are a few things that aparently aren't possible to do in BASIC (which i asked
> the TI-Basic list about), and wondered if it might be possible with a bit of
> assembly stuck in.
> what I'd like to do is:
> 1. Do a GetKy (or something that would serve the same purpose) without the
> lines in the upper-right that move while the calculator is paused waiting for
> input (dont know if there's any other way to do getky, i just put it in a
> While loop which goes through until a key is pressed and stored to the getky
> variable. no one on the basic list mentioned another way to do a getky that
> might avoid the pause lines things), so any way to either do an equivilent of
> getky without the pause indicator, or a way to get rid of it
> 2. A way to over-ride the "On" break, so that pressing ON doesn't break the
> program
>
> not sure if there's any way to do any of those, but if anyone has an idea of
> a way to possibly incorporate a bit of assembly code (keeping in mind I know
> little to nothing about assembly) into a basic program, or just another way
> to go about what I'm trying to do, any help would be much appreciated. thanks.
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