Re: A83: Couple of Q's...
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Re: A83: Couple of Q's...
Hahaa.. that about checking the contrast was a good one! =) But it doesn't. It
sets something up through port 4, then reads bit 0 of port 14h. This bit
indicates whether to display the message or not. The battery checking routine
is not public, so its address will be different in every version.
Linus
On 10-Jul-98, Jkhum98@aol.com wrote:
>There has to be a call for the battery level check... the OS must go through
>that one each time the calc is turned on, and then it does "Recommended
>Battery Change", if necessary... Do you think it just checks if the
previously
>used contrast level was too close to 63d? Well, I'd like to know this rom
call
>if there is one, cuz im making a simple graphical GUI to distribute
throughout
>my school, but dont worry, I wont pass it across the net... it would be
>useless to other users compared to SOS or Ashell, but its my own personal fun
>to create it...
>-Jason
>-----
>>James Matthews wrote:
>>> 6.) Is there a ROM call that detects battery level? That'd be another
>>> cool feature for an OS.
>>>
>>I don't know for a fact, but I seriously doubt it (i.e. not that I know
of)..
>>
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>> - Julian (AKA Trevelyan), ICQ UIN: 1946065
>>
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