Re: A83: Wireless Chat...
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Re: A83: Wireless Chat...
So about how fast does data flow when the calculator is in use like in a
game or chat program like mentioned in previous messages? What is the
approx. baud when the calc is doing nothing but sending/receiving? Also,
does the processor lose any speed when the link port lines change?
From: Chris (Man in the Moon)
ch@calc.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Linus Akesson <lairfight@softhome.net>
To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 1999 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: A83: Wireless Chat...
>
> On 30-May-99, you wrote:
>
>
> > Since no key replies and the cursor doesn't blink.
>
> > From: Chris (Man in the Moon)
> > ch@calc.org
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Linus Akesson <lairfight@softhome.net>
> > To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 1999 3:35 AM
> > Subject: Re: A83: Wireless Chat...
>
>
> >>
> >> On 30-May-99, you wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Ahh ok I guess I missed that but on my 89 and 83 if I put in
headphones
> > or a
> >>> link in improperly, the calculator halts until I remove the headphone
or
> >>> fully insert the link. Then the processor seem halted but can still
play
> >>> music. Stange...
> >>
> >>> From: Chris (Man in the Moon)
> >>> ch@calc.org
> >>
> >> Why would the processor halt!? What happens is that ti-os thinks it
gets a
> >> command from a remote calculator (such as GetCalc()), and doesn't
return
> > to
> >> home screen mode until it has completed the link port request. Which
isn't
> > a
> >> request at all, merely a link port line going from 0 to 1 or something.
> >>
> >> Linus
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> Yes, but does that mean that the processor halts? I agree that this is a
> rather unelegant feature of ti-os, blocking user input whenever the link
port
> lines change, but that has got nothing to do with the processor going into
a
> halt state.
>
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