Re: A83: Wireless Chat...


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Re: A83: Wireless Chat...




Well in most cases, the link will do 9600.

Man in the Moon wrote:
> 
> 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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