[A83] Re: Color Calculators

To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [A83] Re: Color Calculators
From: Gavin Olson <gtolson@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 12:17:35 -0500
In-reply-to: <121.1b2d475d.2b24d241@aol.com>
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At 11:50 AM 12/8/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Its a test state for the screen.  That command makes a random row go 
> blue.  This >effect fades over time.  There is no known way to target a 
> row or to .limit
> >the effect.  There is also no known way to clear it, as the screen maintains
> >the line even with batteries pulled.
> >
> >There is a way to clear it, outputting a certain value, IIRC 18h to port 10.
>
>
>so wait...  1C to port 10 makes a random row glow blue, and 18 to port 10 
>stops the effect?

Yeah, I forgot about that biyt . . . se, its a bit hard to put that into 
CalcSys if you don't see the screen . . . I only did it twice, so I never 
bothered to memorize the key sequence to get out.  I just ganked battereis 
and reset.

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[A83] Re: Color Calculators

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