Re: A86: Tamagotchi?

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: Tamagotchi?
From: TGaArdvark@aol.com
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 03:35:07 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org

> Well, I'm no ASM guru ok but this is not going to work for a few reasons:  
> 
> 1) The program wouldn't be constantly running.  Unless that was all you
used
> it for.
> 2) If it was constantly running you'd have to replace your batteries a hell
> of a lot.
> 3) Why would I want to sit 'feeding' my calculator?

Of course it could work. It can run while the calculator is off or in the
OS through interrupts. That way, you can use your calculator for other
things without killing your tamagotchi. Maybe have it pop up every once
in a while for food or attention or what-not while the calc is on but doing
something else. The only problem would be other interrupt controlled
games (sqrxz for instance). There might be a slight battery drain while
the calculator is off and a slight decrease in processing speed when on,
but these would be minimal. I say, if anyone's interested, go for it. I per-
sonally would not be one of your users though (I'll stick with sqrxz).

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