RE: A86: Tamagotchi?

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Subject: RE: A86: Tamagotchi?
From: Jeff Tyrrill <Jeff_Tyrrill@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 15:17:46 -0700
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org

The battery drain would be more than slight if it were running when the 
calc was off. Although the LCD screen could be turned off, if the processor 
were running, it would take from 1/4 to 1/2 of the battery power that the 
calc would take when it was running. You'd have to change your batteries 
every week.
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-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org  On Behalf Of TGaArdvark@aol.com
Sent:	Saturday, September 20, 1997 12:35 AM
To:	assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject:	Re: A86: Tamagotchi?

> 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).