Re: A86: asm clock?

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Subject: Re: A86: asm clock?
From: "JBrett" <tbarwick@esn.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 16:06:14 -0400
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From: David Phillips <electrum@tfs.net>
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: A86: asm clock?


>
>One more thing I thought of...
>
>This program would be useful for getting the emulator to run exactly at the
>same speed as your calc.  But besides that, I don't think a clock is
>possible or feasible, because you can't shut off the calc and have it still
>work.

    Actually, I am pretty sure that interrupts run when the calc is off,
too.  I think it is to check for the ON key.

  Also, any game which creates it's own interrupt handler (there are
>many) will destroy the clock as well.
>
>Although, if you need a relatively accurate clock just in a program, this
>may be for you.
>
>>The program displays a clock in the upper left corner of the screen in the
>
>
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