Re: A86: asm clock?
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Re: A86: asm clock?
The calc still runs interrupts while it's off. The clock would be an
interrupt and would not consume any more power than the calc consumes when
turned off normally.
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>What would be the point of turning the calc off is a clock is running
>(assuming you got that working)? The batteries would run down almost as
fast
>as if the calc were on. The processor is stuck on a HALT instruction
>normally when off, so it uses very little power.
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>> 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.
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>Yes you can, but I'd bet it would keep faster time when off.
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