A89: Re: Wierd Calc Thing
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A89: Re: Wierd Calc Thing
My guess is that you were playing greyscale games. 4-level greyscale uses
twice as much battery power as regular b/w, so that is why the batteries
drained so fast. Also, because all of the hardware isn't getting all of the
power it needs when the batteries are low, the interupt that switches the
screen address in greyscale mode misses a few and that's why you notice a
pause. If you supply more power (replace batteries) then this will go away.
-Miles Raymond EML: m_rayman@bigfoot.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Kong <asm89@juno.com>
To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 4:11 PM
Subject: A89: Wierd Calc Thing
>Has anyone else noticed that when the batteries are low, you can't send
>anything large to the 89? The computer reports a checksum error. It
>happened on both my 89 and a friend's. Speaking of which, why does the 89
>go through batteries so fast? The rechargable alkaline didn't even last
>for a month. I didn't use it any more than my other calcs (86 and 82).
>Another wierd thing I noticed was that games started to pause for a
>split-second every few seconds. I never had this before. Everything went
>away after I replaced the batteries. Any ideas?
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