Re: A92: Get rid of "busy" indicator

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Subject: Re: A92: Get rid of "busy" indicator
From: "Aaron Hill" <SeracOhw24@email.msn.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:05:47 -0700
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>Raphaël HUCK wrote:
>>
>> How do I get rid of the busy indicator and everything in order to a a
>> whole
>> white screen ?
>
>I know 2 possibilities:
> 1. Switch off all interrupts. In this case all keyboard things
>    have to be done manually by direct keyboard matrix access.
> 2. Allocate memory, and tell the I/O, that this should be your
>    video-RAM. (The tios will continue to output busy indicator
>    &co to the normal (dummy) screen, that isn't displayed
>    any more)

What about...

  3. Use the ROM function, tios::ST_busy, passing it a WORD with
     the following values for the mode you wish to be in:

        0 = idle
        1 = busy
        2 = paused

     (N.B. No need to change it back)

IMHO, this is the easiest alternative.

====
Aaron Hill (Redmond, WA)
E-mail: SeracOhw24@msn.com
IRC Nick: SeracOhw (EF-Net)

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