Re: ti-emu: new emulator
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Re: ti-emu: new emulator
It has to do with the keymask expiring on the hardware, the rate of which
determined by the battery level.
> Hm... I'd have to check it out... I've found quite a number of tests to
see
> if it works exactly correct, mine (V86) correctly matches all of them but
> the last, which has to do with holding the ENTER key while you turn on the
> power, which causes the "battery power low" screen... Mine considers
either
> the ON button or the ENTER key as a key press, and immediately quits the
> screen before you can even see it... I tell you what, that PORT 3 is
> annoying...
>
> >From: "David Phillips" <david@acz.org>
> >Reply-To: ti-emulator@lists.ticalc.org
> >To: <ti-emulator@lists.ticalc.org>
> >Subject: Re: ti-emu: new emulator
> >Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:45:41 -0600
> >
> >
> >VTI emulates port 3 correctly, and allows you to turn it on and off.
It's
> >a
> >big deal with testing _alt_on programs and such.
> >
> > > Ja, that was my consideration of emulators... that they should strive
to
> > > bring perfect emulation. Of course some emulation is really hard to
get
> > > going perfect... *small curse at PORT 3* Still, no one has yet to do
it
> > > perfect... *sigh* not even I... doesn't matter too much though, it
> >barely
> > > effects anything to have it wrong. (like turning it on and off...
> >ooooohh...
> > > big deal...) But, anyways, near as I can figure she was trying to
> >indicate
> > > that the INTERFACE is competely different from what's been done...
> >though,
> >I
> > > don't see how even THAT can be a big deal, there are emulators which
let
> >you
> > > push buttons on a picture and get the buttons, there are those that
let
> >you
> > > push buttons on your keyboard and get the buttons, and there are those
> >that
> > > do both... I can't think of a single advantage to doing it in another
> >way...
> > > But I'm interested to see what it really is.
> > >
> > > >From: Brian Martin <indyz@megsinet.net>
> > > >Reply-To: ti-emulator@lists.ticalc.org
> > > >To: ti-emulator@lists.ticalc.org
> > > >Subject: Re: ti-emu: new emulator
> > > >Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 02:06:06 -0600
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 09:51:20PM +0000, Liyang Hu wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > but I can tell you that it's going to be very very different
> > > >
> > > >I theory, shouldn't all emulators be almost identical if they provide
> >good
> > > >(or hopefully) perfect emulation?
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >=Brian Martin
> > > >
> > > >If it weren't for whiners, we could all hop into our Corvairs and
drive
> >to
> > > >the park for a nice game of lawn darts.
> > > >
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