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Article #31244Re: Video interrupts: using or disabling
From: Eric Gisin
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1988 22:01
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1988 22:01
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In article <1012@atari.UUCP>, apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes: > If you disable vblank (i.e. run at IPL 7), the mouse and blinking cursor > will stop, and the floppy motor won't shut off if it's on. That's > about all -- no great bloody crashes. I run this way when remote > debugging sometimes and it works fine. You CAN trash a disk if you change floppies (assuming the motor isn't stuck running) because media change won't be recognized with vblank disabled.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!egisin From: egisin@watmath.waterloo.edu (Eric Gisin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Video interrupts: using or disabling Message-ID: <17457@watmath.waterloo.edu> Date: 13 Mar 88 22:01:56 GMT References: <2509@tekig5.TEK.COM> <1012@atari.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 9