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From: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER)
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Subject: Re: Blankinit v0.2 (was in bit.listserv.apple2-l)
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Date: 8 Oct 90 04:31:10 GMT
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Re: 8-bit screen blanker.

One possibility would be to take over the code in ProDOS 8 that works with the
/RAM disk and replace it with an interrupt daemon that acts on "heartbeats"
from, say, a clock card.  Big problems there are (1) there are a whole bunch of
different clock cards (tho' the Thunderclock is the standard), (2) this does
nothing for the IIc folks who don't have slots, and (3) some programs like to
turn off interrupts.

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