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From: ART100@psuvm.psu.edu (Andy Tefft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: 8-bit screen blanker
Message-ID: <90281.203844ART100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 9 Oct 90 00:38:44 GMT
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In article <4b4CKGa00VokM531dV@andrew.cmu.edu>, jh4o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey T.
Hutzelman) says:
>
>Andy,
>        Besides checking for user activity through KSW, also watch the
>keyboard
>latch directly (just don't do anything to it).  This will get you around
>the problems that you'll otherwise get if you ignore the fact that many
>programs look at $C000 directly.

I thought about that but what are my chances of noticing every
keystroke? If I miss even one (the one that has a 9 minute paus before it)
I will blank the screen prematurely.