Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!skybridge!davisp From: davisp@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Palmer Davis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Chip question Summary: wait a second before pressing CHIP Keywords: CHIP-48, CHIP-8, green fuzzy bananas Message-ID: <1990Dec8.171243.23380@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Date: 8 Dec 90 17:12:43 GMT References: <1990Dec6.231427.28844@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ins.cwru.edu Organization: TIDNU System Research Group Lines: 29 X-Post-Machine: shasta.scl.cwru.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: shasta.scl.cwru.edu In article <1990Dec6.231427.28844@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> byu@csri.toronto.edu (Benjamin Yu) writes: > >sometimes, I need >to repeat the whole process about 6 times before I can actually play the game! > >What do I mean by repeat the whole process 6 times?? Well I had to hit BRIX >CHIP BRIX CHIP BRIX CHIP BRIX CHIP BRIX CHIP BRIX CHIP before I can play!! >The unsuccessful times when I hit CHIP put me back into the usual menu with >the 4 levels as if nothing happens. Do I have a corrupted CHIP or this is >normal?? > I run into the same problem. A workaround that seems to be effective is to wait for a second or two before pressing CHIP. I haven't had enough time to go digging through sources or play with SAD to look at the ROM to figure out why this happens, but if you hit and CHIP in rapid succession, it dumps you back to the RPL interpreter. Why the speed with which you press the buttons matters is a mystery.... -- PTD -- -- Palmer T. Davis | davisp@scl.cwru.edu -OR- ptd2@po.cwru.edu Case Western Reserve University | {att,sun,decvax,uunet}!cwjcc!skybridge!davisp ------------------------------------------------------+------------------------ Wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account. | Life is short.