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- From: ken@isgtec.com (Ken Newman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: What is user activity?
- Message-ID: <4054@isgtec.isgtec.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 17:25:37 GMT
- References: <726852019.7184@minster.york.ac.uk> <1993Jan19.104933.4746@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
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- In article <1993Jan19.104933.4746@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> leo@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Leo Hendry) writes:
- > This means that (assuming you use the ikbdsys vector to detect mouse
- > movement and keyboard presses in your screen saver):
- > (1) In your ikbdsys routine you must check whether there really is a byte
- > from the IKBD, otherwise the screen saver will not work with MIDI activity is
- > taking place.
-
- This is definitely true, all screen savers I've used (even Atari's
- MACCEL3) do not work properly with a MIDI device turned on. It thinks
- the MIDI clock info or whatever is coming in is keypresses or mouse
- movements, and the screen never blanks. This is annoying.
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- ken@isgtec.com [ ...!uunet.ca!isgtec!ken ] Ken Newman
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