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- > 1)
- > I have been having problems with Deek, Doke, Peek and Poke. Everything works
- > fine until I start trying to read back negative numbers which I have previously
- > Poked or Doked into a Data Bank. I expect this is something to do with sign
- > extension, so is there a FAST solution to this? Doing a manual bit-test and
- > sign extension is pitifully slow.
- >
- > I'm afraid that I can't confirm the results, (my Amiga died horribly and the
- > Bar-Steward Mail Order company haven't bothered to send me my new A4000 yet).
-
- I'm afraid you'll have to do it manually - you can't poke or doke
- negative numbers.
-
- > 2)
- > Also, does anyone know of an extension or whatever which allows one to
- > perform a word or long-word search of memory. ie. Search for the first
- > occurance of a specified word-value between two addresses. I can do a byte
- > search by using the "hunt" command (if I remember rightly) but I am in
- > DESPERATE need of a word and long word version.
-
- You could convert your word or longword into a string, and then use the
- hunt command. For example, to find 452, you'd convert it into two bytes
- (1 and 196 - the way I do it is by doking the word, and then peeking each
- byte), then make a string with those two characters, and do a hunt :
-
- Hunt (Start TO Finish, S$)
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- > 3)
- > How can I make AmosPro run faster for "simple" screen update situations. I
- > currently turn everything off - AutoBack, Double Buffer, Auto View, Flash,
- > Cursor. Is there anything else to turn off or tweak to improve performance that
- > little bit ?
-
- Turning flash off makes no difference in speed, although the flashing IS
- very annoying. :) Apart from that, there's not a lot you can do to speed
- up screen updates, short of installing Turbo.
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