Re: [cc65] Re: cbm_read blocks on empty rs232 buffer

On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 08:13:52AM -0500, Payton Byrd wrote:
> The screen turns black, so I know the RS232 channel is opened, but the
> display code at the bottom never executes until the RS232 buffer receives at
> least one incoming byte, so it appears that cbm_k_basin is doing the 
> blocking.

Yes, BASIN ($FFCF, also called CHRIN) waits until there is data. The default
is to read from the keyboard, and in this case BASIN waits for a key and won't
return without one. I suppose that is what you want when reading from devices
like disks. 

Regards


        Uz


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Ullrich von Bassewitz                                  uz@musoftware.de
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