mjkobb@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) (02/26/91)
Greetings, Just a quick summary of the responses I got to my question about whether it is possible to override the HP's auto-power-off. I asked the question because when running Tetris, I hit 'P', or Pause, and forgot about it. When I picked up the machine the next day, Tetris was still sitting there paused. I had asked if the code disabled the power off, or if it never triggered because the machine was busy. The overwhelming response was simply that the machine was busy, and so the auto power off never triggered. Evidently, the only way to avoid such a problem in future is to REMEMBER that you left it on Pause. Alternatively, the author, in his next release, could include code that would cause Tetris to power down after a certain amount of time in Pause. Since it already supports this feature (with game resumption) by pressing the 'O' key, I wouldn't think it would be too difficult, in comparison to the rest of that code. :-) Anyway, thanks! --Mike
akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev) (03/04/91)
>the author, in his next release, could include code that would cause >Tetris to power down after a certain amount of time in Pause. Will do, Mike. I'll either post a complete version up in a couple of days or just a modification to the keys program as soon as I finish catching up on comp.sys. (from being absent for a almost two weeks, gag!) ---Falco