mjkobb@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) (02/22/91)
Greetings, I have recently discovered that Tetris, if left in Pause mode, does not allow the calculator to turn itself off (discovered that this morning.... :-(). Is this because it's constantly executing a loop of some kind, so the calc thinks it's active, or is it setting a flag or something? Is there any way to make sure that the calc will shut itself off, besides adding a check in the Tetris code that just shuts if off after, say 15-30 mins? Email's fine. I'll summarize if people care. --Mike
akcs.scotty@hpcvbbs.UUCP (SCOTTY THOMPSON) (02/24/91)
The HP won't shut-down if it's running a program unless it's specifically waiting for a keypress or is otherwise halted (input, 0 or -1 wait, halt, prompt, etc.). It states specifically in the manual not to leave applications running for long periods of time to prevent excessive battery drainage. Of course, for Tetris, if you pause it, go to the pause routine, if the calc is paused for more than a few minutes, then execute the "off" yourself--otherwise, it would seem that the user wants to play the game. Even if the user left the program running, it would end the game. Now, my only question is: Will the HP autoshutoff while in the graphics environment? I think it probably will, but I'm not sure.
akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev) (03/02/91)
If you have the newest version of Tetris, or you can just add it yourself. Just press O to turn it off. When you turn it back on, it continures from where it left off. ---Falco