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Tinine
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Posted: 08:53am 10 Oct 2022
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Is there a trick to stop the cursor from flying all over the screen when scrolling, "Find"-ing, etc.?

Craig
 
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Posted: 09:40am 10 Oct 2022
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If the console is running over a serial link you can increase the baudrate.  That makes a huge difference.

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Tinine
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Hi Geoff,

Actually this is only in MMBasic for DOS. Mainly using MMEdit but occasionally do a quick edit in the editor. The cursor, flying around the screen is a bit of an annoyance and I was wondering if there was a selection to switch off the cursor during scrolling or finding.

Not a big deal, mind.

Regards,

Craig
Edited 2022-10-10 19:49 by Tinine
 
Mixtel90

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Posted: 10:19am 10 Oct 2022
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What you need is a P2
Then one cog can be used to scan the video waveform, a second can watch for mouse movements on the screen and another can calculate the opposite movement. A fourth can output the nulling result so that the mouse pointer doesn't move. All in real time with no interrupts.

Or put glue on the mouse ball.

Or unplug the mouse.

;)
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Tinine
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  Mixtel90 said  What you need is a P2
Then one cog can be used to scan the video waveform, a second can watch for mouse movements on the screen and another can calculate the opposite movement. A fourth can output the nulling result so that the mouse pointer doesn't move. All in real time with no interrupts.

Or put glue on the mouse ball.

Or unplug the mouse.

;)


Hmmm, good idea and thinking about it, one P2 can handle six different DVI/HDMI connections, simultaneously....now where're those MSDOS disks  



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Geoffg

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  Tinine said  Actually this is only in MMBasic for DOS.

OK, I see what you mean.  

I never used to notice it but now that you have pointed it out it is rather annoying.  It should be easy to fix so I will add it to the ToDo list for the next version (whenever that will be).

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Tinine
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Heck, I'm really liking this DOS version...why has it taken me so long.
I always knew about the "Run in DOS" icon in MMEdit but I didn't have the path set up and didn't realise this until Jim explained how to set the path for MMB4W.

This is sooo cool....instant testing without having to wait for a download to a Mite.

Kicking myself now  

Craig
 
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