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to: Bob Lawrence
from: Brenton Vettoretti
date: 1996-05-07 20:33:00
subject: A short delay

FM> As you may recall the TinyPoint Telix script puts diamonds on
FM> the screen while waiting for the Enq. In the past it showed 1
FM> or maybe 2, but recently (this week?) it's been a line and a
FM> half. It's not a significant delay (really just flashes up),
FM> but I thought you might be interested.
BL>  Brenton has written a complicated loop in Tinypoint, and my guess is
BL> that Paul now sends stuff immediately, rather than making us wait, so
BL> Brenton's loop just runs to the maximum count and stops.
BL> It really needs to be rewritten, but it seems to work anyway.
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Yeah. My sentiments *exactly* :)

Cheers, Brenton (If it ain't broke, don't fuck with it) Vettoretti
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