Jerry wrote:
> "Michael J. Mahon"  writes:
> 
>> Jeff Blakeney wrote:
>>>   To: Michael J. Mahon
>>> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:32:30 -0800, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> You can also GET the key after determining that one has
>>>> been pressed:
>>>>
>>>> 40 IF PEEK(KB)>127 THEN GET A$
>>>
>>> Does the GET clear the keyboard strobe as well?  If so, that is really
>>> cool and is something I never knew.  I'll have to remember that one.
>> Yes, it does.  (It would have to to avoid GETting the same keypress
>> over and over.)
>>
>> The only way to sense the keyboard from Applesoft without clearing
>> the strobe is to PEEK it.  In this case, it is PEEKed to avoid waiting
>> at the GET when no key has been pressed.
>>
>> -michael
> 
> Well, you can use the WAIT instruction to sense the keyboard without
> clearing the strobe:
> 
>    WAIT 49152, 128
> 
> It waits until the value at the memory location 49152 bit-wise ANDed
> with 128 is non-zero.

Yes, and it "waits faster" by using M/L to poll the keyboard.  ;-)

I've never found a use for WAIT in Applesoft.  In this particular case,
it is so handy to have the actual key value (with the high bit set) that
often the GET is needed only to clear the strobe.

In any case, it's handy to have the key both as a number (the result of
the PEEK) and a string (the result of the GET).

-michael

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