Re: On Topic:: ) Help w/encoder

Clay said:
> I think that the "stall" effect is from the counter getting too many
> "counts" in between polls from the CPU (and overflowing). Since the
> polling is done in software it's possible that Star Trek/Tac Scan/Zektor
> will all behave slightly differently (they might also mask off top bits
> in the counter depending on what they need.)

I can spin my Tempest spinner fast enough to cause that effect in Tempest.
No way to do it with one that Buzzes though. Must spin way-fast. I found
this out by playing the easy levels with the "one spin per level and hold
the fire button" strategy - sometimes completed with a ZAP.

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