Re: Instruction (dis)continuation (

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From: Allen J. Baum
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1989 20:56

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>In article <261500010@S34.Prime.COM> BEAR@S34.Prime.COM writes:
>We are *really* discussing is whether or not MEMORY MAPPED I/O is a good thing

So, I said "OK, I'll bite. What are the characteristics of memory mapped I/O
that enable it to avoid the problems we are talking about?

Of course, what I really meant, what is it about real I/O, as opposed to memory
mapped I/O that solves the problems?

Oops.
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From: baum@Apple.COM (Allen J. Baum)
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Subject: Re: Instruction (dis)continuation (
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Date: 14 Sep 89 20:56:37 GMT
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