Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

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From: Patrick Draper
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 16:28

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drj@peak.org (David Jenkinson) wrote:

>In article <tonyn-0109950144230001@tonyn.tiac.net>, tonyn@tiac.net says...
>>Deterministic real-time processing is difficult to do with interrupts. 
>>You really can't tell when all the interrupts will stack up at the same
>>time, causing the lowest priority interrupt to wait a long time.  Coupled
>>with the overhead of context switching, this makes interrupt-driven

<<<snip>>>

>Who the hell do you think is going to understand this bullshit?  Geez, dude, 
>you should get a part on star trek.  You do excellent techo-babble.

I understand it perfectly. But then again, you may not be the captain of
your own starship like I am.

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From: pdrap@ctp.com (Patrick Draper)
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Subject: Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 16:28:05 GMT
Organization: Cambridge Technology Partners
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