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From: jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jawaid Bazyar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: GS/OS & Interrupts, other stuff
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Date: 6 Sep 89 18:04:17 GMT
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   Does anyone know how often and for how long GS/OS 3 turns off interrupts
during a disk access?  For the Disk ][? 3.5"? SCSI?
I guess what I'm asking is how long it takes to load in one block with each
of the various devices.  I'm interested in doing some background interrupt-
driven processing.

   Also, I was wondering if there was a limit to the number of blocks of
memory that can be allocated through the memory manager?  Could I, for instance,
allocate 10000 100 byte blocks? (assuming I had 10000*100=1meg memory)

   One final question- does anyone have any information on a new transfer
protocol called RModem? A friend says it allows two-way simultaneous file
transfer via. full-duplex connection.  If this is true, this sounds great 
(although of limited use).

  Thanx...


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jawaid bazyar    jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu  Junior/Computer Engineering UIUC

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