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From: archetyp@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Joseph R Pickert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: How does Mac MINIX compare to A/UX ?
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Date: 12 Oct 90 14:09:25 GMT
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michel%segin4.segin.fr@relay.prime.com (Michel Pollet) writes:

>In message of 11 Oct 90 20:16:29 GMT, mkelly said :
>Questions:
>    o Is Mac Minix 32 bits clean ? (touch 8 hight bits of any adress)
Yes. That is, yes it is 32 bit clean.
>    o What the way it use for handling Mac Events ??
There is a new kernel task that handles events. It runs whenever
there is nothing else to schedule or whenever it detects something in the
Event Q.
>    o What machine timer does it use for sheduling ? VIA ? VBL ?
VBL