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Subject: Re: Count Zero Interrupt
Summary: verisimilitude considered harmful to style...
Keywords: interrupt, zero, counter Gibson
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Date: 14 Nov 90 07:02:47 GMT
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>The exact quote is;
>COUNT ZERO INTERRUPT
>-On receiving an interrupt, decrement the counter to zero.
>The term looks decidedly made-up and has no resemblance to any m/c instruction
>or counter chip function that I've ever encountered. For it to be m/c the
...
>with a couple of instructions on any CPU. Looks like Gibson was misinformed
>or he misquoted.
>John Pelan  (jp@dce.ie)

In interview Gibson said excess knowledge of computers would interfere
with his ability to create the imagery for which he is known...

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