Xref: utzoo comp.sys.atari.st:33963 comp.sys.atari.st.tech:1136 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod!van-bc!jonh!jhenders From: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: Background Running Programs (was Re: Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 91 05:34:00 GMT References: <2786c6d0.3b52@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> <1991Jan08.032028.23947@ecst.csuchico.edu> <20338@netcom.UUCP> Reply-To: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca Distribution: comp Lines: 20 X-Version: Martin's Mailer Version Sep 07 1990 23:50:52 In , Ralph P. Sobek writes: >The following line caught my eye. > > >I have already noticed this before with other programs. Why does a >background running program stop when one runs a TOS program such as >GULAM, and not when one runs a GEM program? Can this be avoided? > >I use FORMAT.ACC (Broddelformat) which unfortunately pauses when GULAM >is running, even if GULAM is just sitting there. > I think a lot of tos programs probably use Conin() to wait for input and this would effectivly stop any background process that was Gem-based from running. I think shadow works from the serial interupt, and therefor can over-ride anything that doesn't set the IPL higher. -- John Henders jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca Vancouver,B.C. or jhenders@wimsey.bc.ca or ubc.cs!van-bc!jonh!jhenders