Path: utzoo!lsuc!hcr!hcrvax!jim
From: jim@hcrvax.UUCP (Jim Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: COMPLAINTS about ISC UNIX V/386 (386/ix 1.0.4)
Message-ID: <3018@hcrvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 12-Jan-88 08:47:36 EST
Article-I.D.: hcrvax.3018
Posted: Tue Jan 12 08:47:36 1988
References: <751@vixie.UUCP> <8289@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> <759@vixie.UUCP>
Reply-To: jim@hcrvax.UUCP (Jim Sullivan)
Organization: HCR Corporation, Toronto
Lines: 19
Summary: 

In article <759@vixie.UUCP> paul@vixie.UUCP (Paul Vixie Esq) writes:
>In article <8289@steinmetz.UUCP> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>>BTW: does your vp/ix use 100% of the CPU when nothing else is running?
>>It looks like the idle loop runs at low priority all the time. How about
>>DOS as an idle daemon???
>
>I don't know.  I hope not, since this machine will be supporting six very
>busy income tax preparers when the ICC board &terminals come in.  But I
>havn't checked this.  I will, though, now that you mention it..
>

According to a recent discussion with an Interactive representative,
vp/ix does not busy wait for input or anything else when doing nothing.
This means that you can have multiple UNIX and DOS tasks running at
the same time (like flight simulator and 123) and then switch between
them (like when your boss arrives).  This is one of the enhancements that
Interactive has done to DOS for hte vp/ix environment.