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From: vandys@hpindda.HP.COM (Andy Valencia)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Thoughts needed
Message-ID: <7030010@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 17 May 88 15:35:52 GMT
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	I've been writing a MIDI driver for the PC/AT running Microport.
This requires a ceratin amount of real-time responsiveness (although the
MPU-401 handles the most nitty-gritty of the real-timeness).  I've found
that the interrupt level is fairly responsive; it's trying to get the user
process running that can take an indefinite amount of time.  Depending
on your application, you might be able to off-load the responsiveness into
the first-level interrupt handler.

					Andy Valencia
					vandys%hpindda.UUCP@hplabs.hp.com