[A83] Re: 83p os
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[A83] Re: 83p os
You said:
>Well, it's a bit different. Windows OS will "know" when an app violates
>the rule because the processor will generate a page fault interrupt, so
>that the operating system can prevent corruption of memory belonging to
>itself by user programs. The TI-OS has no way of detecting such things,
>and will probably crash if the program was not careful in writing to OS
>memory.
I said:
>I mean, ideally, the OS should be able to recover from anytihng an
>application does, but without privelaged instructions and the like, you
>really can't do that on the z80.
One a simple processor like the z80, you really ust have to bite the bullet
and keep in mind that an application can (and probably will) crash the OS.
But that's unavoidable, really.
Stupid like a fox!
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