Re: A86: Hooking interrupt idea

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: Hooking interrupt idea
From: TGaArdvark@aol.com
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 01:48:17 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org

> What I was referring to was this:  Does it jump to 38H about 200 times per
> sec, even if you're running an ASM program, with interrupts enabled?

Yes.

> If so, I would think that it would _drastically_ slow it down, or that it
would
> even mess up the registers, etc...

The slowage is minimal because there isn't a whole lot to do. Maybe 10
lines of code in normal conditions. Smartly, TI programmed the interrupts
NOT to mess with the registers (or to put them back if necessary).

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