Re: A86: Re: Re: Maskable Interrupts

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Subject: Re: A86: Re: Re: Maskable Interrupts
From: "Dux Gregis" <assets@eden.rutgers.edu>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 04:58:06 -0700
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an accurate clock, of course ;-)


>
>And a practical application would be?
>
>> > >you could do that, but then the battery power would just be drained
>> >  >incredibly.  what's good about using halt is that it uses
>minimal battery
>> >  >power
>> >  
>> >  that's not a problem, loop over a check for the on key _and_ a
>halt; you
>> >  don't really need to check it more than 200 times a second anyhow
>> >  
>> 
>> 
>> hey! sounds like a plan.  would still take a bit more battery power,
>but
>> nobody would notice
>> 
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