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- From: larrymb@gramercy.ios.com (UNREGISTERED VERSION)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: AddIntServer + VERTB strangeness
- Date: 13 Mar 1996 23:29:02 GMT
- Organization: Internet Online Services
- Message-ID: <579.6646T899T909@gramercy.ios.com>
- References: <199603120851.IAA51888@poseidon.bfs.unibol.com> <4i4326$1lh@serpens.rhein.de>
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- >>How can I ensure that my interrupt server is the *only* one that gets
- >>called?
- >You must not do this. VBlank servers must allow other servers to run.
- >Trying to "take over" is not legal. If you want to be so user annoying
- >you should kill the OS, take over the hardware and require a reboot later.
- Why must you not do that? You don't need to re-boot afterwards. You can
- safely shut everything down, do your direct stuff, then safely restore
- everythign when your program is finished running. For WWW Browsers or Imagine,
- etc. it isn't good but for demos and games it can be.
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