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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: AddIntServer + VERTB strangeness
- Date: 14 Mar 1996 10:01:57 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4i8na5$hku@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <199603120851.IAA51888@poseidon.bfs.unibol.com> <4i4326$1lh@serpens.rhein.de> <579.6646T899T909@gramercy.ios.com>
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- larrymb@gramercy.ios.com (UNREGISTERED VERSION) writes:
-
- >>>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 MUST reboot afterwards.
-
- >You can
- >safely shut everything down, do your direct stuff, then safely restore
- >everythign when your program is finished running.
-
- NO, you CANNOT do this.
-
- >etc. it isn't good but for demos and games it can be.
-
- NO, it CANNOT be.
-
- We had this discussion several times. You may get something that somehow
- works on some hardware configurations, but you cannot get something that
- reliably works on every configuration just because you do not know how
- to handle all the hardware yourself. There is more to an Amiga than an
- 68020 and an AGA chipset.
-
- Besides, this is totally besides the point. The original poster did use
- system functions, he didn't want to take over the machine.
-
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
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- "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
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