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- From: cja@chmist.zso.dec.com (Carl J. Appellof)
- Subject: Re: WNT
- In-Reply-To: gleason@mwk.uucp's message of 12 Sep 92 22:40:54 CST
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.171321.28427@ninja.zso.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Sep4.152449.96@gems.vcu.edu> <1992Sep07.180426.11417@cadlab.sublink.org> <1992Sep12.224054.1099@mwk.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:13:21 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep12.224054.1099@mwk.uucp> gleason@mwk.uucp writes:
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- > Speaking of WNT, I only need to know one thing about to tell if it is
- > worth my time...did Cutler include a QIO system call, and if he did, is
- > it in a near identical format to every other DEC system he was involved in?
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- Don't know if he included a QIO call, but I heard he eliminated event
- flags. Instead, you must allocate a "notification object" if you want
- the same kind of service. VMS devos claim "he learned from his
- mistakes" on that one.
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