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Re: Timeing Question

• Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Feb 08, 2001
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On 8 Feb 2001, at 12:09, Mike Swayze wrote:

> is this the reason for RS232 communications(timing critical) needing to be
> done in DOS?

That and the windoze habit of "virtualizing" the ports by putting a software
layer
between the hardware and the software, so the app doesn't see the real port or 
interrupt.

Kat

> Swayze
> mswayze at truswood.com
> kswayze at bellsouth.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kat" <gertie at PELL.NET>
> To: <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 3:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Timeing Question
> 
> 
> ...........................
> >
> > The OS determines how many ticks to use on each program. If one app has a
> higher
> > priority than your's, it will get available ticks before your app will.
> And it may interrupt
> > your program to do OS stuff, like swap disc space.
> >
> > Kat
> 
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