23 Jun
2007
23 Jun
'07
10:09 a.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Jun 22, 2007, at 7:37 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Some of the lower-end PIC microcontrollers lack interrupts. Dunno if
microcontrollers fall under the OP's definition of "computers" though.
That reminds me that a very fast cpu chip was designed for very fast
multi-tasking.Poiled I/O is faster than a IRQ could be because you
can change threads very quickly.
-Dave