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> I wrote TSR's that snatched cycles off the timer interrupt We've all been there. How else could you get anything interesting done back in the day?
by brightsize 2y ago
> I wrote TSR's that snatched cycles off the timer interrupt
We've all been there. How else could you get anything interesting done back in the day?
- cout 2y agoFor a long time I figured that was just the right way to do multitasking. Hook the interrupt and pass control to the next task when you are done. I also figured most of what I wanted was popup TSRs anyway - how can a human possibly pay attention to more than one program at a time? Makes me wonder how much my brain has changed over the years by being exposed to a multitasking and multiple windows on a large screen.