jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jawaid Bazyar) (09/07/89)
Does anyone know how often and for how long GS/OS 3 turns off interrupts during a disk access? For the Disk ][? 3.5"? SCSI? I guess what I'm asking is how long it takes to load in one block with each of the various devices. I'm interested in doing some background interrupt- driven processing. Also, I was wondering if there was a limit to the number of blocks of memory that can be allocated through the memory manager? Could I, for instance, allocate 10000 100 byte blocks? (assuming I had 10000*100=1meg memory) One final question- does anyone have any information on a new transfer protocol called RModem? A friend says it allows two-way simultaneous file transfer via. full-duplex connection. If this is true, this sounds great (although of limited use). Thanx... =============================================================================== jawaid bazyar jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Junior/Computer Engineering UIUC Seepage from deep,black,brittle experiments which failed and transformations too hard to find. "I was overcome and turned to Red." Duster's dust became the sale. Lucifer the light. A restless motion came to move and then subside. In endless knocking at the door- it's time. TYRANNY & MVTATION. TYRANNY & MVTATION.