[comp.binaries.mac] Macintosh Technical Notes - 257 Slot Interrupt Prio-Technics

bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) (10/24/89)

[10/89 Macintosh Technical Notes - 257 Slot Interrupt Prio-Technics]

Written by:	Mark Baumwell				    October 1989

This  Technical  Note  describes  the  way  interrupt   priorities   are
scheduled,  which  corrects  the  description  of  slot  interrupt queue
priorities in the Device Manager chapter of Inside Macintosh, Volume  V-
426.

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