I was wondering if anyone following this multitasking thread knows how much
overhead is involved in the Exec task switching. By this I mean how much
time does it take for the system to put a task to sleep and wake another
up? I know that at least all the registers must be saved but I'm sure alot
more than this is involved. I've seen a couple of people say that the most
time a task can remain active is 1/15 of a second. Is this true? If it is
and the speed of the 68000 is 7.16 then does this mean that a task can
perform 477,333 cycles if not preempted by a higher priority task? This
seems like an awful lot and I was wondering if my calculations where fouled
up somewhere. Also has anyone figured out how much smaller and faster a
task is compared to a process? -Darrel