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#GRONK Test

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#12505From: David N. WilliamsMar 23, 1986 11:55 AM
Of course you are right about the general inadvisability of turning off the interrupts for a long time in a multitasking environmnent. And although Thom's test program is not something you would expect to run when there could be competition, it does include an initial delay of several seconds to give a chance for some other process that might be inadvertently present to finish. The point I was trying to make is that perhaps there is yet more evidence that the Amiga's multitasking design is robust. For example, you can run the Gronk test from Wack, and Wack does not choke because the interrupts go off. How much that speaks for the system and how much for Wack is not clear to me. But maybe it says something.
#12514From: Charlie HeathMar 23, 1986 2:42 PM
I'd agree that the low level Exec functions are pretty well thought out, and proably the Exec is robust enough to avoid most problems of timing. I'm not so sure about Intuition, which locks windows in some time critical situations, or about AmigaDOS. But, if you are taking over the machine the Exec proably won't Zap you if you disable interrupts for a while.
#12514From: Charlie HeathMar 23, 1986 2:42 PM
I'd agree that the low level Exec functions are pretty well thought out, and proably the Exec is robust enough to avoid most problems of timing. I'm not so sure about Intuition, which locks windows in some time critical situations, or about AmigaDOS. But, if you are taking over the machine the Exec proably won't Zap you if you disable interrupts for a while.
#12514From: Charlie HeathMar 23, 1986 2:42 PM
I'd agree that the low level Exec functions are pretty well thought out, and proably the Exec is robust enough to avoid most problems of timing. I'm not so sure about Intuition, which locks windows in some time critical situations, or about AmigaDOS. But, if you are taking over the machine the Exec proably won't Zap you if you disable interrupts for a while.
#12514From: Charlie HeathMar 23, 1986 2:42 PM
I'd agree that the low level Exec functions are pretty well thought out, and proably the Exec is robust enough to avoid most problems of timing. I'm not so sure about Intuition, which locks windows in some time critical situations, or about AmigaDOS. But, if you are taking over the machine the Exec proably won't Zap you if you disable interrupts for a while.