>> ... and it doesn't need 2 "cores" (processors) to overlap internal and external processing.
And neither do PC's. The CPU can be doing whatever the hell it wants while the bus/disk-controller/disk are servicing I/O requests.
gg
>> ... and it doesn't need 2 "cores" (processors) to overlap internal and external processing.
And neither do PC's. The CPU can be doing whatever the hell it wants while the bus/disk-controller/disk are servicing I/O requests.
gg
>> I haven't researched "DMA" but I'll bet that it requires an extra processor in order to do the I/O while the main processor processes data internally.
WRONG.
DMA has been around since the first IBM PC (with 1 CPU).
>> or whether you use the "INVOKE" under Windows, while the processor is busy doing the I/O the internal processing is stopped until the I/O completes.
WRONG.
Even when you issue a blocking read to the OS, the OS will simply execute other tasks while the IO is performed by hardware other than the CPU. This is how all modern OS's work.
>> If, using my PC, I can use DMA, I'm not aware of it.
Holy bat-$h1t! There really are old dogs that refuse to learn new tricks.
I would say read post #68 again, but I doubt it would do any good.
gg
*bangs table*I have yet to give you any bad information. The fact that you don't like the truth is not my problem. I will not water myself down to comfort your ignorance and stubbornness.
Hear, hear!
Soma
“Salem Was Wrong!” -- Pedant Necromancer
“Four isn't random!” -- Gibbering Mouther
Is it possible that you are this William R. Mattison? It would explain why a programmer with an alleged 40 years of experience would have so little knowledge of modern operating systems and CPU hardware. It also correlates with your stated political views. DOS was still on the uphill side of its run in 1991.
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?
So! Go out and publicize the fact that this "Damn Yankee" was "RailRoaded" by a bunch of "Good Ole Boy" lawyers, including the chief and trial judges, in Nashville Tennessee. Unless you have been tried in the lawyer owned and controlled courts of this country you will never know how corrupt our judicial system is - enough said!Originally Posted by Elkvis
Will
I wasn't judging. I was actually giving you the benefit of the doubt, looking for a rational explanation that would give you some credibility, and if this is in fact your story, then it may just be that I've misjudged you. I actually have been dragged through the federal court system on ridiculous charges. My case was dismissed when the judge realized just how ridiculous it was, but it is still something that I have to deal with, 14 years later.
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?
I guess that you have had experience with our corrupt judicial system. The actual history of what happened to me is too long to post on a forum. The one important fact that I left out is that Federal Judge Wiseman, the chef judge of the Middle Tennessee distruict was, for all intents and purposes, the only witness against me and his prejudice against me was blatantly obvious when he testified. He had a long political career in Nashville. The jury asked a question about the legal definition of the word "threat" and I argued with the trial judge, Judge Higgins, about that definition and he ordered me to sit down and shut up or he would find me in contempt of court so the jury got the legal definition of the word threat. It is that if the person receiving the alleged threat believes it is a threat then it is a threat regardless of whether the person making it considered it a threat or not. In my case, I considered it political speech. Judge Wiseman made sure that the jury was berated with the fact that I was making a threat. He was the person who received it and it was in a pleading to transfer a civil case being tried in the Nashville court to the federal court becasue I was being sued by a person who resided in Kentucky. Naturally, the Nashville judge and the federal judge denied the motion. The whole thing cost me the fortune that I made programming ADAM to run on the IBM 360 system.
I don't know which one said it, but one of the founders of this once greatest nation that ever existed said, "Where the people fear the government there is tyranny, where the government fears the people there is liberty!" Think about that on April 15.
I imagine your case cost you thousands of dollars for which the courts will never repay you.
Now I'm certain that you're trolling.Now I need to know if the registers in an X86 computer are physically inside of, or physically outside of the Intel or AMD X86 processors?
O_oNow I'm certain that you're trolling.
seven years!
That is an extremely dedicated troll...
@Will: You've been parading "ADAM" around for many years. Don't you think that is a little long to be trying scavenge your work? You've been told the things in this thread many times over many years. What Elkvis posted in #111 was offered once before over four years ago. In the time you've spent pretending to know what you are talking about, you could have very nearly mastered it resulting in you actually knowing what you are talking about.
Soma
“Salem Was Wrong!” -- Pedant Necromancer
“Four isn't random!” -- Gibbering Mouther
[QUOTE=phantomotap;1208743]O_o
seven years!{/QUOT]
It was about 20 years ago tht I decided to update ADAM to 32 bit technology.
Actually, I only decided to start the project a couple of months ago and only have been on this forum for about a month.That is an extremely dedicated troll...
@Will: You've been parading "ADAM" around for many years. Don't you think that is a little long to be trying scavenge your work? You've been told the things in this thread many times over many years. What Elkvis posted in #111 was offered once before over four years ago. In the time you've spent pretending to know what you are talking about, you could have very nearly mastered it resulting in you actually knowing what you are talking about.
Elkvis showed me why I have to attack the problem fom a different direction.
Will
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Microprocessor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I suggest learning about this "new" invention called Microprocessors.
If you do NOT wish me to post a lot of LOL (Laugh Out Load) in this thread.
Tim S.
"...a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are,in short, a perfect match.." Bill Bryson
I already know enough about the Intel and AMD microprocessors and your link to Wikipedia was virtually useless to me.
Posting little sarcasms doesn't accomplish anything except, as I told Elkvis, create animosty, I already knew what LOL means but you were sarcatically using it rather than admitting that you don't know the answer to my question. I trust that Elkvis does know the answer and he gave it to me rather than making useless posts like you have done.If you do NOT wish me to post a lot of LOL (Laugh Out Load) in this thread.
Tim S.
Will
Then have you learned that nearly all if NOT all microprocessors have the registers inside the chip!
That is one of the main differences between a microprocessors and a old style mainframe system.
Tim S.
"...a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are,in short, a perfect match.." Bill Bryson
Elkview already told me that so why are you bothering to repeat it? And e/OS is NOT an "old style" mainframe system. It is the latest mainframe technology and ,as I've said before, mainframe technology is way ahead of PC technology but is too expensive to be used in a PC (Personal Computer). I'm trying to move PC technology ahead a little bit so it can be more competitive with mainframe technology at a fraction of the price.
Will
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