Subject: Mac IOPs, was: Got 630 Video!
To: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
From: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/29/1998 20:05:04
At 23:01 Uhr +0100 28.01.1998, Dave Huang wrote:
>> Just wondering if who ever codes the IOP stuff is going to have to
>> crack open an old book on 6502 assembly <bleck!>
>
>Hey, 6502 assembly is cool :P although I guess 68K asm is nicer...
>Anyways, I can do 6502 if anyone needs help with it.

I suppose the main point in IOPs is that you can treat them as black boxes,
set up some register(s) and get notified when your data has arrived.

NetBSD/i386 doesn't look "inside" the i8041 kbd controller, does it?

-- Sorry to disappoint you.  ;)

	hauke



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