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@Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:55:20 +1000
Subject: Re: Setting interrupts
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lifedata{at}vol.com wrote:

>>>BTW.  Am I correct in assuming that interrupt level is the same thing as
>>>IRQ (The eighth plague of Revelation - which began before the other
>>>seven)?
>>>      
>>>
>>Yup, Interrupt ReQuest.
>>    
>>
>Thanks,  I know what IRQ means - including the word request.  But in
>this situation they don't use "request."  They use "level."
>
>It's a matter of knowing some things _MUST_ be exact and accurate, while
>others - take your best shot - can be very different.  It is confusing
>if you aren't familiar enough with that exact situation to know the
>alternate buzz words.
>

Hi Jim,
Probably made more confusing by the fact that all INTR signals are 
"level" triggered [ack'ed by 2 INTA cycles] whereas external interrupt 
requests arriving on the NMI line are "edge" triggered.

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Regards,
Mike

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