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Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ?

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On 5/9/2011 6:23 PM, Rob Warnock wrote:
> whygee<yg@yg.yg>  wrote:
> +---------------
> | mac wrote:
> |>  You could use the PC's lsb as the interrupt enable.
> |
> | it's been done already (see ARM) and no, IRQ in YASEP
> | are handled somewhere else. Plus there is the risk
> | of accidentally disabling IRQ (address computing bug
> | or whatever malevolent program)
> |
> | IRQ masking is performed at the program level
> | by the CRIT instruction which "opens" a predetermined
> | lenght critical section of up to 16 consecutive instructions.
> |
> | http://yasep.org/ISM/CRIT.html
> |
> | Yes, i know, it adds a tiny 4-bit counter ...
> +---------------
>
> Heh, heh! Indeed, it *has* been done already!! See the DCA[1]
> "SmartMux/3xx" series terminal networking switches circa 1972(!),
> which included *precisely* this functionality as an add-on
> to the PDP-8/e instruction set!! Yes, with a 4-bit counter.  ;-}

Intel i860 did something similiar.

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What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? whygee <yg@yg.yg> - 2011-05-08 23:01 +0200
  Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? kym@kymhorsell.com - 2011-05-09 04:07 +0000
    Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? whygee <yg@yg.yg> - 2011-05-09 08:45 +0200
  Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "robertwessel2@yahoo.com" <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-08 23:58 -0700
    Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? whygee <yg@yg.yg> - 2011-05-09 09:02 +0200
      Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2011-05-09 09:43 -0700
    Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-05-09 09:38 -0700
      Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "robertwessel2@yahoo.com" <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-09 11:14 -0700
      Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2011-05-09 14:51 -0400
  Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? torbenm@diku.dk (Torben Ægidius Mogensen) - 2011-05-09 16:31 +0200
    Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? whygee <yg@yg.yg> - 2011-05-09 18:16 +0200
      Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? mac <acolvin@efunct.com> - 2011-05-09 17:27 +0000
        Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? whygee <yg@yg.yg> - 2011-05-09 19:38 +0200
          Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2011-05-09 20:23 -0500
            Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? whygee <yg@yg.yg> - 2011-05-10 03:04 +0200
            Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-11 14:23 -0700
              Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? whygee <yg@yg.yg> - 2011-05-12 02:45 +0200
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-12 20:41 -0700
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2011-05-14 23:24 -0400
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-15 09:18 -0700
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-15 10:00 -0700
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-15 12:06 -0700
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-15 12:12 -0700
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-15 16:16 -0700
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-05-15 20:58 +0100
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-15 15:59 -0700
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-05-16 08:58 +0100
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-16 07:43 -0700
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-05-16 22:46 +0200
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-05-19 16:13 +0000
                Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2011-05-15 20:33 -0400
      Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? whygee <yg@yg.yg> - 2011-05-11 05:53 +0200
        Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? whygee <yg@yg.yg> - 2011-05-11 07:10 +0200
  Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2011-07-04 09:39 -0700
    Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2011-07-04 10:23 -0700

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