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(...) 90% of my career has been in embedded systems and now I am doing ASIC design. ASICs are the ultimate in multitasking. Every one of those gazillions of transistors looks at its input continuously in parallel with the others in order to decide (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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1) scripts/muldemo.txt uses the word HAT instead of ALLOT_TASK. Does HAT actually exist or is this left over from hforth. 2) Tasking by convention? When do tasks switch? PAUSE obviously. Does AWAKE actually context switch or only mark the task as (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Yes, indeed it does. But the catch is that if you're NOT in the CLI and spinning on something, you don't get anything else done (DUH!) Steve, you sound like you know multitasking issues. Sorry if what I said in a previous post implied (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Does the prompt handler (CLI) do multitasking? In otherwords if a new task is started and control returns to the CLI will the new task ever run? I think I am asking whether it calls PAUSE in a loop while waiting for user input? (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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What is the proper serial port configuration? I had it once but I lost it. I'm having other problems so the hunt around method of finding the parameters isn't working. I can no longer communicate (firmdll etc.) unless the RCX is inches away from the (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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