Subj : Interrupts
To   : David Noon
From : Lee Aroner
Date : Wed May 23 2001 09:45 am

 RV>> First, OS/2 doesn't use interrupts.  You have to use API calls. 
 RV>> Second,
   >> since OS/2 is a multitasking OS, it manages memory much differently
   >> than DOS does.

 LA>    Not to niggle the point, but of course OS/2 uses interrupts. Each    
 LA> and every one of those API calls is a wrapper around an interrupt    
 LA> call.

DN> No, Rachel is correct.

DN> The OS/2 API is built on call gates and ring gates, not interrupts.

   And are not those gates accessed via an interrupt? An invalid 
   interrupt to be sure, but still an interrupt.


                                       LRA


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