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Re: Apple II Interrupt card



In article <UErea.4701$CT.2484@fed1read01>, salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott
Alfter) writes:

>(The minimum interrupt interval for the DS2417 is one second, though, so it
>wouldn't be usable for generating the periodic interrupts a preemptive
>multitasker needs.)

But the requirement for the clock is only time of day.

Contiki is a cooperative multi-tasking system, not pre-emptive.

-michael

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