Re: [stella] interrupts?

Subject: Re: [stella] interrupts?
From: "Eckhard Stolberg" <Eckhard_Stolberg@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:45:41 +0200
> When (if ever) do we get an interrupt?  Is it possible to have the
> timer reaching zero to cause an interrupt?  Or must it be polled?

The 6507 processor has the interrupt pin removed to save costs.
Therefore it isn't possible to trigger an interrupt on the VCS.
The timer could generate an interrupt, but the processer won't
be able to sense it. You'll have to poll the timer, I'm afraid.


Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg


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