Mode conversion of computer commands
US4890219A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 1987 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A personal computer system which associated interrupt controller is preferably designed to operate with programs and respond to interrupt related commands in one mode, such as level sensitive mode, but is provided with circuitry that enables the system to convert and respond to interrupt-related software commands in another mode, such as edge sensitive (triggered) mode, the system there treating the edge mode signals just as if they were level mode signals.
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