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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kin C Yu, Burlington, MA (US);
Gary J Goss, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364200 ;
Abstract
A data processing system includes a communication subsystem having an I/O microprocessor for communicating with a central processing unit and a main memory; and a line microprocessor for communicating with a number of devices. The I/O microprocessor and the line microprocessor communicate with each other through mailboxes stored in a shared memory. The line microprocessor interrupts the I/O microprocessor to process data bytes being transferred between main memory and a device requesting service when the line microprocessor has responded to the requesting device and loaded the mailbox.