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priviledged instructions, mostly for interrupt control). So either |
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the whole emulator has to be run in supervisor mode (which usually is |
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not possible on multitasking systems) or priviledged instructions have |
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to be trapped and emulated. The Amiga version of Basilisk II uses the |
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latter approach (it is possible to run supervisor mode tasks under |
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the AmigaOS multitasking kernel (ShapeShifter does this) but it |
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requires modifying the task switcher and makes the emulator more |
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unstable). |
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to be trapped and emulated. The Amiga and NetBSD/m68k versions of |
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Basilisk II use the latter approach (it is possible to run supervisor |
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mode tasks under the AmigaOS multitasking kernel (ShapeShifter does |
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this) but it requires modifying the Exec task switcher and makes the |
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emulator more unstable). |
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c) On multitasking systems, interrupts can usually not be handled as on |
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a real Mac (or with the UAE CPU). The interrupt levels of the host |
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will not be the same as on a Mac, and the operating systems might not |
