Henrik Olsen wrote:
> Using the HLT instruction to stop the processor when idle isn't something
> done by a program, but is instead a feature of the operating system.
> Windows NT and Linux does this, I think Win95 does as well, Windows 3 and
> DOS do not.
Win95 doesn't, theres a program "CPUIdle" to add that feature. It runs at idle
priority and HLTs the CPU when it gets its time slice. DOS sure doesnt as it
has no multitasking concept, though maybe you could add a HLT to the INT
21-routines that wait for keystrokes etc.
Ciao,
Alex.
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