iAPX 432 Interface Processor Architecture Reference Manual

.Table 1-1 Pr inter Example Legend

ItemDescription

Object (message) descr ibing pr int operation fram requesting process's point of view (see figure 1-8).

432 communications port assigned by convention to queue print objects.

432 communications port where GOP process waits for result of operation.

SEND,/R:ErnIVE432 operators (GOP instructions, IP functi.ons) provided for interprocess cxmnunication.

P:t;int order_mailbaK 03 message queue defined to hold pri.nt messages waiting for printer task.

Print_response_mailbox 03 message queue defined to hold print messages already processed by the

 

printer task.

TRANSMIT/ACCEPT

Cl3 operators analogous to 432 SEND and

 

RECEIVE operators.

 

 

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