Inventors:
Chester A. Heath - Boca Raton FL
Kevin M. Jackson - Delray Beach FL
Darryl E. Judice - Boynton Beach FL
Hoshang R. Pestonji - Coral Springs FL
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 500
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.