MicroPower/Pascal Run-Time Services Manual

This document, the MicroPower/Pascal Run-Time Services Manual, serves as a comprehensive technical guide for developers working with MicroPower/Pascal microcomputer application programs. It covers the kernel organization, process management, system data structures, exception processing, and interrupt dispatching. Detailed descriptions are provided for:

• Kernel Primitives: Approximately 60 primitive operations for concurrent programming, grouped into 10 categories, including process management, resource management, and synchronization.
• System Configuration: Comprehensive information on configuration macros needed to build a target memory image and kernel.
• Memory Management: Detailed explanation of dynamic RAM allocation, region sharing, and process memory mapping.
• Exception Processing: Information on handling hardware and software exceptions, including exception types, codes, and stack frames.
• Interrupt Dispatching: Coverage of kernel interrupt dispatching, interrupt service routines (ISRs), and fork routines.

This manual assumes familiarity with either Pascal or MACRO-11 and is intended to be used alongside other documents in the MicroPower/Pascal set, such as the MicroPower/Pascal Language Guide and relevant hardware handbooks.