L1: THE CYBER-ROVER TARGETING SYSTEM
The Rover is lagging because the CPU is Polling! Use the DATA ROUTER switch on the motherboard to reroute the signal from the Polling Pin to the Interrupt (IRQ) Pin.
CYBER-ROVER SYSTEMAWAITING ENGAGE COMMAND
TARGET
CONCEPT: Polling is slow because the CPU must constantly ask the Keyboard if data is ready.
STATUS: POLLING
LOAD: 100%
POLL
PIN
PIN
IRQ
PIN
PIN
DATA ROUTER
POLLING
(SLOW)INTERRUPT
(FAST)
(SLOW)INTERRUPT
(FAST)
IN FROM
KBD
KBD
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WAITING FOR CPU
OUT
PIN
PIN