RTAS on PowerMac Newworld

[tom_gall at vnet.ibm.com]

Donald Cowart wrote:
>
> Newbie question, what is RTAS?

RTAS == Run-Time Abstraction Services

In a nutshell an API the OS may utilize to perform various tasks which without
RTAS would be hardware dependant. For example: reading the level on a battery on
a portable, and so on.

> Donald Cowart  (dcowart at acld.lib.fl.us)


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