diff --git a/Visual Studio Projects/0ReadMe_Projects.txt b/Visual Studio Projects/0ReadMe_Projects.txt index 19baa7c6..29aa367d 100644 --- a/Visual Studio Projects/0ReadMe_Projects.txt +++ b/Visual Studio Projects/0ReadMe_Projects.txt @@ -44,7 +44,15 @@ simulator. The default working directory for included project files is the "Visual Studio Projects" directory. -Only network devices are capable of using pthreads to enhance their -performance. Build the desire simulator with USE_READER_THREAD defined. The -relevant simulators which have network support are VAX, VAX780 and PDP11. +Network devices are capable of using pthreads to enhance their performance. +To realize these benefits, you must build the desire simulator with +USE_READER_THREAD defined. The relevant simulators which have network +support are VAX, VAX780 and PDP11. + +Additionally, simulators which contain devices which use the asynchronous +APIs in sim_disk.c and sim_tape.c can also achieve greater performance by +leveraging pthreads to perform blocking I/O in separate threads. Currently +the simulators which have such devices are VAX, VAX780 and PDP11. To +achieve these benefits the simulators must be built with SIM_ASYNCH_IO +defined.