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From: bradch@microsoft.UUCP (Bradford Christian ms1)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Wait()
Keywords: Wait() WaitPort() timer.device
Message-ID: <7981@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 7 Oct 89 01:10:07 GMT
References: <3930@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Reply-To: bradch@microsoft.UUCP (Bradford Christian ms1)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <3930@blake.acs.washington.edu> dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dale Larson) writes:
>
>In tryig to write some code which does not busy-loop but does need to check
>on several events, I am trying to use Wait().  As the simplest first step,
>I
>	Wait(timerport->mp_SigBit);

Use:	Wait(1L << timerport->mp_SigBit);

You can OR togeather all the bits you need to wait on like this:

	Wait((1L << timerport1->mp_SigBit) | (1L << timerport2->mp_SigBit));

Thanks for not busy looping!

	BradCh