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From: lwb@pensoft.UUCP (Lance Bledsoe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Fixed clock speed on pc?  CLK_TCK == 18.2 is TRUE??
Message-ID: <2972@pensoft.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 90 16:14:46 GMT
References: <15779.2770e40e@levels.sait.edu.au>
Organization: Pencom Software, Austin, TX
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In article <15779.2770e40e@levels.sait.edu.au> marwk@levels.sait.edu.au writes:
>In time.h in TURBO C 2.0 CLK_TCK is defined to be 18.2.
>Should I alter this depending on the speed of the processor, RAM speed
>etc., or is there a specific clock on the PC/AT/386,..., that always
>ticks away at the same speed, namely 18.2 times/second?

Thats correct!  The clock inturrupt on ANY PC/AT/XT/CloneT is envoked exactly
every 18.2 times a second.  

And now for the $10,000 bonus question... ;-)


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