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From: sdawalt@valhalla.wright.edu (Shane Dawalt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Generating delays
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.000824.20638@cs.wright.edu>
Date: 5 Mar 91 00:08:24 GMT
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From article <1010@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>, by tlglenn@cs.arizona.edu (Ted L. Glenn):
> 
>      One quick fix for generating delays is to fool around with loops. Doesn't
> look good, but works. I can't remember, is there a sleep command in C?
> 
  The sleep command in Turbo C (C++) has 1 second resolution.  Loop are not
portable between machines due to different CPU speeds.  About the only real
fix is to take control of the timer tick interrupt.

  Shane();

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