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From: wagner@bnrmtv.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Animated watch cursor.
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Date: Tue, 3-Feb-87 14:26:47 EST
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> Since the watch hand runs as a separate task, it is eating CPU time at the
> very time when all the CPU is needed by the main task to get the job done
> faster.  

Although I would generally agree with this it is not always true.
Frequently the system must wait for IO...an instance when there is time
to spin the hands or do some other processing.  

Mark Wagner @ BNR