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From: dyer@atari.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: On the subject of date/time....
Message-ID: <564@atari.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Feb-87 14:25:47 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 22 14:25:47 1987
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Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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Keywords: high-resolution clock

> Is there a recommended way to get a time value with a higher resolution
> than 2 seconds, as returned by Tgettime()?

The system variable '_hz_200' is incremented (surprise!) two hundred
times a second.  It a longword at 0x4ba.  Finer resolution timers can
be obtained by setting up 68901 timer A at whatever frequency you
like and handling the interrupt.

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