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From: tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: A few questions about Ticks
Message-ID: <730048@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Jul 88 15:50:12 GMT
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Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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>2)  Why use the TickCount() trap when the Global variable Ticks is available?

According to the Mac supplement inside the Aug. '88 issue of Byte,
the "Ticks" global variable won't be increment when running under A/UX.
BUT the TickCount() trap will return the correct value.

-Ted