Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!oliveb!elandes!dave
From: dave@elandes.UUCP (D. Mathis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal 5.0 and GetTime
Summary: another way to get finer clock resolution
Message-ID: <622@elandes.UUCP>
Date: 16 Dec 88 14:54:53 GMT
References: <45782@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <45794@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Organization: ELAN designs, Saratoga CA
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In article <45794@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) writes:
> In article <45782@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> chen-holly@CS.Yale.EDU (Holly Chen) writes:
[ text deleted ]
> >the manual suggests that the timing is good to the hundredth of a second, it
> >appears that the timing is not this accurate.  The system does not appear to
. 
> Holly,
. 
> 
> There are two ways to get finer resolution:

	3. Read the countdown register in the timer chip.  This gives ~1 
	microsecond resolution, but only is 16 bits (.055 sec).

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	Dave Mathis, ELAN designs           UUCP  ...oliveb!elandes!dave