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From: dag@per2.UUCP (Daniel A. Glasser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: GCC times(2) & #define HZ tech query
Summary: The ST's system clock is 200Hz
Message-ID: <887@per2.UUCP>
Date: 19 Dec 89 17:55:15 GMT
References: <570049@otter.hpl.hp.com>
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In article <570049@otter.hpl.hp.com>, 
	gjh@otter.hpl.hp.com (Graham Higgins) writes:
[edited for brevity]
> The C system call "times(2)" -- my SysV manual states:
> "The times are in units of 1/HZ seconds, where HZ is processor dependent (see
> <sys/param.h>)."
> The sys/param.h from J.Bammi's port of GCC to the ST doesn't have a definition
> for HZ.
> Can anyone provide me with an appropriate value for HZ for an (unaccelerated)
> ST?

I cannot tell you for sure about the particular times() function in the
particular library (if I were at home, I could), but the ST's system 'tick'
clock is a 200Hz clock.  Try that value out and see if the results
seem plausible.

							Daniel
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