From: jlo@east.thomsoft.com (John Lo)
Subject: Re: Timer Resolution Using Alsys
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 14:51:31 GMT
Date: 1995-03-22T14:51:31+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <D5uJxv.I9G@thomsoft.com> (raw)
DRAI@SPAR.CA writes:
>I am using the Alsys compiler for DOS on a PC and would like to get a timer
>resolution of at least 1 kHz, instead of the default 18.2 Hz provided by the
>BIOS. Tinkering with the PC's internal 8253 timer chip didn't work as the
>Alsys runtime kernel already uses the interrupt (IRQ 8) from this chip.
Try binding your Ada program with the binder option TIMER => FAST. This will cause
the Ada runtime to reprogram the timer to around 1 KHz resolution.
John Lo
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1995-03-22 18:52 Timer Resolution Using Alsys tmoran
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