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From: jlo@east.thomsoft.com (John Lo)
Subject: Re: Timer Resolution Using Alsys
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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 14:51:31 GMT
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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