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From: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk)
Subject: Re: Short DOSish note (was Re: Timing Ada programs using the DEC UNIX microtimer kernel option)
Date: 1998/05/01
Date: 1998-05-01T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <EsAx7A.51@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6id2df$i2j@acmey.gatech.edu


John M. Mills (jm59@prism.gatech.edu) wrote:

: DOS needs the 18.2Hz to continue for important services, but you can easily
: 'hook' the interrupt, reprogram the counter, and call a user routine at
: multiples of 18.2 Hz, so long as you also call the DOS service at 18.2 Hz.

I didn't get the thread here, but on the subject of DOS, it is also
possible to get microsecond timing if neccesary. I did this using GNAT,
but it also should be possible using OA.

Jerry.

-- 
-- Jerry van Dijk  | email: jdijk@acm.org
-- Leiden, Holland | member Team-Ada




      reply	other threads:[~1998-05-01  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-04-25  0:00 Timing Ada programs using the DEC UNIX microtimer kernel option David Coote
1998-04-25  0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1998-04-26  0:00   ` Jonathan Stone
1998-04-26  0:00     ` David Coote
1998-04-28  0:00     ` Jeffrey Mogul
1998-04-27  0:00 ` Juan Zamorano Flores
1998-05-01  0:00   ` Short DOSish note (was Re: Timing Ada programs using the DEC UNIX microtimer kernel option) John M. Mills
1998-05-01  0:00     ` Jerry van Dijk [this message]
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