From:	leathm AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au (Leath Muller)
Message-Id:	<199704220642.QAA24091@solwarra.gbrmpa.gov.au>
Subject:	Re: delay() function
To:	sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu
Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 1997 16:42:51 +1000 (EST)
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To:	<335be8f0.sandmann@clio.rice.edu> from "Charles Sandmann" at Apr 21, 97 10:23:44 pm

> > Sometimes, delay() really slows it down. I put delay(1) (1 msec delay) and 
> > the result is REALLY SLOW. Is it because win95 just sucks or am I doing 
> > something wrong??
 
> It's because win95 just really sucks.
 
Short and sweet... :)  Win95 does timing differently (and painfully) and
(according to Microsoft) your supposed to use the Multi Media timers... of
course, this doesn't help you with DOS programs... (and NT 4.0 is worse... :)

Leathal.

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