From:	Clemens Valens <c DOT valensNOc DOT SPAM AT mindless DOT com DOT invalid>
Subject:	Allegro slows down PC clock?
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Date:	Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:36:18 -0700
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When I arrived this morning at the office, my PC clock had the correct
time. Today I spend most of the day in DOS, programming using RHIDE,
DJGPP and Allegro. At the end of the day my PC clock was about 1 hour
and 25 minutes behind.

I haven't used any timer routines or interrupts in my program myself
(that is, not that I know of), but I did use Allegro for mouse and
graphics support.

To get a mouse pointer on the screen with Allegro you have to install
the timer module (according to the Allegro docs). Does this slow down
the PC clock? If so, how can I pre-/circum-vent this? Or is it maybe
due to all the debugging I did today (a lot), i.e. a lot of installing
and uninstalling Allegro?

Any enlightment would be appreciated.

Clemens


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