From:	"Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Musenet@pineight.8m.com>
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Subject:	Re: Allegro -- midi speed
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"Rob McCrea" <r_mccrea AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
> I recently started learning C++, using djgpp and Allegro.  This stuff
rules.
>
> I had been using:
>     i_love_bill=FALSE;  // disable speed control
> Took me a few hours to figure out the reason why midis were playing at
> hyper-speed.
>
> What's the work around for this?  How can I make midis play
> at normal speed on different computers, while the rest or the
> program runs at maximum speed?
> -- purpose being for turn-based games.

Leave i_love_bill on. Your program will still run fast.

> I'm also curious why it works this way.

Windows either returns garbage or crashes when a DOS
program tries to use advanced timer techniques.


Damian Yerrick

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