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Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 08:29:42 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:

> Does it spin-wait, or does it call _dpmi_yield()?

Neither.  It calls DOS directly and then waits inside the DOS call.

If you want to wait nicely, use `select'.

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