From:	Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: how to make a Timer
Date:	Tue, 11 Feb 2003 09:05:11 CST
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> Now, the only case when the tsc would be unavailable under Windows XP would
> be when WinXP specifically disables access to the tsc, as Windows XP will
> only run on a Pentium class or better cpu. (Do you know of any 486's that
> run at 233MHz?)

Windows 2000 and Windows XP are difficult to distinguish from Windows NT;
and Windows NT did support older CPUs.

However, if you could provide a working code example I'd be happy to put
it into the DJGPP library.

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