Date:	Fri, 30 Sep 1994 14:15:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Edwin Phillips <flaregun AT strauss DOT udel DOT edu>
To:	"Victor K. Chu" <victor AT euler DOT Berkeley DOT EDU>
Cc:	DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: accuracy of clock()

On Thu, 29 Sep 1994, Victor K. Chu wrote:

> Dear DJGPP Users,
> 
> It seems to me that the accuracy we can get from the time() 
> function is only 1/18.2 second (about 55 mili-seconds), even 
> though CLOCKS_PER_SEC is defined as 1000000 in time.h.
> 
> I wonder if anyone knows that there is any way to get a more
> accurate time?
> 
> Thanks,
> Victor Chu
> 

	Check the archives of the list... there were two posts of a timer 
reading function.  The C version is called hrtimer.c, which is based on 
the original ASM routines called timer16() and timer32().  timer32() reads 
the time-clock chip at a resolution of roughly 1 microsecond.  I recently 
compiled the C version with v1.12m2 and they work.  I'll dig up the 
original post(s) if you'd like.

	Ed

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