From:	Jose Manuel Lopez-Cepero <sigma AT ctv DOT es>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Actual timing on different computers.
Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 1997 20:24:38 +0200
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Hi Henri!

Henri Ossi wrote:
 
> How can I check the machines speed with Allegro?
> If I make the game with my P133 and someone plays it
> with a 486 DX2, it runs in different speed.

> It would be great to have a variable like this:
 
> if(one_second_elapsed == TRUE){

You can do that very easily with Allegro´s timer function. Just do
something like:

int one_second_elapsed;

void inthandle() { one_second_elapsed++; }
END_OF_FUNCTION(inthandle);

int main() {
...
LOCK_VARIABLE(one_second_elapsed);
LOCK_FUNCTION(inthandle);

allegro_init();
install_timer();
install_int(inthandle,1000); // 1000 ms = 1s

// From now on one_second_elapsed gets incremented every second
...

}

To time a second from an exact point:

one_second_elapsed=0;
while (!one_second_elapsed); // Hang out, because the above line won't
                             // (99% sure) be executed on an exact
                             // second, I mean, think about what goes
                             // on if you set it to 0 when an interrupt
                             // has happened .3 sec ago... this line 
                             // will hang .7 sec to keep sychronization.

// Now an 1 sec interrupt has just happened

one_second_elapsed=0;
while (!one_second_elapsed){
 // Whatever
}

If you desperately need to time a second without using the above time
lag you should think about setting a timer int every, say, 10 ms and
check when it gets to 100 after zeroing it... you would then have an .01
sec accuracy.

> I just cant use the timing functions properly, silly me.

:-)

Hope it does help
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