From:	"Andrew Francis" <lpontiac AT bigpond DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Allegro Timers
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The Allegro timer constantly reprograms the timer, so the timer routine is
called whenever it is needed.

Alex Mendes da Costa wrote in message <3855E31B DOT BC87DB40 AT virtualis DOT com>...
>Hi All.
>
>Can someone please explain to me how Allegro uses multiple timers while
>at the same time keeping to BIOS timer going right?
>If you have one timer at 18.2 times a second and another at 100 times a
>sec how does Allegro call them both accurately?
>
>Thanks,
>Alex MDC

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