From: Yamaha / XYZZ <scriven AT CS DOT ColoState DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: delay() problem
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:12:27 -0700
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Kuang-Chun Cheng wrote:
>      The delay() declared at dos.h does not work very well on the following

> I must reboot the system to get the correct delay() rate for about 30 sec
> and then it slow down again.   Does anyone have similar behavior???  What's
> wrong here???   Thanks a lot.

I've had odd problems with delay, too.  I have no idea why.

The problem I've had is that sometimes delay freezes the computer
completely.  It doesn't matter if I call delay(1) or delay(10000000),
because the function apparently locks up somehow.  The only way I've
been able to get out is either by using the reset button (if in DOS) or
by making windows kill it.

The problem goes away if I remove all object files and recompile the
entire project.  (and no, I'm not having any hard drive corruption
problems)

The hardware/software I've got (or had, until I upgraded) is:
Win95 4.0.1111 (does the same thing in plain DOS, too).
486/66 (intel), 16MB RAM.


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