Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 16:33:42 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: Jan Hubicka <hubicka AT ta DOT jcu DOT cz>
cc: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: exact timing and allegro timers
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On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Jan Hubicka wrote:

[..]
> Only what handling routine does in increasing counter.
> BTW Linux does support high resolution time. So it is possible.
> Only timer modes in allegro causes problems

Well, under Linux time is only to 1/100th of a second. Besides, the jiffy
count is updated in the kernel, and everything else uses that -- you don't
need to install your own interrupt handler for timing purposes, you just
read the number of jiffies. Unlike in DOS, I guess.

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