Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:58:38 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Lester Davis <ringo1 AT bellsouth DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: timing in u sec range
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On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Lester Davis wrote:

> is it possible to do timing in hundreds of micro seconds. I need to do
> something, wait 300 u secs then do something else.I'm using a 133 mhz
> pentium.

There's `usleep', but it only supports the default PC 54-millisecond
granularity.  To wait 300 usec, you will need to write a loop that
calls `uclock' and tests its value.  `uclock' returns a count that has
a 840 nanosecond granularity.