From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: read a character string from a serial port ......
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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:55:45 GMT
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:50:04 +0300 (IDT), Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>
>On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Florent wrote:
>
>>   while  (inportb(b+STATUS) & 1) {
>>         inportb(b+STATUS);
>>         string[i] = inportb (b);
>>         i++;
>>         string[i]=NULL;
>>         delay(1);
>>   };
>
>Why are you delaying the execution for 55 milliseconds (1 clock tick)?

Doesn't delay(1) wait 1 millisecond by reading the 8254?  Or does it
round to the nearest clock tick?


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