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Article #14832Re: A seperate timer
From: Gary Klein
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 00:00
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We want to keep time on an IBM-PC which will not be vulnereable to a System administartor changing the System clock. I'm thinking there might be another register somewhere that you can use which will count milliseconds. Thanks Gary Steve Schafer (TeamB) wrote in message <37a63d0c.68207641@90.0.0.40>... >On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:55:04 -0500, "Jason Singer" ><jintsjason@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > >>I'm trying to create a timer which is independent of the system clock. Does >>anyone know of a way to use a register as a millisecond timer which is >>seperate from the system clock, on a PC? > >I don't understand what "independent of the system clock" is supposed >to mean in this context. Time is time; if 142 milliseconds pass on >your clock, 142 will have also passed on the system clock (discounting >relativistic effects that arise from relative motion, of course). > >So, what do you _really_ want to do? > >-Steve >
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