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In article <1991Mar14.040625.13212@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Timothy.Litton@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Tim Litton) writes:
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>In article <1991Mar7.025205.9213@qualcomm.com>,
>rdippold@maui.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>|> In article <1991Mar6.145414.8747@uwovax.uwo.ca>
>|> bangarth@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
>|> >Researchers here are looking for some facility to measure time with
>|> 1 ms. 
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>Don't try this!!!
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>Your system clock is dependent on that timer, so are most of your I/O
>devices for time outs!  Personally, I would put up the +/- 5ms
>inaccuracy then try this!

Nonsense. You intercept the interrupt vector with your own routine, then
call the regular interrupt once every N times. Everything works, except
you eat up more CPU time handling all the extra interrupts. Basic does
exactly this - it reprograms the timer to interrupt four times faster
in order to produce more accurate timing for sound.
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Dept. of Physics (303)492-6829                             -Laurie Anderson
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