Re: Help spawning a simple task

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From: Andy Finkel
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1988 17:01

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In article <645@cord.UUCP> nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock) writes:
>
>Wow, I had no idea, and confirmed by the RKM no less.  What's Delay() doing
>in dos.library?
>

Delay() is just a call on the timer.device.  You can call the timer.device
itself from a task to get the same effect.

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andy finkel		{uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy
Commodore-Amiga, Inc.

"Possibly this is a new usage of the word 'compatible' with which
 I was previously unfamiliar"

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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
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Subject: Re: Help spawning a simple task
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Date: 29 Dec 88 17:01:03 GMT
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