Re: On the subject of date/time....

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From: sansom
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1987 18:42

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In article <4313@utah-cs.UUCP> sandra@utah-cs.UUCP (Sandra J Loosemore) writes:
>Is there a recommended way to get a time value with a higher resolution
>than 2 seconds, as returned by Tgettime()?

The easiest way is to get the value of the system 200 hz clock at location
$04ba.  It's in a "protected" part of memory, so you'll have to access it in
supervisor mode.  If you need any more help, let me know and I'll send you
a simple routine which returns the current value.

-Rich

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Subject: Re: On the subject of date/time....
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Date: Sun, 22-Feb-87 13:42:46 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 22 13:42:46 1987
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Keywords: high-resolution clock

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