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In article <498bs7$e88@tzlink.j51.com>, David Grossberg <mouse@j51.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to check the clockspeed of a PC.  I'm writing an
> arcade style action game which needs to run at a consistent speed on
> any PC or clone.  I simpy need to check the clock speed of the computer
> at the start of the program and insert an appropriate delay in the
> main loop.  I'm using Borland Turbo C++.

That's a very bad way to try to make your program speed independent
of processor speed!  There are several better ways, using the timer
which is clocked at a fixed speed regardless of the CPU clock rate.
You can find details in my timing FAQ, available via FTP from SimTel
and its mirror sites (e.g. oak.oakland.edu, ftp.gate.net) in the
/SimTel/msdos/info directory, file name pctim002.zip.  Good luck!

Kris
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