Also from that era: Michael Abrash's _Zen_of_Code_Optimization_ (Coriolis, 1994), which contained asm code for a microsecond timer for intervals up to 54 milliseconds. The code manipulated one of the three timers on an Intel 8253 chip. Interrupts had to be turned off That's it, I think. This sounds very familiar. I didn't know of
while the timer was running. That's okay in DOS, but wouldn't this be a problem in Linux? (I haven't had a chance to do much with Linux, If anyone has the answer to that, I would like to know. Will Linux
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 06:58:34 -0500
From: Damon Register