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Pascal/Delphi Source File
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1994-08-25
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{
PN>Hi, Steve. I know this has been asked before, but am thinking
>of using TicksSinceMidnight which is at memory location $0040:006C
>as you say. Ny question is to what kind of type (size) variable should
>I assign this to, and how many bytes are reserved for this number?
>$0040:006C .. $0040:006D ????
>word? longint? integer?
.
60 * 60 * 24 = 86400 seconds per day. . . a longint is needed.
}
var
TickSinceMidnight : longint ABSOLUTE $0040:$006c;
{
BTW, that second $ is important :)
>I appreciate your help. I'm going to try to get a 10ths seconds
>counter going by test-running the number of ticks in a second. Or words
>to that effect.
There are approximately 18.2 ticks per second (thanks, Spock :)
}