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- From: Ulrik Van Schepdael <dima@tornado.be>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Help needed! Borlandc delay
- Date: 13 Feb 1996 22:38:56 GMT
- Organization: Tornado News Processing System
- Message-ID: <4fr3u0$e9r@tornix.tornado.be>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: port6.zaventem.tornado.be
-
- Hi,
-
-
- I realy need some help here,
- all info would be very appreciated!
-
- It's about the borland delay function,
- (yes, I know, not very accurate, however I use it for 'about' timing)
- we've built a machine using 8 PC's networked together, they all have the same
- configuration (hardware and software)
- on some PC's the delay function simply fails (delay(1000)=delay(0))
- so they don't wait anymore, execution is not delayed!
- rebooting the computer helps sometimes,
- renewing the board solves the problem...
- for some time, then it starts all over again.
-
- I've replaced about everything in the damn PC's, nothing helps,
- except when I change the location of an DIO card from one ISA to another.
-
- Question: How does the delay works?
- could there be a bug in the system BIOS?
- (had some trouble finding the right settings, they changed the version without
- changing the manual...)
-
- it's a board with SIS chipset and AWARD BIOS.
-
- Am i wrong to suspect the board?
- Is it possible to 'kill' a board in such a way only the 'delay' function is infected,
- since all the rest still works! The program execution is not infected, it's simply not
- delayed where it should be.
-
- Calibrated loops do solve ones problem, however I want an explenation for my problem.
-
- All help is very appriciated!
-
- Ulrik
-
- DimaTec NV
- Belgium
-
- dima@tornado.be
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-