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pctim003.zip FAQ / App notes: Timing on the PC under DOS
This archive contains a technical document useful to PC programmers,
with many sample programs. The document covers timing and related
subjects on the IBM PC family under DOS. Subjects include BIOS and
DOS functions, the BIOS tick count, hardware interrupts, timer tick
interrupts, Port B, the 8253/8254 timer, speeding up the timer tick,
dynamic tick periods, simulated vertical retrace interrupt, double
and triple buffering, absolute timestamping, the RTC, other timing
methods, reading the joystick, PWM sound generation. Freeware.
13400 lines, PC ASCII, 340K ZIP file. Release 3, February 1996.
Author: Kris Heidenstrom, kheidens@actrix.gen.nz.