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- From: Todd_Lewis@unc.edu (Todd M. Lewis)
- Subject: Re: Arexx question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.160448.17530@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:04:48 GMT
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- In article <73229@cup.portal.com> plav@cup.portal.com (Rick M Plavnicky)
- writes:
- >Huh? What about doing a
- > call delay(ticks)
- >in your ARexx code? ticks is 50 or 60 per second, depending on your
- >machine's ``orientation''[...]
-
- This is a common misconception. Delay()'s ticks are always 1/50sec
- regardless of your machine's "orientation" (NTSC or PAL). Delay() is
- not tied to the video display.
- --
- _/_/_/ _/ Todd_Lewis@unc.edu You can lead a horse to
- _/ _/ utoddl@guitar.oit.unc.edu Mohammad, but you can't make
- _/ _/_/_/ a mountain drink a mole hill.
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