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From: reynhout@cs.uri.edu (Andrew Reynhout)
Subject: Re: TicksCount
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.092513.14329@cs.uri.edu>
Organization: University of Rhode Island, Computer Science Dept.
References: <5721@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1991 09:25:13 GMT

In article <5721@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi> aku@tik.vtt.fi (Arto Kujala) writes:
>Is there a way to get more accurate time than function TickCount
>gives?
>
>1/100 sec precision would be appropriate.

   Unfortunately, you'd need discrete hardware to do this.  The Mac gets its
clock signals from the 60Hz AC input.  Of course, it would be very *simple*
hardware...perhaps there is something out there.

   Hmm.  In europe, where the freq of the AC is 50Hz, does TickCount() have a
1/50sec resolution?
-- 
   <reynhout@cs.uri.edu>
