FAQ / App notes v3.0: Timing on the PC under DOS

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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.

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1/1/1900

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Brill.... Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2002

Although it may seem a bit overpowering at first,
if you know more-or-less what you're looking for,
this is INCREDIBLY useful. I recommend reading up on timing from another, less substantial tutorial first. Once you've got the basic gist of how it works, give this a read.

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