JW>   a C timer function that will advance every second.
   Depending on your platform and environment, this may help:
/*_|_|   TIMEDATE.C   PUBLIC DOMAIN   Kurt Kuzba   1/10/97
_|_|_|   Simple clock routine for C.   */
#include 
#include 
#include 
int main(void)
{
   time_t Time = time(&Time);
   char Time_Date[26], display[32];
   int dsp;
   do {
      Time = time(&Time);
      sprintf(Time_Date, "%s", ctime(&Time));
      Time_Date[24] = '\0';
      sprintf(display, " [ %s ] ", Time_Date);
      dsp = 0;
      while(display[dsp])
      {
         *((unsigned short far*)0xb8000064 + dsp) =
            (((7 << 4) + 1) << 8) + (255 & display[dsp]);
         dsp++;
      }
   }  while(!kbhit());
   while(kbhit())
      getch();
   return 0;
}
/*_|_|   end   TIMEDATE.C   */

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