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to: mark lewis
from: David Noon
date: 1996-12-05 22:54:00
subject: Magic code for DosSleep

On Sunday, 96/12/01, mark lewis wrote to David Noon about "Magic code
for DosSleep" as follows:

ml>  DN> zero under Warp. It is no longer the number of milliseconds for
ml>  DN> DosSleep() to suspend the VDM.
ml> 
ml> "no longer" as in "this is how it was in v2.x but not in 
ml> v3.x and now different again in v4.x" ???  hummm... time to 
ml> start checking the OS version before loading AX and/or 
ml> deciding which call to give up... hummm 

Hi Mark,

This is correct. In 2.x it was the number of msec, but in 3.0 the AX
register must be zero otherwise the call is ignored.

ml>  DN> However, it still doesn't work in a VMB session. [Mutter, mutter]
ml>  DN> [Note that that is "mutter" in English, not a
reference to my
ml>  DN> mother in German. ... :-) ]
ml> 
ml> does grumble mean anything in another language? > i 
ml> use it instead of muttering, LOL!

It means something in British/Australian rhyming slang: the full term
is "grumble 'n' grunt". ... ;-)

Regards

Dave


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