Replying to a message from James Vahn to David Kirschbaum,
About Constant speed, On Tue, Jul 22, 1997
> I've been looking for something like that too, to use with a little
> freeware RC flight sim I got from some authors in Sweden.  I know the
> basic concept: test loops against a system clock to get a relative
> system speed .. but I'm concerned with Windows and other processes
> possibly kicking in right when we're trying to do the speed test and
> throwing our results off.
 JV> The Linux method tests speed at boot time, compares it to the CPU
 JV> family and stashes the timing index (bogomips). But in your case,
 JV> why not a GUI dealy that actively displaying the system speed on a
 JV> sliding bar, and let the user pick a number?  err.. I mean 'click'
 JV> a number.
Is there a programming library for X-Windows?  I've been kinda gathering info 
about Linux, and was wondering.  
  Jon Gentil - jon.gentil@magi.station-1.com - [PGP KeyId:0x3EB376B5]
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