DM>     I need help with a thread who's sole task is to 
 DM> count seconds from 60 down 
 DM> to 1. Seems simple enough, use DosTimerAsync. No matter...

DosTimerAsync() is a 16bit OS/2 function,  so you have to use the 16bit
DosCreateSem() to use it.

What you want to do would be much easier with DosSleep.

        for(i=0; i<60; i++)
            DosSleep(1000);

This all be "about" 60 seconds.  If you need more precision,  use
DosStartTimer(),  which does contain a 32bit sample in the online
ref,and/or use DosSleep() and DosQuerySysInfo(QSV_MS_COUNT ..) in
conjunction:

 static ULONG now(void) /* return millisecond timer */
 {
     APIRET rc;
     ULONG ms=0;
     rc = DosQuerySysInfo(QSV_MS_COUNT,QSV_MS_COUNT, &ms, sizeof(ms));
     if(rc){
         printf("sys%04u: DosQuerySysInfo error", rc);
         return(0);
     }
     return ms;
 }

 thread()
 {

     ULONG start = now();
     ULONG n;
     do{
        DosSleep(500);
        n = now();
     }while((n > start) /* check for counter wrap, every 19.8 days */
            && (n - start) < 60000);
 }




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