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to: BRIAN MCCLOUD
from: GLEN MCNABB
date: 1997-03-22 18:40:00
subject: NOP and clocks...

Hi Brian,
BM> GM>        Generally to make an NOP a more accurate timer you must sample
BM> GM>the nmenonic against a reference. The timer is a good one.
BM> If you want to delay a specific number of clock ticks, this should work
BM> about
BM> Neither of those is very dependent on processor speed.  Both of them 
ould
BM> take just about as long on any 80x86 processor (+/- a few microseconds at
BM> most).
Accurate enough for me ...... For the most part, I don't ever user
a NOP while programming. I do use it for "embelishing software". :)
Glen....
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