#: 11515 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    28-Jul-91  09:12:34
Sb: #11514-#you better read this
Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
To: PaulSeniura 76476,464

Umm.  First, have you ever heard the expression 'catch more bears with honey'?

My recent response netted your reply, "Well if you'll read the articles I've
posted".... which I had done.  Your uploads have copyright messages to "protect
your ideas", which doesn't exactly induce sharing.   And bluntly, you've been
consistently "pessimistic", while hinting that everyone must care about and/or
answer your questions.

I'm sure you don't mean to sound snappish, but that's the way it comes across.
All great attention grabbers, but none likely to catch more bears, y'see :-)
Nevertheless, let's try again:

 "I've not written any 'useful' code for the timer yet."

Do it.  Sometimes the only way to find the best method, is to try them all.

 "[question about timer]"

Again, experimentation on your own should quickly confirm any details.
Apparently few others have done so yet.  You get to be a pioneer!  :-)

 "[do other OS9 machines use timers]"

I'm sure they do, but I've never seen anything posted, no.  There is a Florida
school where a grad student wrote a MIDI driver for the Atari ST, that probably
does so. However, his stuff is copyrighted and commercial.

 "Do you want me to go off and write some code that your machine may not
accept?  For instance, if I provide a OS9P3 module, and [you already have one]"

Easy.  Try to link to an renamed OS9P4, as you suggested.

 "Even more dangerous: What if I install/use SVC numbers in our timer support"

This is the _least_ of your worries.  Write the code first so that you know
which method you'll use, and ask again then.  I'll be more than happy to take
the time to look up which numbers are "safe".   

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