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Date: | Thu, 29 Mar 2001 22:04:38 +0200 |
From: | "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
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To: | sarahann DOT jackson AT ntlworld DOT com (Kevan Roberts) |
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Subject: | Re: DJGPP Interrupt programs running under Win98 Console |
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> From: sarahann DOT jackson AT ntlworld DOT com (Kevan Roberts) > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:51:25 +0100 > > I am experiencing some strange effects with djgpp interrupt handler > program running under a DOS Console window in Windows 98: > > I have chained my own interrupt handler onto the timer and keyboard > interrupt - but the interrupt routine only seems to get called when the > console running the program is running in the foreground. This is a Windows ``feature'': only a program that is in the foreground gets the timer interrupts. Programs which run in the background get only a very small portion (about 10%) of the timer interrupts. That's multitasking, Bill Gates style.
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