From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Detecting interrupt on printer port
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:02:25 -0300
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Michel Gallant wrote:

> //global counter
> int counter = 0;

use:
volatile int counter = 0;

You need to do this because DJGPP will likely move counter into a register
during the loop where you print the value in printf.  Setting a variable to
'volatile' forces DJGPP to reload 'counter' from memory every time it is
used.

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