Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:11:45 +0300 (IDT)
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On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how accurate is gettimeofday()?

55ms, of course: it gets the time from the DOS function 2Ch (as is
clear from looking at the sources ;-).

To solve your problem, either reprogram timer 2 (instead of the system
timer 0, like `uclock' does) and use it in the same way as `uclock';
or program the CMOS clock to generate interrupt 70h every 976.6
microseconds and install a handler that counts these interrupts.