From: Unigni <unigni AT zaynar DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Simple timer question...
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 17:22:42 +0100
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I'm about to start writing a game with DJGPP and Allegro. However, I
don't have much experience with either, so I was wondering how to get a
timer in milliseconds, so that each game loop would take 100
milliseconds -- NOT doing stuff and *then* waiting 100 milliseconds.
In QBasic (which I normally use), I'd do something like:

  time! = TIMER
  [do stuff here]
  WHILE time! + .1 > TIMER: WEND

Any help will be gratefully appreciated!
-- 
Philip Taylor
philip @ zaynar . demon . co . uk
http://www.zaynar.demon.co.uk/atr - Programming robots!