Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 13:47:33 +0200
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> From: tronic2 AT sci DOT fi DOT don'tSPAMmeBUTremoveTHIS (Lasse Krkkinen / Tronic)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 23:07:12 GMT
> 
> What do you think, could I get more accurate times by using RTC
> (instead of Allegro's timer) and a bit longer period?

On Windows, definitely.

> Allegro's timer almost stops on alt-tab -switch to another window. 

It's a Windows misfeature: a DOS box that doesn't have focus gets only
a small percent of timer tick interrupts.