my win2K system simply just changes the time to what
ever is set - the clock jumps.  But as I said, this
issue has NOTHING to do with the PC and I am truely
sorry for even mentioning it.

I'm not sure the tag is correct on this thread now....

Phil "I don't need no stinkin PC clock" Barrett

 
--- "Alan B. Pearce" <A.B.Pearce@rl.ac.uk> wrote:
> >  You sure about that?
> >More likely it adjusts the software clock tics by
> adding or dropping
> >them as needed. The HARDWARE tic clock is not
> tweakable in a PC.
> >(Ok, it is, but not very granular, and not with a
> system API.
> >It is VERY hardware specific.
> >14.31818 Mhz/12/65536 =18.20650736 Hz system tic
> rate.)
> 
> That is under all the DOS based systems. My
> understanding is that the NT
> based systems change the divisor to something like a
> 1mS tick.
> 
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