Software INTs to PDS

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 04-17-92 (10:17)             Number: 53
From: MATT HART                    Refer#: NONE
  To: CORIDON HENSHAW               Recvd: NO  
Subj: Software INTs to PDS           Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
 CH> I need a program the respons to the timer tick interrupt from
 CH> BASIC, is there any way to have a BASIC program running under QBX

Use ON TIMER (TimerNum&) GOSUB WhereEver

This can distinguish by the second.  For higher resolution,
you'd have to go to assembly, perhaps creating a interrupt
intercept for the timer tick (18.2 times per second) and
calling SetUEvent in the assembly code, with an ON UEVENT
GOSUB WhereEver.
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