[fpc-pascal]Re: Interrupt 08

[Balogh, Karoly (Charlie/iNQ)]

Hi,

On 20-Jun-01, Peter Beisel wrote:

> I want to hook timer interrupt Int08. I have to use the hardware
> interrupt 08 instead of software interrupt 1C, since the timer 
> frequency ist increased from 18,2 to 1000 Hz. Therefore the 
> interrupt must be chainded to the old interrupt service routine 
> every 55 times.
> I tried this in several variations but the only result are system
> crashes in several variations.

Yes, i also had crashes with linking the old IRQ code into the new
one. So i wrote a new protected mode routine to update the RTC at 
18.2hz. The RTC update routine is based on a real BIOS source, and
already tested with a lot of systems, and works OK. 

> Who can help with a running example?

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I've wrote a moduleplayer for FPC, but it's timer system is available
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The timer unit has its own API, which allows you to run a lot of 
timers at different frequency, but still updates the RTC at 18.2hz. 
If it still not satisfy your needs, you can write your own, based 
on it.

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