Hello Steffen,
> The boot menu is used in a DOS session one time at maximum.
and - hopefully - FreeCOM also isn't bping all the time ;)
>> INT 15 - BIOS - WAIT (AT,PS)
>>AH = 86h
>>CX:DX = interval in microseconds
>> Return: CF clear if successful (wait interval elapsed)
>>
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Eric Auer wrote:
You can "HLT" between every two 40[6c] readouts - if you know that there
is no "CLI" state. However, why is it a problem to have CPU-heavy beep?
For example boot menu delay in kernel does not "HLT" either and nobody
except me ever mentioned the "HLT" energy sav
Hi!
> "inp()" and 0x40:0x6c are both CPU-heavy; isn't there some nicier=20
> method???
You can "HLT" between every two 40[6c] readouts - if you know that there
is no "CLI" state. However, why is it a problem to have CPU-heavy beep?
For example boot menu delay in kernel does not "HLT" either and