Re: [Freedos-devel] Re: Format 0.91r and FreeCOM sound tests

2004-07-30 Thread tom ehlert
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) >>

Re: [Freedos-devel] Re: Format 0.91r and FreeCOM sound tests

2004-07-30 Thread Steffen Kaiser
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

[Freedos-devel] Re: Format 0.91r and FreeCOM sound tests

2004-07-30 Thread Eric Auer
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