desilets@ra.src.umd.edu (Mark Edward Desilets) (10/03/90)
Dear Unixpersons, First of all, if any of these forums (fora?) are inappropriate for my query, then I apologize in advance. Next, my question: I am writing a real-time control program to record sensor measurements and servo a robotic hand. I have been using the interval timer for scheduling events. Is there any (probably system dependent) way to schedule events more frequently than once every 10 milliseconds? For context, I am working on a HP 9000 Series 800 machine... I don't mind writing my own real-time routine to monitor the machine's hardware clock, if that is possible. So if any of you have experience doing this, or even if you don't but desire to opine, please commence. BTW, e-mail would be preferred, but I shall surely be attuned to these frequencies for the next several days. Thanks, Mark
jkimble@bally.Bally.COM (The Programmer Guy) (10/16/90)
In article <1990Oct3.160636.28757@ra.src.umd.edu> desilets@ra.src.umd.edu (Mark Edward Desilets) writes: >Dear Unixpersons, > > First of all, if any of these forums (fora?) are inappropriate > for my query, then I apologize in advance. Don't be silly. Since the reorganization of the comp.unix.* groups, standard operating procedure is to cross-post to every available question/answer group on The Net. This creates the effect of one "virtual" group which is sorta like virtual memory and we all know that's part of UNIX internals so it's correct to post to comp.unix.internals. And since any UNIX programmer worth his salt (see crypt()) knows about virtual anything, the article *must* find its way to comp.unix.programmer. :-) :-) The comp.unix.* reorg has about the same effect as building everything in /etc, /bin, and /usr/bin into the kernel and then pinning the SOB. Sorry, Mark. I don't mean this to be a flame at you because your article has enough merit to belong in the groups you've selected (seriously). I'm really flaming The Institution for what this wonderful reorganization has done the net. -- --Jim Kimble, jkimble@bally.bally.com Consulting for Bally Systems uunet!bally!jkimble "ALPO is 99 cents a can. That's over SEVEN dog dollars!!"