Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 20:06:25 10/23/99
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On October 23, 1999 at 20:19:39, Carl McClain Morris, Jr. wrote: >On October 23, 1999 at 19:55:51, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On October 23, 1999 at 18:58:30, Carl McClain Morris, Jr. wrote: >> >>>I have noticed an irregular digital clock on my Fritz 532 and Hiarcs 732 during >>>play. The clock will sometimes countdown skipping a second every 10-15 seconds >>>or so. Can you please advise as to how I can correct this? >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Cj Morris >> >>No idea, but does it skip the second in "real time", e.g. if you follow with a >>stopwatch, the times become and stay different? Or is it just that occasionally >>it will only be updated in around 2 seconds instead of one? >> >>Dave > > > >Dave: > >It does not lose any "real time": I have timed it with a stopwatch. But it will >do the following, say in a blitz game-- 09:53 09:52 09:50 09:49 09:47, etc. But >in a minutes time I don't lose any "real time". Is this the DOS affect in >windows or is there some adjustment I need to make? > >Thanks, > >Cj My guess as to what is happening is that it tries to update the clock once a second, but what happens is sometimes it updates a little too early, or a little too late. So it updates twice on the same number, but the real time isn't ever lost, and so it corrects itself later. Assuming my guess is correct, I doubt there's anything you can do about it. What the developers could do is have the program update the clock a little more frequently. Twice as often would be good enough for you to see each number go by, though sometimes it might stick around for 1.5 seconds or 0.5 seconds for exactly the same reason that you see a number stick around for 2 seconds or 0 seconds (never shows up) now. They might have to do it ten times a second before a human never noticed a problem. Of course, time spent updating the display is not time spent crunching positions. Dave
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