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Re: [colorforth] precision delay


Mark Slicker wrote:

> yet in colorForth? My own use in my graphics initialization requires a
> greater than or equal to 200 microsecond delay, and also a 100 millisecond
> delay. I noticed in Linux they use a udelay routine quite frequently

For delays in the msec range I would consider a multi-tasking-save
version, what does not block the other tasks (as a simple loop does).

All in all it's bad hardware design, better use a status flag if
initialized.

-- 
Bernd

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