Or "timeout 10" in a batch file... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Ingham Sent: Thursday, 25 February 2016 5:45 pm To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DUG] [computing] 16 bit compiler and Ancient Mariners
On 25/02/2016 4:47 p.m., John Bird wrote: > I have some legacy software that requires DOSBOX (DOS emulator to run > 16 bit > software) when running on 64 bit Windows. > > I would like to add some Delphi addons already written, mainly > console/command line apps, but all the versions of these I currently > have, (built with Delphi 5/6/2007) say simply This program requires > Win32 to run, ie they are 32 bit compiled even as console apps. > > Is there any option in Delphi to compile for 16 bit OS or do I have to > find Delphi 1 or 2 or whichever was the last 16 bit version? (have > D2007 and versions up to Seattle) > > One of the main things I want is to have a command to sleep for 10 > seconds without Clobbering the CPU - exactly what sleep(10000) would do - on > Win32 > it uses a WIn32 API. If there is no 16 bit equivalent, ie no > implementation of sleep() in 16 bit Delphi, then I would like to know. > > This question is mainly for other ancient mariners out there who like > me lived through a lot more of IT history than they like to admit. > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] > with Subject: unsubscribe > I'm presuming you want a command-line command you can call from a batch script. On systems with TCP/IP networking, you can use a ping to an address you know does not exist to simulate a Sleep (the subnet must exist). e.g: "ping 192.168.253 -n 1 -w 2000" for a 2 second delay or "ping 192.168.253 -n 1 -w 10000" for 10 seconds. Regards _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe
