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    {
    PN>Hi, Steve. I know this has been asked before, but am thinking
      >of using TicksSinceMidnight which is at memory location $0040:006C
      >as you say. Ny question is to what kind of type (size) variable should
      >I assign this to, and how many bytes are reserved for this number?
      >$0040:006C ..  $0040:006D  ????
      >word? longint? integer?
                                               .
      60 * 60 * 24 = 86400 seconds per day.   . .  a longint is needed.
    }
      var
        TickSinceMidnight : longint ABSOLUTE $0040:$006c;
    {
      BTW, that second $ is important :)

      >I appreciate your help. I'm going to try to get a 10ths seconds
      >counter going by test-running the number of ticks in a second. Or words
      >to that effect.

      There are approximately 18.2 ticks per second (thanks, Spock :)
    }

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