>>Along these lines, I'm confused about how BeOS can have >>_micro_second resolution with commands like microsleep(), yet have >>a 3ms scheduler quantum. Perhaps someone could explain these >>things in a newsletter?? > >Easy, it does not have a 3ms scheduler quantum. > >Quoting Manuel (the indented text was the question asked): <snip> >So, there you go. I too am curious about how the scheduler works, but the above quote doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me (time based callout queue? wha?). If there is another explanation available somewhere, I'd sure like to see it. Rudyatek