{ From: h.fricke@laguna.han.de (Hans-Christian Fricke) > Here's some info I've found regarding CPU Speed -- could someone who > knows how to implement assembler in Pascal help me out by converting > this into a procedure or function. Thanks in advance! Wuuuuuaaaa...... try this, it's a LITTLE bit better: } Unit TaktFreq; {$B-,I-,V-,E-,S-,N-,R-,O-,X-,A+} {$IFNDEF DEBUG} {$D-,L-} {$ENDIF} { This unit contains a handy gadget for determining the CPU speed. It is NOT coded for the Pentium family. } Interface Const Cpu8086 = 1; Cpu80286 = 2; Cpu80386 = 3; Cpu80486 = 4; Function WhatCPU : Word; { This function examines the CPU and returns a number corresponding to the CPU type; 1 for 8086, 3 for 80386, etc. This procedure came right out of Neil Rubenking's Turbo Pascal 6.0 Techniques and Utilities (thanx Neil!). } Procedure CPUSpeed(Var MHz, KHz : Word); { This procedure is a ROUGH estimation of how fast the CPU is running in MegaHertz. It was adapted from a C program found in the Intel forum of CIS written by Glenn Dill. I had to do some finagling of the original code because C allows for a 32-bit UNSIGNED integer, whereas Pascal allows for a 32-bit SIGNED integer (the LongInt), therefore, I was forced to reduce all calculations by 10 in order to get it to fit properly. } { ************************************************************************** } Implementation Function WhatCPU; Assembler; Asm { Function WhatCPU } MOV DX,Cpu8086 PUSH SP POP AX CMP SP,AX JNE @OUT MOV DX,Cpu80286 PUSHF POP AX OR AX,4000h PUSH AX POPF PUSHF POP AX TEST AX,4000h JE @OUT MOV DX,Cpu80386 DB 66h; MOV BX,SP { MOV EBX,ESP } DB 66h, 83h, 0E4h, 0FCh { AND ESP,FFFC } DB 66h; PUSHF { PUSHFD } DB 66h; POP AX { POP EAX } DB 66h; MOV CX, AX { MOV ECX,EAX } DB 66h, 35h, 00h DB 00h, 04h, 00 { XOR EAX,00040000 } DB 66h; PUSH AX { PUSH EAX } DB 66h; POPF { POPFD } DB 66h; PUSHF { PUSHFD } DB 66h; POP AX { POP EAX } DB 66h, 25h,00h DB 00h, 04h,00h { AND EAX,00040000 } DB 66h, 81h,0E1h,00h DB 00h, 04h,00h { AND ECX,00040000 } DB 66h; CMP AX,CX { CMP EAX,ECX } JE @Not486 MOV DX, Cpu80486 @Not486: DB 66h; PUSH CX { PUSH ECX } DB 66h; POPF { POPFD } DB 66h; MOV SP, BX { MOV ESP,EBX } @Out: MOV AX, DX End; { Function WhatCPU } Procedure CPUSpeed; Const Processor_cycles : Array [0..4] of Byte = (165, 165, 25, 103, 42); { Notice that here I have defined the 8086 as a Processor type of 0 vice the returned value of 1 from WhatCPU. Since the original code did not distinguish between the 8086 and the 80186, I can get away with this. } Var Ticks, Cycles, CPS : LongInt; Which_CPU : Word; Function i86_to_i286 : Word; Assembler; Asm { Function i86_to_i286 } CLI MOV CX, 1234 XOR DX, DX XOR AX, AX MOV AL, $B8 OUT $43, AL IN AL, $61 OR AL, 1 OUT $61, AL XOR AL, AL OUT $42, AL OUT $42, AL XOR AX, AX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IDIV CX IN AL, $42 MOV AH, AL IN AL, $42 XCHG AL, AH NEG AX STI End; { Function i86_to_i286 } Function i386_to_i486 : Word; Assembler; Asm { Function i386_to_i486 } CLI MOV AL, $B8 OUT $43, AL IN AL, $61 OR AL, 1 OUT $61, AL XOR AL, AL OUT $42, AL OUT $42, AL DB 66H,$B8,00h,00h,00h,80h; DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } DB 66H,0FH,$BC,$C8; { BSF ECX, EAX } IN AL, 42H MOV AH, AL IN AL, 42H XCHG AL, AH NEG AX STI End; { Function i386_to_486 } Begin { Procedure CPUSpeed } Which_CPU := WhatCPU; If Which_cpu < 3 Then Ticks := i86_to_i286 Else Ticks := i386_to_i486; Cycles := 20 * Processor_cycles[Which_CPU]; CPS := (Cycles * 119318) Div Ticks; MHz := CPS Div 100000; KHz := (CPS Mod 100000 + 500) Div 1000 End; { Procedure CPUSpeed } End.