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Pascal routines are described for several real-time operations on Macintosh computers. Methods are presented for millisecond timing and for high-speed transfer of arbitrary bit-image displays to the screen. All routines are based on Toolbox procedures available on virtually all Macintosh computers.
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This work has been supported in part by the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Integrated Computer Systems Research, and by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (via R. J. Woodham). The author would like to thank James T. Enns of the Department of Psychology for his encouragement and help, without which this paper could not have been written. Eric Ochs provided useful feedback on earlier drafts, and Jack Moxness supplied code that helped clarify the functioning of slots. Many thanks also to Bob Woodham of the Department of Computer Science for his support.
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Rensink, R.A. Toolbox-based routines for Macintosh timing and display. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 22, 105–117 (1990). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203129
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