Re: [psychtoolbox] PC doing other things while I'm trying to test!

Daniel Rowan wrote:

>Allen
>
>Thanks for the advice. Prioritizing the entire code to level 2 has
>definately helped. In addition, I noticed the PC I was using was
>networked and it slowed down when other users attempted to print
>anything. However, I am now using a different PC in a different place
>without the networking problem (disconnecting from the newtwork wouldn't
>have helped as the matlab was on the network!).
>
I wonder if being connected to the network alone is sufficient to cause
a slowdown, or do you have to both be connected to the network and load
Matlab from a remote server to see the slowdown ?

>
>Having run a number of 'calibration' checks, I have found that the
>MATLAB function PAUSE to be extremely unreliable. I have been using
>this to produce inter-stimulus intervals. Are you aware of any
>alternative functions?
>
WaitSecs.

Best,

Allen