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Re: Subtracting times

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From Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>
Subject Re: Subtracting times
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Date Thu, 23 Apr 2020 21:23:51 +0100
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On 23 Apr in article
<6667d647-6873-488d-8a39-ed15086e185a@googlegroups.com>,
   <jeffrey.a.doggett@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Indeed. But what happens when the 5-byte hex times are...
> >     start time =  58 00 00 04 00
> >     end time   =  57 00 00 05 00
> > gives x100 ... when it should be flagged as negative and duff!

> That would require the judge on the finish line to press his button 
> 35 weeks before the starter presses his button. Cannot happen.

Unfortunately the OP in his first post said...
> I need to reliably detect negative results, which can occur if a
> spurious finish time pulse arrives before a start time.

-- 
Martin Avison 
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  Re: Subtracting times Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> - 2020-02-18 19:11 +0100
    Re: Subtracting times Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2020-02-21 03:28 -0800
      Re: Subtracting times Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2020-02-21 12:45 +0000
      Re: Subtracting times Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2020-02-21 15:17 +0000
        Re: Subtracting times Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2020-02-22 10:37 +0000
          Re: Subtracting times Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2020-02-25 16:05 +0000
            Re: Subtracting times Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2020-02-25 16:35 +0000
              Re: Subtracting times Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2020-02-27 17:10 +0000
                Re: Subtracting times Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2020-02-27 10:06 -0800
                Re: Subtracting times Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2020-02-28 11:21 +0000
                Re: Subtracting times jeffrey.a.doggett@gmail.com - 2020-04-22 12:00 -0700
                Re: Subtracting times Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2020-04-23 00:07 +0100
                Re: Subtracting times jeffrey.a.doggett@gmail.com - 2020-04-23 03:13 -0700
                Re: Subtracting times Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2020-04-23 18:01 +0100
                Re: Subtracting times "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2020-04-23 18:06 +0100
                Re: Subtracting times jeffrey.a.doggett@gmail.com - 2020-04-23 11:18 -0700
                Re: Subtracting times Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2020-04-23 21:23 +0100
                Re: Subtracting times David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2020-04-24 15:24 +0100
                Re: Subtracting times David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2020-04-23 20:57 +0100
        Re: Subtracting times jgh@mdfs.net - 2020-02-23 17:39 -0800
          Re: Subtracting times Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2020-02-24 10:23 +0000
            Re: Subtracting times Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2020-02-24 11:12 +0000
              Re: Subtracting times Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2020-02-24 13:05 +0000
  Re: Subtracting times Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2020-02-19 08:35 +0000
    Re: Subtracting times Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2020-02-19 10:03 +0000
      Re: Subtracting times Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2020-02-19 13:04 +0000
        Re: Subtracting times Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2020-02-19 16:41 +0000
          Re: Subtracting times jgh@mdfs.net - 2020-02-19 12:01 -0800
      Re: Subtracting times Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2020-02-23 20:46 +0000
  Re: Subtracting times Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2020-02-19 23:54 +0000
    Re: Subtracting times Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2020-02-20 11:18 +0000

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