diff -r f27ca37b6e7a -r a05e8b30c024 runtime/plc_Win32_main.c
--- a/runtime/plc_Win32_main.c	Fri Feb 22 19:04:01 2008 +0100
+++ b/runtime/plc_Win32_main.c	Sun Feb 24 02:06:42 2008 +0100
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <windows.h>
 
+int localcount = 0;
+
 void timer_notify()
 {
    struct _timeb timebuffer;
-   printf(".");
+   if(++localcount % 50 == 0){
+	   printf("PLC tick : %d\n",localcount);
+	   fflush(stdout);
+	   }
 
    _ftime( &timebuffer );
    __CURRENT_TIME.tv_sec = timebuffer.time;