diff -rauN ascpu-1.9.orig/ascpu.c ascpu-1.9_korseby/ascpu.c
--- ascpu-1.9.orig/ascpu.c	2000-03-09 21:10:25.000000000 +0100
+++ ascpu-1.9_korseby/ascpu.c	2004-09-11 15:46:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@
 	safecopy(window_name, "ascpu", 50);
 	safecopy(display_name, "", 50);
 	safecopy(mainGeometry, "", 50);
-	safecopy(state.bgcolor, "#303030", 50);
-	safecopy(state.fgcolor, "#20b2aa", 50);
+	safecopy(state.bgcolor, "#2e334e", 50);
+	safecopy(state.fgcolor, "#b8ccfd", 50);
 
-	safecopy(sys_color, "", 50);
-	safecopy(nice_color, "", 50);
-	safecopy(user_color, "", 50);
-	safecopy(idle_color, "", 50);
+	safecopy(sys_color, "#b8ccfd", 50);
+	safecopy(nice_color, "#5e6881", 50);
+	safecopy(user_color, "#8492b5", 50);
+	safecopy(idle_color, "#2e334e", 50);
 }
 
 /* print the usage for the tool */
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         printf("-V              print version and exit\n");
         printf("-h -H -help     print this message\n");
 	printf("-title <name>	set the window/icon title to this name\n");
-        printf("-u <secs>       the update interval in seconds\n");
+        printf("-u <usecs>      the update interval in microseconds\n");
         printf("-cpu <num>      the CPU number to show\n");
         printf("-samples <num>  the number of samples in the average\n");
         printf("-history <num> 	the number of samples for the running history\n");
diff -rauN ascpu-1.9.orig/ascpu_x.c ascpu-1.9_korseby/ascpu_x.c
--- ascpu-1.9.orig/ascpu_x.c	2000-03-09 22:50:37.000000000 +0100
+++ ascpu-1.9_korseby/ascpu_x.c	2004-09-11 15:46:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@
 Pixel pix[4];
 
 /* last time we updated */
-time_t last_time = 0;
+// time_t last_time = 0;
+int last_time = 0;
+int actual_time = 0;
 
 /* requests for update */
 int update_request = 0;
@@ -711,15 +713,28 @@
 
 void ascpu_update()
 {
-	time_t cur_time;
-	cur_time = time(0);
-	if ( abs(cur_time - last_time) >= state.update_interval ) {
-		last_time = cur_time;
+	struct timeval tv;
+	int cur_time;
+
+	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	cur_time = (int) tv.tv_usec / 1000;
+
+	if ( last_time > cur_time )
+		last_time = (-1) * (1000 - last_time);
+
+	actual_time += abs(cur_time - last_time);
+//	printf("abs(%i-%i)=%i += %i >= %i\n", cur_time, last_time, abs(cur_time - last_time), actual_time, state.update_interval);
+	last_time = cur_time;
+
+	if ( actual_time >= state.update_interval ) {
+		actual_time = 0;
 		read_stat();
 		update_running();
 		update_average();
 	}
+
 	CheckX11Events();
+
 	if ( update_request ) {
 		ascpu_redraw();
 	}