diff -ru xboing.debian/misc.c xboing/misc.c
--- xboing.debian/misc.c	2013-02-02 20:07:07.000000000 +0100
+++ xboing/misc.c	2013-02-02 20:11:51.000000000 +0100
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@
     long SyncTime;
     static unsigned long accu;
 
-#ifdef __alpha__
     ms *= 1000;	/* convert from milliseconds to microseconds for usleep */
-#endif
   
     gettimeofday(&st, NULL);
     XSync(display, False);