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From: c164-bd@katerina.uucp (John D. Mitchell)
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Subject: Re: Increasing #task switches per second (> 18.2), help
Keywords: task timer 8253-5 8254.2
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Date: 1 Dec 90 11:41:07 GMT
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In article <4348@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl> filetp@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl (Peter Filet) writes:
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>I've been told that the 8253-5 and 8254.2 controllers offer me more
>interrupts per second, thus more flexibility for task switching.

See the timers developed in "Zen of Assembly Language" by M. Abrash
published by Scott, Foresman and Co.

----	John D. Mitchell
	johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU