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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Crstal oscillator load capacitance
Message-ID: <1990Dec22.000425.19513@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Date: 22 Dec 90 00:04:25 GMT
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If the load capacitance is wrong, the frequency will be a *tiny* bit off,
but the crystal will still oscillate (assuming the capacitance is not
totally unreasonable). Actually, crystal load capacitance is something of
a red herring because few people measure it very accurately -- not even
the crystal makers.

Are you building a 24.9999999-MHz 386?   :)

(I do mean a *tiny* bit off. Parts per million.)