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From: bc@cyb-eng.UUCP (Bill Crews)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: NEC V20/V30 replacements for Intel 8088/86
Message-ID: <699@cyb-eng.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 19:18:53 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 10 19:18:53 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Sep-85 23:08:23 EDT
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Organization: Cyb Systems, Austin, TX
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> The funny thing is that unlike the AT, programs that use the timer interrupt
> do not run faster.  This is because the clock frequency is the same, just the 
> instructions execute faster.
> - Bob Hartman -

There are often many clocks in a computer system.  Let's not confuse cpu
clock frequency with the interval between timer ticks.  The timer interrupts
18.2 timers per second, just like the PC.
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