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Subject: Re: Re: timing loops and context switching
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Date: Sun, 23-Feb-86 02:37:00 EST
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> Suppose it can execute 32,768 instructions per second.  Now, suppose you
> have a clock that counts in 1/65536ths of a second.  Then, as far as you
> are concerned, it's impossible to tell the clock is running that fast...

Reminds me of the Nyquist sampling limit, stated a little differently:
you can't accurately rebuild a signal from repetitive samples unless
you sample at least twice the rate of the highest frequency contained
in the signal.  Just a throwback from years ago in analog land :-)

Rocky "Where did the z-plane go" Craig
hpfcla!rocky
Hewlett-Packard  Ft. Collins, Colorado