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From: greg@utcsri.UUCP (Gregory Smith)
Newsgroups: net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: Re: timing loops and context switching
Message-ID: <2267@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 17:06:56 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 17:06:56 1986
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Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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In article <19900001@hpfcms.UUCP> rocky@hpfcla.UUCP writes:
>
>> 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 :-)
                                       ^^^^^ ^^^ ??
What about digital audio / CD's  / digital voice transmission / digital
video etc...?
>Rocky "Where did the z-plane go" Craig
The z-plane is alive and well in a stereo store near you...
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Greg Smith     University of Toronto       ..!decvax!utzoo!utcsri!greg