Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pilchuck!dataio!bright
From: bright@Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 40 MHZ 286?
Message-ID: <1718@dataio.Data-IO.COM>
Date: 17 Oct 88 18:08:41 GMT
References: <342@intek01.UUCP> <24728@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <3333@homxc.UUCP> <7761@bigtex.uucp> <670@hgcvax.uucp> <6959@dasys1.UUCP>
Reply-To: bright@dataio.Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright)
Organization: Data I/O Corporation; Redmond, WA
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In article <6959@dasys1.UUCP> schuster@dasys1.UUCP (Michael Schuster) writes:
>They slowed down the timers on a 10 mHz AT board to make it look as
>though it was running speed programs at quadruple speed. The
>current scuttlebut is that there is no "40 mHz Chang modification".

A friend of mine had a PC clone once that had a great Norton SI rating.
After a while, he discovered that the reason for it was that the clone
manufacturer had put in a 'slow' clock! Moral: before believing results
based on the system clock, do a reality check with your watch!

(No, I don't remember the manufacturer. It was an off-brand, though,
and very cheap.)