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  1. From: colassik@hpwala.wal.hp.com (Ken Colassi )
  2. Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:30:28 GMT
  3. Subject: Timing/Tick Intervals in MS-DOS
  4. Message-ID: <3890@hpwala.wal.hp.com>
  5. Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company
  6. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!ira.uka.de!ira.uka.de!gmd.de!jvnc.net!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!scd.hp.com!hpscdm!hplextra!hpcss01!hpwala!colassik
  7. Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
  8. Sender: netnews@hpwala.wal.hp.com
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  11. Just for basic curiosity I am wondering what/how/why timing or tick intervals
  12. are implemented and what hardware dependancies there are.
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  14. How do peripherals work with this timing strategy?
  15.  
  16. Thanks
  17.  
  18. Ken
  19.