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From: tmoran@bix.com
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Subject: Timer Resolution Using Alsys
Date: 22 Mar 1995 18:52:49 GMT
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Date: 1995-03-22T18:52:49+00:00
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If you can't tinker with or even read the 8253, you might try a
background routine that just sends garbage data out a serial port at
9600 baud.  That will generate an interrupt at roughly 1KHz which
you can use to run a clock or whatever.