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From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: System Clock update rate of 0.055 milliseconds in DOS/Win95 and
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Date: 1999/01/10
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In article <36984F3F.FA6C58C3@grep.net>,
  Paul Whittington <paul@grep.net> wrote:

> 2) Use the RDTSC instruction on the Intel Pentium
> processor to read the timestamp counter.

The time stamp counter is for time stamping, not for timing
per se, I doubt it will meet real time scheduling needs.
Check the documentation carefully before you try this
route!

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