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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: patch to Gnat 3.14p NT posted
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I've sent to www.adapower.com a patch to fix a problem with the Clocks
in Gnat 3.14p.  The problem is described in
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q274323&
and occurs in certain circumstances on PCs with chipsets from
   Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)
   Acer Labs, Inc. (ALi)
   VIA Technologies, Inc. (VIA)
   Serverworks Corporation
   Intel Corporation
If the code
   End_Time := Ada.Calendar.Clock + 10.0;
   while Ada.Calendar.Clock < End_Time loop null;end loop;
runs in a fraction of a second instead of taking ten seconds, then your
system has the problem.  It's not clear to me how common this hardware
defect is, but these are not obscure chipset vendors.