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chbl@sbustd.rz.uni-sb.de (Christian Blum) writes:
>Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org> writes:
>> 
>> I have the following it of code which was given to me. Aside from the "few"    
>> errors, the person claims that this will cause a message:                      
>>                                                                                
>> ON BOARD PARITY ERROR                                                          
>> mov al,74                                                                      
>> out 43,al                                                                      
>> mov al,ff                                                                      
>> out 41,al                                                                      
>> mov al,ff                                                                      
>> out 41,al                                                                      
>> ret                                                                            
>No way this will work. The refresh rate is set to 18.2 per second; since
>there are 512 rows to refresh, this means every bit in your computer's
>DRAM is refreshed every 20 seconds! There are DRAMS that survive 15ms
>without being refreshed, but a 70ns DRAM can't take it. Try about 10ms
>(a value of about 80, I guess), this will probably work. But there are
>some PCs that need special refresh rates when beeping or accessing the
>floppy drive! Sounds strange, I know, but I've encountered it... and
>wrote a small TSR that intercepts those actions, retores the refresh rate,
>does the action and restores the fast value. Interested? -> mail.
>
>Chris
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Many thanks to all people who replied. I greatly appreciate it.

Best Regards,
Mark K.
E-Mail: kovarski@zooid.guild.org