Timing/Tick Intervals in MS-DOS

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From: Ken Colassi
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:30

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Just for basic curiosity I am wondering what/how/why timing or tick intervals
are implemented and what hardware dependancies there are.

How do peripherals work with this timing strategy?

Thanks

Ken

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From: colassik@hpwala.wal.hp.com (Ken Colassi )
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:30:28 GMT
Subject: Timing/Tick Intervals in MS-DOS
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