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From: Ken Yap ken@syd.dit.csiro.au
Subject: b.com floppy driver patch for fast machines
Date: Mon,  4 Sep 1995 20:47:15 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19950905004715.u0VglaAS8AexJD1D4Nppjm9uQq52OCpxUpRx_F9-40U@z> (raw)

|For what it's worth, the Crynwr packet drivers for DOS use an inb from
|the keyboard controller to establish a reasonably constant delay.  I
|gather this is because the keyboard controller runs at something like 7
|MHz on virtually every motherboard.  It runs at a higher clock rate on
|PS/2s, but apparently it's reliable on ISA, EISA, and ISA/PCI
|motherboards.

Well, it isn't actually anything to do with the keyboard controller,
just that that port is a "harmless" one to read and that most ISA buses
run at 8-12 MHz, regardless of CPU speed.






             reply	other threads:[~1995-09-05  0:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1995-09-05  0:47 Ken [this message]
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1995-08-30 15:03 Stephen
1995-08-30 12:11 Pace

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