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   Simon Clubley to arne@vajhoej.dk   
   Re: Timer resolution for sys$setimr() ?   
   05 Dec 24 13:13:52   
   
   From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2024-12-04, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >   
   > https://hunter.goatley.com/writing-vms-privileged-code/part-v-timer-queues/   
   >   
   > has a lot of details.   
   >   
   > But is about the same age as the old IDS.   
   >   
      
   From that page:   
      
   |The VAX architecture stipulates the interval timer must generate a hardware   
   |interrupt every 10 milliseconds, or ten times per second, and the VAX   
   |hardware guarantees a hardware interrupt every 10 ms.   
      
   I didn't see a way to leave feedback on that page.   
      
   Simon.   
      
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