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   =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= to Simon Clubley   
   Re: Timer resolution for sys$setimr() ?   
   05 Dec 24 09:28:22   
   
   From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 12/5/2024 8:13 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   It is an old mostly historic document.   
      
   But Hunter is still around so you can email him.   
      
   I have not seen Heinrich around for a few decades.   
      
   Arne   
      
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