Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 20:24:40 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz Message-ID: <37684048.BCDB777D@confusion.net> References: <87btefitux.fsf@main.wgaf.net>
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Last I checked the DX4 was only produced at 100MHZ. Of course I could
be wrong. I'm pretty sure that if it was lower it'd be a DX2.
Arcady Genkin wrote:
>
> Hi all:
>
> Could somebody comment on the following startup messages:
>
> FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE #2: Thu Mar 11 16:40:53 EST 1999
> root@door.wgaf.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/DOORKERNEL2
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
> CPU: i486 DX4 (486-class CPU)
> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x480 Stepping=0
> Features=0x3<FPU,VME>
>
> Primarilly I would like to know what speed the CPU is running at. It
> couldn't possibly be 1MHz, could it now? ;^)
>
> I inherited the i486 computer w/o any docs, so I have no idea how fast
> it is. The timing frequency doesn't appear at boot-up. I borrowed a
> copy of Norton Diagnostics for DOS and ran it from a floppy -- it
> reported 102MHz.
>
> Any suggestions?
> --
> Arcady Genkin
> "... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate
> of eternal blessedness in the other world..." (S. Kierkegaard)
>
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Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate
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Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for
32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a
16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for
1 bit of competition.
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