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Date:      Mon, 8 Nov 2004 20:44:34 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>
Cc:        Max Laier <max@love2party.net>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_param.c
Message-ID:  <20041108194434.GA3127@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20041108185033.GB34058@myrddin.originative.co.uk>
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On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 06:50:33PM +0000, Paul Richards wrote..
> On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 04:03:12PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 03:50:06PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> >=20
> > > I was traveling out of the country so I didn't get a chance to commen=
t.=20
> > >  The two caveats I'm aware of is a slight loss in processes that are=
=20
> > > CPU bound and an audio hum from ACPI CPU idling.  The latter is rathe=
r=20
> > > interesting actually.  At hz=3D100, it's just a quiet low buzz but at=
=20
> > > 1000, it is readily audible on many laptops and annoying.  Windows us=
es=20
> > > hz=3D1000 too and has the same problem.  I believe it's related to th=
e=20
> > > capacitors and other devices charging/discharging when clocks are sto=
pped.
> >=20
> > Can we play music by modulating the value of hz? :)
>=20
> I remember some code for the Commodore Pets that you could use to play
> notes on a nearby radio by tweaking some spinning loops. Quite a neat
> trick at the time since there wasn't any sound hardware.

Yeah.. the FCC's finest hour :)

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Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org

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