AFAIK, there's only one real hardware timer on a standard PC-compatible x86
motherboard; everything else is done with smoke and mirrors -- well,
software, really.
Norm
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From: Chunky Kibbles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [rtl] Number of timers allowed?
> Hi,
>
> Question:
> Using settimer(), how many timers am I allowed to use on the i386?
>
> Am I allowed to create as many clocks as I please, and have a timer in
> each one? This would seem a bit strange, as there's not much OS
> thickness between the clock and the actual hardware, and I'm guessing
> that an Intel can't keep an arbitrary number of clocks...
>
> Gary (-;
>
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