> But.... they're gonna be called 430MHz Pentiums. It's a shame to throw
> away that kind of power because the machine can't keep time!
Sheesh! How much can a quartz crystal cost, $0.50 or so? What a waste.
Perhaps in the infamous tradition of win-printers and win-modems, this
should be referred to as a win-timer. "The clock's grossly
innaccusrate 'cause its got one of those broken win-timers, but by
burning a few extra CPU cycles, Linux can compensate."
-- John Kodis.
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