From: Erik Berglund <erik2 DOT berglund AT telia DOT com>
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Subject: Re: GPF with system() and clock int.
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Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 15:01:08 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Erik Berglund wrote:
> 
> > In order to trig the error more easily, I have modified tu20.c
> > so the clock tick frequency is 256x 18.2 Hz (normally I would
> > use 1x 18.2 Hz).
> 
> Does the problem happen if you don't speed up the clock?

Yes, but very seldom. It is rather difficult to trig the error
in that case, I have to run my program at least 100 times, I think.
Maybe you could test it with 256x, if you have the time.

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Erik Berglund
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