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Date:      Sat, 03 Feb 1996 12:37:29 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards) 
Message-ID:  <6260.823347449@critter.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 03 Feb 1996 22:03:22 %2B1030." <199602031133.WAA01376@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> 

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> > Also, consider putting it on an IDE cable, it may be faster actually...
> 
> The 'basic' device is currently a small amount of shrapnel (245,541,688,74)
> the timer, a 555, a crystal and a relay. I don't intend to make this
> any fancier than it _really_ has to be.


That was exactly my point.  Most systems have an IDE i/f they don't
use.  If you put it there you have decode+buffers done already...

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