HZ=1000 ?

[John Pettitt]

cpghost at cordula.ws wrote:

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>Interestingly, HZ=100 has remained constant for decades (!), despite
>CPUs getting faster all the time. This is an excellent value for most
>typical usage patterns. Cranking it up should only be required for
>special cases. Anyway, the HZ knob is there. Experiment with it until
>you get optimal performance.
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In the dim and distant past (like 1983) some systems used HZ=50 or HZ=60
depending on where in the world they were.   I used an MP/M based box
that took it's clock tick from the power line (no good RTC hardware
available but the power company keeps pretty good time).

John