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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:33938 comp.unix.bsd:6851 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!think.com!paperboy.osf.org!kenny From: kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) Subject: Re: Question on Diamond Clock Synthesizer Message-ID: <1992Oct20.200758.4449@osf.org> Sender: news@osf.org (USENET News System) Organization: Open Software Foundation References: <1992Oct19.082420.16353@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <1992Oct19.151409.24581@osf.org> <veit.719582773@du9ds3> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1992 20:07:58 GMT Lines: 22 In article <veit.719582773@du9ds3> veit@du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de writes: >It is well known that operating a chip outside the validated and guaranteed >specifications *will* reduce its lifetime considerably. Never denied that- my skepticism is that (1) running it at a brief period of time (at least long enough for you to see that your monitor isn't going to sync up) at under-/over-spec divider frequencies will instantly "pop" a chip, and (2) all this "oh no- don't use that code" hysteria seems to have been rooted up by Diamond Legal. I won't have time to do anything with it for a long time; however, it's been out there for a month now, but I've yet to hear of anyone who's actually *used* the code, and I don't think the legal implications would be a barrier to that. -Kenny -- Kenneth R. Crudup, Contractor, OSF DCE QA OSF, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142 +1 617 621 7306 kenny@osf.osf.org OSF has nothing to do with this post. Religion: The longest-running gag ever played on Mankind.