Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:53:06 +0300 (IDT)
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On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Ben Parnell wrote:

> Actually, I don't think it would cause too much of a problem with DOS,
> since I have some code that will increase the tick counter at 
> 0x46c approximately 18.2 times second, even though the timer is programmed
> to generate an interrupt other than 18.2 times a second.

I'm not sure incrementing the timer counter is all there is to it.  I 
think chaining to the previous handler is a prudent thing to do, and it 
also shouldn't do any trouble.