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by mmastrac 1085 days ago
I was curious about this...

"8253 PIT - Recently rewritten after microcontroller-based research. At least one previously undocumented feature discovered. Accurate enough for PCM audio."

... and it turns out that it's this ...

https://github.com/dbalsom/martypc/blob/main/core/src/device...

                        // If the counting element was reloaded between load of LSB and MSB, it is an incomplete load.
                        // Reload the counting element again when we get the MSB.
                        // Note: This is completely undocumented behavior
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Undocumented "feature" :)