not quite off topic but, 8MHZ XTALS

[The Old Crow]

On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Paul Maddox wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
>   Im useing an 8Mhz crystal for the first time (rather than 8MHz DIL
> modules) and Ive got a problem. When I meter the frequency I get 8MHz
> (this is from the buffer output to the xtal, so loading is not an
> issue) but occasionally it drops , stops and then restarts.. power
> supply is fine...

  Almost sounds like microcontroller is entering a sleep mode.

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