On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 11:56 -0700, Andrew Warren wrote:

> Scott Dattalo <piclist@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> > I'm sure this has been suggested before (Scott, Dmitry?), but I
>> > managed to re-invent a 2 cycle 16 bit counter this weekend and
>> > thought it may be usefull for others.
>>
>> Close - it wasn't Dmitry or me, but it was Andrew Warren who suggested
>> it back in '97 I believe.
>
> I just found the post.  It was almost exactly 8 years ago -- wow,
> time flies -- on 30 June 1997:
>
> http://www.piclist.com/techref/postbot.asp?id=piclist\1997\06\30\14571
> 0a
>
> (and a small correction later in the day at
> http://www.piclist.com/techref/postbot.asp?id=piclist\1997\06\30\21263
> 4a )

And the analysis:

http://www.piclist.com/techref/postbot.asp?by=time&id=piclist\1997\06\30\145710a.txt

I had changed the subject from Pulse Width Measurement to MODnificent and
proceeded to analyze how the loop worked. My favorite part is the end of
the message:

     After a private congratulations to Andy I get this response:

     >  Geez, Scott, it's only an itty-bitty loop...

     Come on Andy, quit being so MODest.

Time flies...

Scott
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