Level42
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I recently picked up a "new" machine, Asterock (Asteroids bootleg) and did some first basic checking of the PCB and noticed the crystal was loose (broken). Schematics say 12.096 Mhz crystal. Original Asteroids also has a 12.096 Mhz crystal, but all I see available today are 12 Mhz crystals. I know the frequency is divided down to 1.5 Mhz for the processor to run on. I think the difference in timing will be hard if not impossible to notice but what do you guys think ?