[comp.sys.transputer] How much is a tick?

hampel@demon.siemens.com (Ken Hampel (Blave a blave blave.)) (03/20/90)

I am trying to run some benchmark tests on the T800.  The timing
routines provided by Parallel Fortan and Parallel C seem to return
times in seconds.  That is not precise enough for my benchmarks.
The f77_timer_now() routine returns the value of the transputer's
clock.  I believe this value is some number of ticks.  How long
(what portion of a second) is a tick?  Thanks.

-Ken
hampel@demon.siemens.com