[time-nuts] HP 5370B question

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20071219.111444.-541461.2.cdelect at juno.com>, corby d dawson writes:
>Hi,
>
>Could a few of the 5370B owners connect the counters reference output to
>its counting input jack and with a 1 second gate let me know what the
>last 2 digits are doing?
>
>An earlier post implied that the last couple digits will wander around
>due to the way its designed.
>
>I'd like to know what a couple different counters show to see if that is
>indeed true!

The last couple of digits are not free to assume any possible value since
they are the low end of a binary to decimal conversion from the (N/256)
vernier counter.

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