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Old 01-30-2017, 10:04 AM   #178
John F
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Can you please explain this "alternate" sleep?
My understanding is that the CPU goes into a low power mode, and certain events/interrupts will wake it up: touch, a timer, ... Try this:

1 Count to ten Mississippi, and turn a page, noting how long it takes to page forward
2 Now page back and page forward without a delay

The page forward for (2) is quicker. I believe this is due to the alternate sleep (I tried it under several different page turning scenarios, to try and make sure it wasn't a cache thing).
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