machine seems to pause for a few seconds

[Geoffrey Deasey <deasey@server1.netpath.net>]

I have a dual PII 333 running debian 2.0 and it seems to just stop
for about 2-3 seconds, randomly.  Anyone have any idea what this is ?

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