Hmm... I just did a VMSTAT -I, and got the following report.. Take special note
that the COM3 driver (my slip connection) is beating on the machine harder than
even the CLOCK???  Does that make sense, or do I have other problems....

interrupt         count     rate
clk irq0       16890850      100
pc0 irq1          12892        0
com0 irq4         95062        0
com1 irq3           692        0
com3 irq9      17095974      101
lpt0 irq7            27        0
fdc0 irq6             1        0
mcd0 irq10            1        0
aha0 irq11      2968405       17
ed0 irq12         47371        0
Total          37111275      219

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