From: Skybuck Flying on
Note on the time observation:

Apperently this is normal.

The pentium III with Windows XP Pro behaves in the same way:

It does:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Pause, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Pause, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Pause, etc.

Bye,
Skybuck.