>>That was the 6502 chip, and I think (if it was the same as the Atari) it was 1.77 Mhz. However, there's a difference between that chip and the Intel 8088/8086 in the clock phases. One's single phase, the other a two phase. I can't remember which was which, but the bottom line was that 1.77 mhz 6502 was slightly more than half as fast as a similarly rated 8088/8086.
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>Since you demonstrate an understanding of technical things:
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>If my cordless phone operates on a 900 Mhz frequency and my computer CPU operates in the 900 Mhz range, Does that mean i can use my cordless phone to talk to my CPU? Seriously though, wouldn't they cause interference with each other in some way?

Yes, they can interfere with each other. BTW, I mis-spoke in the above. It should be "two phase" and "four phase". Then again, I'm getting old.:-)