Int 70h Real-Time Clock XT-286, AT, Convertible
Handles the alarm and periodic interrupts for the real-time clock.
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This is a hardware interrupt (IRQ 8) activated by the CMOS timer
1024 times per second.
Note
This interrupt is available only on the AT and XT-286. The
real-time clock on the PC Convertible generates an Int 02h
(Non-Maskable Interrupt) to handle the periodic and alarm
functions.
This interrupt provides two services. The first is the periodic
interrupt that is generated when a time delay is specified. See
Int 15h, Service 83h (Event Wait), and Service 86h (Wait), for
more information. The second service is the Alarm Interrupt. When
the CMOS alarm time matches the current CMOS time, then Int 4Ah
(User Alarm) is executed.