Technical Reference Guide
Compaq Deskpro Personal Computers
 
Third Edition - April 2001
4-25
Bit Function 
7  Update in Progress. Read only. 
   0 = Time update will not occur before 2444 us 
   1 = Time update will occur within 2444 us 
6..4  Divider Chain Control. R/W.  
   00x = Oscillator disabled. 
   010 = Normal operation (time base frequency = 32.768 KHz). 
   11x = Divider chain reset. 
3..0  Periodic Interrupt Control. R/W. Specifies the periodic interrupt interval. 
   0000 = none                    1000 = 3.90625 ms 
   0001 = 3.90625 ms         1001 = 7.8125 ms 
   0010 = 7.8125 ms           1010 = 15. 625 ms 
   0011 = 122.070 us          1011 = 31.25 ms 
   0100 = 244.141 us          1100 = 62.50 ms 
   0101 = 488.281 us          1101 = 125 ms 
   0110 = 976.562 us          1110 = 250 ms 
   0111 = 1.953125 ms       1111 = 500 ms 
RTC Control Register B, Byte 0Bh
Bit Function 
7  Time Update Enable/disable 
   0 = Normal operation,     1 = Disable time updating for time set 
6  Periodic Interrupt Enable/Disable. 
   0 = Disable,      1 = Enable interval specified by Register A 
5  Alarm Interrupt Enable/disable 
   0 = Disabled,    1 = Enabled 
4  End-of-Update Interrupt Enable/Disable 
   0 = Disabled,    1 = Enabled 
3  Reserved (read 0) 
2  Time/Date Format Select 
   0 = BCD format,    1 = Binary format 
1 Time Mode 
   0 = 12-hour mode,    1 = 24-hour mode 
0  Automatic Daylight Savings Time Enable/Disable 
   0 = Disable 
   1 = Enable (Advance 1 hour on 1
st
 Sunday in April, retreat 1 hour on last Sunday in 
October). 
RTC Status Register C, Byte 0Ch
Bit Function 
7  If set, interrupt output signal active (read only) 
6  If set, indicates periodic interrupt flag 
5  If set, indicates alarm interrupt 
4  If set, indicates end-of-update interrupt 
3..0 Reserved 
RTC Status Register D, Byte 0Dh
Bit Function 
7  RTC Power Status 
   0 = RTC has lost power 
   1 = RTC has not lost power 
6..0 Reserved