INT 8 - System timer
no input data related memory: 40:6C = Daily timer counter (4 bytes) 40:70 = 24 hr overflow flag (1 byte) 40:67 = Day counter on all products after AT 40:40 = Motor shutoff counter - decremented until 0 then shuts off diskette motor - INT 1C is invoked as a user interrupt - the byte at 40:70 is a flag that certain DOS functions use and adjust the date if necessary. Since this is a flag and not a counter it results in DOS (not the RTC) losing days when several midnights pass before a DOS call - generated 18.2 times per second by the 8253 Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) - normal INT 8 execution takes approximately 100 microseconds - see 8253