INT 70 - IRQ8 - CMOS REAL-TIME CLOCK Desc: this interrupt is called when the real-time clock chip generates an alarm or periodic interrupt, among others. The periodic interrupt occurs 1024 times per second. Nots: many BIOSes turn off the periodic interrupt in the INT 70h handler unless in an event wait (see INT 15/AH=83h or INT 15/AH=86h). may be masked by setting bit 0 on I/O port A1h SeeAlso: INT 08,INT 0F"HP 95LX",INT 15/AH=01h"Amstrad",INT 15/AH=83h SeeAlso: INT 15/AH=86h,INT 1A/AH=02h,INT 58"DESQview" .